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Here's one from the vaults circa 2010. I never posted this because I think my intent was to finish/fix it, and
we all know how that goes amirite?
Moving forward into 2012 it's nice to look back at some of these "dead pieces." This was for a senior
assignment to re-envision a video game. I chose an old PS2 RPG "Okage: Shadow King."
Adobe Illustrator CS2, Photoshop CS4 and Painter 11.
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So lately I've been on a retro gaming kick, mostly visiting and re-visiting PC adventure games from the 1990's.
Last week I played King's Quest 7 (the one with the troll kingdom and the Princess Rosella), which was a very
female-centric game. I enjoyed the experience and humor, but found most of the game's impact on me was
one character-- the Dreamweaver. He appears right at the end of the game, and says maybe a total of 5 lines.
As a game mechanic, he's just another action/conversation to fill the gaps between important plot points, thus
extending the game and adding a little something to the player experience. I sometimes think gaming today as
an "artform" or "experience" sometimes clouds the essentials-- like story. I'm not saying that King's Quest 7 is a
masterpiece by any means, but the storytelling is so rich that I can garnish enough from a character in 5 lines
of script that I feel a personal attachment to them.
TLDR; I doodled something.
Adobe Illustrator CS4.
This is one of my favorite books ever, and I wanted to create a book cover that doesn't use stock imagery of
medieval paintings.
Adobe Illustrator CS4.
I have an old Betty Crocker Cookbook for children from the 60's and I couldn't help but be inspired by the
text and feel of this amazing book. Thanks for saving it for me, Mom!
Adobe Illustrator CS4.
"It was like the inside of a cocoon, The floor, walls and ceiling were a continuous curve of geometrically woven
yarn in rainbow colors. Yellow leaves in the tree pushed thought the weaving and the room looked as if it were
sprigged with flowers. The bottom of the cocoon was low-slung, like a hammock, and it held a large, luxurious
pillow. It was easily as big as a bed and it was made of silk and satin patchwork squares. It had a beautiful orange
tassel at each corner."
-The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, Julie Andrews Edwards
Adobe Illustrator CS2.
