Day 03. Art attack!..?
For those (everyone) who dont know me I guess its time to introduce myself - I'm James and I am being held at gunpoint and forced to work for Tim and Tristan.
They tell me I have to do arts and make it look good, it just so happens that my job outside of captivity is just that - 'art guy'. So here begins my journey ... quest thing, or something along those lines in which I will endevour to make Scarlett Part 2 the best looking 2d game on the app store! A lofty goal for a guy with 6 weeks to comeplete every art asset in the game. But with the backing of the two coolest guys in this room Im sure we can achieve something pretty special.
I just want my art to compliment the rad story and clever bastard writing ;)
So a quick post to kick it off, you saw the last post with the hint of a moodbaord coming together - the photo above is progression of said mood board.
The idea here is to build up a visual reference point from which the design of locations and characters can begin. We source images from wherever possible, images that evoke an element of interest be it colour, mood, iconography or even the type of brush-strokes used in a particular painting. All this information influences the final look of the game and helps us develop a wider understanding of the direction we want to head in before the hard work begins. It is an important part of the process and one which I enjoy alot as we all get to explore a range of options over a short period of time.
What may be harder to see is that there is a rough map of the gameplay world under all the images, the images are roughly grouped in areas relevant to the aesthetic they represent in relation to the locations on the map. you will also see the beginings of the character development boards with images that evoke perhaps a personality trait, or we might find an image of a scarf that a character might wear. The aim is to get as much information possible collected.
Today there will be more progress on the boards aswell as some rough sketching to flesh out some locations. more soon!
-J
