Update on progress with Stool Pigeon

As promised I said a while back that I would show progress with regards to Stool Pigeon, I have spent a lot of time recently creating graphics for the menus and I have just finished designing rough ideas the new direction the studio has decided to take following the success of September’s game jam.

At the moment I can't go into too much detail as the game is still under development and as a game designer your ideas and projects are never safe until you release it. However I have decided that a few peeks behind the curtain never hurt anyone below is a few ideas I've had with regards to the first levels background. I thought it would be a good idea to try three different times of day when creating these screens. I wanted to keep the cartoon style feel that we have created the other screens and assets when I create these images. For the Night and Dusk images I’m thinking maybe adding some lights to the tops of some of the skyline buildings may help to make the image pop a little more.

Day Background

 

Dusk Background

Night Background

These images are not final they are simply used to show my idea once I get the all clear from the rest of the team I intend to go back over these images and polish them up adding further detail to the scene and maybe think about animating the clouds at a later date.

As always thanks for supporting my blog and I look forward to showing you further images closer to the release date.

 

Pencil to paper!

As I have mentioned in the past I have always considered myself lacking in ability when it comes to my drawing skills however this is a skill that I have been working round the clock for the last few weeks and I finally feel comfortable showing the world my progress below are two images that I have created without the use of a computer which I’m very happy about.

Wrinkles in fabric study

 This is my first attempt at drawing a shirt in the history of my life and I know the proportions are out the left side of the image is much better than the right but still I’m very happy with the final result and it has given me more confidence to learn new things and develop my drawing skills.

Manga style eye study

Here is my attempt at manga art focusing just on eyes and I am also quite happy with the overall result I feel that there is still a very long way to go but as a beginner I feel quite confident that with a lot of hard work I might one day be able to consider myself a full blown 2D and 3D artist that’s my goal and I fully intend of making it one day! Wish me luck!

Once I have a bigger portfolio of hand drawn images I also intend on creating a new page on this site solely to showcase my drawings so please stay tuned and thank you for your continued support.

2D artwork

Due to recent events and the success of the game jam I attended I have decided to improve my skills with regards to 2D artwork as I feel this will improve my skills and enable me to create better assets for stool pigeon, I have spent the last couple of days learning Adobe Illustrator CS6 here is an image of Lara Croft that I have been working on its still not finished I need to add further detail to the face and add some shadows to the whole image as at the moment I think you will agree it looks very flat.

Here is the image so far

Heres the reference image I used as a template layer within illistrator

I am very happy with the result so far especially as I have always considered myself to be lacking in skills with regards to 2D artwork although like anything I intend on improving and hopefully get to the stage where I can create my own concept art and then model from there.

It’s also worth mentioning that this is the first image I have created using only my graphics tablet I am trying to add more of a arty feel to my artwork and I can't think of a better way to achieve this than taking advantage of the pressure sensitive options when using a tablet over a mouse!

I will be posting the final image as soon as its completed I already have ideas for my next project I am planning on creating some Assassins Creed 3 fan art after being blown away by the game at Eurogamer 2012!