Project 2 Status.....

As of today the art is flowing with "Rage", I did a matte painting for the first level. It is like a backdrop from an old western style movie. The remainder of the scene will be done in flash. As of today goals for my progress are set:

Finish Art and assets by Thurs. 2-26-09
Start putting together and programming done by 3-5-09
Bugs and Final Touches done by 3-12-09
Final 3-17-09

*For the final I will be including all concepts both black and whites as well as a few colored.

Project 2: Going for it all.....

For Project 2 I am going for broke. I choose the Art again but this time I am going to develop a little more. Above is a style of arcade, a "Penny Arcade" to your left (Facing the monitor) you will see a shooting game. With this project I will be incorporating my art style with this type of game. Implementing my unique art style I will be developing an intro and one working level, I will be getting some programming help form other classmates and outside sources. Talking with my fellow classmates the programming should be a smooth process. In doing so I will have to work quickly and proficient in my work.

It will be a fun project to work on and this time I am shooting for the stars on this one. It will be a western them with voice overs (Arnold) done by me. It will be fun with some cool unique animations. Updates twice a week and concepts will be done and scanned for Tues. class.

Project 1: Completed, but to be continued....

Project 1 Post Mortem:

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Project 1:
Art for game/movie idea
“Legend of the Drunken Swine”
Goal:
To develop levels from concept to finished look for a possible game/cartoon movie; develop scenes with animation and develop characters to animate now as well as future for the project.
The Good:
The idea I had come up was solid, developing this idea was strong and would help me improve on my skills in flash. Also allowing me to learn and grow in my character developments. The purpose of this project was design a game/movie and show off the skills in art, from concepts to a finished product. Also I wanted to show off a bit of animation in flash, though it was a little I still felt I had to show some to get the full feel of what I was trying to achieve.
The Bad:
From day one I was positive on what I wanted to achieve, but I knew that time was a factor. With a project like this one I was doing it alone and all the art work was in my hands. From past experiences I had to push myself to the ultimate limit and exceed my own expectations. I do wish I had more time for this project just for the fact of wanting to add more elements as well as character animations and more areas of design. Also I had a bit of programming issues as well, with the help of a fellow student (Justin) we were able to develop a slide show with animation and sound.
The Final Outcome:
The final outcome was a success; I added most of the elements I needed to develop a finished project. If I had more time I would add more, also I would add actual game play for a single “demo” level. I plan on continuing this for future development. More level concepts and trying to refine the story and objective for the game.
This was another great learning experience, and I am planning to continue work on it no matter what it takes, developing this game is on my high priority list. Though I have other projects to attend to I will need to develop this more and put out a good portfolio piece and a finished project.

Project 1: Legend of the Drunken Swine - Images Part 2

Project 1: Legend of the Drunken Swine - Images Part:1

Besides having a few personal issues just in the last 5 days I have been progressing as quickly as I humanly can. The areas that I wanted to color have been colored and character concepts are always being drawn. The colored shots for the different areas (Shown Above) where all drawn first (Drawings posted in an earlier blog) and then transfer ed to flash and done in color. The character animations are being done as we speak and will have another dropped in for the final.