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Last time I told you I already know what I will draw next for my new blog series Famous Movie Monsters. And here you can see one of my personal favorite movie monsters…By clicking on the image you can see a bigger version with a short MakingOf.
I already got some feedback and ideas for the next images in the series but if you still have a favorite you want to see write a comment to this post, name your movie monster and I will see what I can do…

Chris

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Today’s blog post is a little bit off topic.
It is game related but not directly connected to anything we are developing here at Rough Sea Games.
I just finished writing an art workshop for the German Game Developer magazine Making Games. You should know that I write these workshops in my spare time, and they are a good opportunity to keep my hand in for styles of game-related art I don’t currently do on a daily basis. This workshop starts a new art ‘Making Of’ series in the magazine, which will show how to create low-poly 3D game characters. In Part One you will see the making of the 2D character design which a later 3D model will be based on.
By clicking the image to the right you can see a bigger version.

Chris

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In part one (see my last blog post) I created a sketch using Corel Painter and a wacom intuos3 DinA5 wide art tablet. Today, in part two, I will show you how to add some base colors to the sketch. The base colors should give a first impression of the image’s ‘mood’ and because I am working from dark colors to light ones they are very dark.
By clicking the small image to the left you can see the added base colors. Still this hasn’t anything to do with our game but you can get an impression on how we work in the art department! So add some brightness to your monitor and watch the new video here:

Rough Sea Games – Rocks The Boat – Color Video 01of02 from Chris Noeth on Vimeo.

You also can watch this video or download it in its original HD size at http://vimeo.com/2222703
Coming next: Colors – Part 2.
Chris

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Finally it’s time to show some of our game’s art. We will begin with a ‘Making Of’ that covers the steps in the creation of an environment artwork.

In the ‘Making Of’ image you can see the creation process, which I will explain below. First some general info on how most of the artwork is done and which tools are used to create the art:

95% of the artwork is created digitally. Only 5% is done with traditional tools, such as a pencil for creating sketches. The digital art and paintings are done with a Wacom Intuos3 DinA5 wide tablet and Adobe’s Photoshop software.

So let’s take a look at the first image in the ‘Making Of’ overview:

1. Compared to the later versions you can see this image shows a smaller area. I started the first layout like this and later widened the view to show a temple to the right and a waterfall at the bottom. In this first step I’m blocking in the main areas of the image while trying to catch the ‘mood’ with the colors.

2. This version adds additional space and more texture, which was painted in with a textured brush. I have also added more saturated colors and changed the contrast of some areas.

3. Note the new details. Also, you can now see the position of the light source, which was planned from the beginning for the upper left area.

4. In this step I added some atmospheric perspective to get the illusion of depth. You also can see still more details.

5. Beside yet more details, I added more yellow to the color scheme. That makes it look more interesting and the new ‘mood’ fits our game. (You will understand when you see what our game is about! )

6. This image contains more lights on the bridge and plants and changes a few details.

The thumbnail image to the right shows the final image with more added details, for example the birds in the background.

I hope you liked the first ‘sneak peak’ of the art.

Best,

Chris

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