I hope nobody gets that reference...
Anyways, I had to post this, seeing as how I'm about to embark on my first official step towards a career in Game Design at George Brown in Toronto this fall.
This is absolutely integral to the way I think and how things are changing all around us:
JESSE SCHELL: WHEN GAMES INVADE REAL LIFE
I found the "School Grading through Experience Points and Levels" particularly awesome.
Enjoy
J
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
ZOMBIE JESUS
Joyeuses Afterpaques, y'all!
The aftermath of Easter is upon us, complete with leftover chocolate eggs and rabbits everywhere. I mean everywhere! They're flooding the streets!
On another note, my good friend Kevlar, the production genius behind Kegaska and my own album asked me to design a frivolous, funky and slightly retarded-cum-awesome album cover for his latest effort, the Resurrection Mix, AKA: Rise of The Phoenix.
I was asked to include Zombie Jesus (featured in solid gold in this case), a snowmobile and a Phoenix. I wasn't exactly aiming for high-brow design here, but I think I nailed the concept (no pun intended).
Oh god, I'm going to rot in hell.
Enjoy!
J
PS: Grab the mix here. It'll rock your face off.
The aftermath of Easter is upon us, complete with leftover chocolate eggs and rabbits everywhere. I mean everywhere! They're flooding the streets!
On another note, my good friend Kevlar, the production genius behind Kegaska and my own album asked me to design a frivolous, funky and slightly retarded-cum-awesome album cover for his latest effort, the Resurrection Mix, AKA: Rise of The Phoenix.
I was asked to include Zombie Jesus (featured in solid gold in this case), a snowmobile and a Phoenix. I wasn't exactly aiming for high-brow design here, but I think I nailed the concept (no pun intended).
Oh god, I'm going to rot in hell.
Enjoy!
J
PS: Grab the mix here. It'll rock your face off.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
GOT THE BLUES
Hola tudos
Hot off the Wacom, a new character portrait.
No, it's not a Dark Elf with cornrows. Before Avatar reared its pretty head, I came up with a blue-skinned tribal people fightin' the good fight against a corrupt technocracy on a fantasy planet. I called them the Mansataa. They are not cats.
Enjoy
J
Hot off the Wacom, a new character portrait.
No, it's not a Dark Elf with cornrows. Before Avatar reared its pretty head, I came up with a blue-skinned tribal people fightin' the good fight against a corrupt technocracy on a fantasy planet. I called them the Mansataa. They are not cats.
Enjoy
J
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
BETTER LATE...
...Than never.
That's what the kids seem to say these days. Anywho... I mentioned in the last post (you know, over 3 months ago) that I was going to discipline myself to draw at least once a week with my tablet. Well... that discipline waned as real life and work waxed. I did use the damn tablet daily, but it seemed for far less artistic endeavors than I originally purchased it for. Enough ballyhoo... onto the point: I have recently been using the tablet for the artistic endeavors I originally purchased it for. (As always, click the image to see a larger version).
I was watching a TED talk about synthesizing life or something or other and I didn't know what to paint. That's Craig Venter, I guess. This loosened me up for the following:
It's a humanoid sentient Psittaca, a race I made up a while ago based on the Psittacosaur dinosaurs. "Parrot Lizards".
The sketch of Craig Venter took less than 45 minutes (I did it on my lunch hour). The Psittaca, however took about 16-20 hours total. The following image represents about 6 hours of work. You can see how much it changed.
I have a lot more time on my hands now. No more excuses! All art all the time!
Word.
J
That's what the kids seem to say these days. Anywho... I mentioned in the last post (you know, over 3 months ago) that I was going to discipline myself to draw at least once a week with my tablet. Well... that discipline waned as real life and work waxed. I did use the damn tablet daily, but it seemed for far less artistic endeavors than I originally purchased it for. Enough ballyhoo... onto the point: I have recently been using the tablet for the artistic endeavors I originally purchased it for. (As always, click the image to see a larger version).
I was watching a TED talk about synthesizing life or something or other and I didn't know what to paint. That's Craig Venter, I guess. This loosened me up for the following:
It's a humanoid sentient Psittaca, a race I made up a while ago based on the Psittacosaur dinosaurs. "Parrot Lizards".
The sketch of Craig Venter took less than 45 minutes (I did it on my lunch hour). The Psittaca, however took about 16-20 hours total. The following image represents about 6 hours of work. You can see how much it changed.
I have a lot more time on my hands now. No more excuses! All art all the time!
Word.
J
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