I hit the road yesterday and left the art desk and computer behind for a little site scouting. I've been working on the ideas around the battlebacks for The New World Saga. Essentially, the backgrounds and foregrounds that are used for every battle in the game. Originally, I was debating on simply using what was … Continue reading Site Scouting for Battlebacks – Part One
Completed Enemy – Howler
The Howler was one of the earlier monsters that I drew for The New World Saga and surprisingly one of the tougher ones to nail down the visuals for. First off, I will admit that the creature looks a little janky. To be honest, I was going for that with making it. The Howler is … Continue reading Completed Enemy – Howler
Completed Enemy – Creep
The Creep is another of the early enemies that you meet in the game and another monster I wanted to get just right. When I first sketched this monster, I was surprised by some of the early reactions I was getting to it. Quite a few people I showed it to thought it was cute! … Continue reading Completed Enemy – Creep
Completed Enemy – Swamp Crawler
The Swamp Crawler is one of the first enemies that you meet in the game and I knew I wanted to get this one right. I had sketched him out a couple of months ago, based on a monster I saw from a cartoon in the 1980s. From there, it was just a matter of … Continue reading Completed Enemy – Swamp Crawler
Alright…. Let’s Begin…
Hi, My name is Jeff Johnson. You'll be hearing from me a lot on this site, so it might be best if I put a face to the name. How about this one? 8-Bit Jeff Johnson should do... I'm the developer of The New World Saga, a passion project of mine that has really started … Continue reading Alright…. Let’s Begin…
Completed Project – Off-Brand Pop
A bit of an interesting rabbit hole today. Working on off-brand pops to include in the game, since I'm trying to avoid real-world brand names like Coca-Cola and Pepsi. This weekend, my daughter P decided to color on a pop can with some nail polish. I ended up liking the design she made, so I … Continue reading Completed Project – Off-Brand Pop
Completed Project – Modern World Cars
Today's project started innocently enough. See if I could draw a car to be used on my game maps. I looked at a few different examples of top-down cars used in games that came out in the past (Ghostbusters, the old Grand Theft Auto games, etc.) and then went about designing my own. This turned … Continue reading Completed Project – Modern World Cars
Completed Enemy – Snow Monster
Didn't have too much time for art projects today, with a few bigger work projects on the go. So I focused on some random alternates for the good old Snow Monster. I drew this guy a few weeks back now (Its a mail box buried in a snow pile) based on a picture I saw … Continue reading Completed Enemy – Snow Monster
Completed Enemy – Celibacy Drones
Yesterday's enemy character was on the creepy side. Today we're going in a different direction! The Celibacy Drones are now complete. Long back story short, its a series of drones made by the one of the Mayors in my game to stop wild monsters from getting busy outside of town. They have a loud speaker … Continue reading Completed Enemy – Celibacy Drones
Completed Enemy – Hell Spider
This one took a bit of time to get done. This is one of the boss creatures early in the game, called a Hell Spider. The idea for it originally came from doing a drawing of Red from the Godzilla Creepypasta. That's when I thought... how could I make this thing creepier? It lives in … Continue reading Completed Enemy – Hell Spider
The New World Saga 