More pictures taken on the road recently, as I 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 … Continue reading Site Scouting for Battlebacks – Part Two
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From the Sketchbook – Loads and Loads of Enemies
In the interest of getting caught up with all of the characters drawn so far, I've decided to share every sketch I have that hasn't seen an article made for it. An official launch for this website is coming soon and I would like to share as much of what's in the works for The … Continue reading From the Sketchbook – Loads and Loads of Enemies
Completed Project – Swamp Crawler Sprite
Another day, another period of sprite work. Today, I tackled another early game monster to create a sprite for. Swamp Crawler is the first boss of the game, who will eventually become a regular enemy encounter as the game goes on. As I've mentioned an earlier posts, he's basically a big frog. At the same … Continue reading Completed Project – Swamp Crawler Sprite
Completed Enemy – The Cadaver and Sprites
Today, I started on a storyline enemy that will appear towards the end of the opening section of the game, a Cadaver. The Cadaver is basically a re-coloring of The Creep enemy, but at the same time, its not. As an undead enemy, the cadaver will function completely differently than a Creep normally would. It … Continue reading Completed Enemy – The Cadaver and Sprites
Today’s Sketches – Moving Beyond Chapter One
Here's the latest from the sketchbook for the game. I picked up some new art books recently, so some of these creatures are based on trying out some new ideas from that. I'm also working to begin filling out some of the monsters that appear beyond the first section of the game. At this point, … Continue reading Today’s Sketches – Moving Beyond Chapter One
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 – Hornets and Friends
Today's project is not as exciting as yesterday's Eagle shenanigans. I'm basically working on getting the colors down right for some of the more basic enemies of the game. So today, I worked on the hornet, one of the early enemies in the first stretch of the game that are seen in like every game. … Continue reading Completed Enemy – Hornets and Friends
Completed Enemy – Angry Eagle and its Variants
This will be one of the random enemy encounters in the game, probably in mountain highland terrain or river areas. Long story short on this one, I was working one day and saw a fantastic comic of a very angry bald eagle. It was so good that I decided that I had to make a … Continue reading Completed Enemy – Angry Eagle and its Variants
Today’s Sketches – The Modern Day Mimic
So back to the drawing board! Today, we are focusing on some new creatures for the ongoing game project. Specifically, my efforts focused on Mimics. With a modern day RPG, where do mimics hide? People don't keep treasure chests in the modern day, so I figured why not have mimics in delivery boxes or school … Continue reading Today’s Sketches – The Modern Day Mimic
Today’s Sketches – Filling Out the Rogues Gallery
There's no shortage of characters in The New World Saga and every single day, it seems like new character ideas are coming out of the ether to be worked on. Today, I focused more on giving form to several character ideas I've had for villains. These include early game bosses and simple enemies met in … Continue reading Today’s Sketches – Filling Out the Rogues Gallery
The New World Saga 