Thursday, March 10, 2022

The Dreaming Lake - Sprint 3

 This sprint has been 90% dedicated to the rocky ground texture. Specifically I spent a lot of time finding new ways to create the rough texture and variance in colors of the surface. This was most of the time I spent on this sprint. 




My only issue with this is that I had to figure out how to create more color variance. I experimented with a bunch of different noise maps, transform nodes, and gradient maps to get the look I was going for, and for what my lead was going for.


My other task was creating sketches for the logo. This is still a WIP but this is what I have so far.



(yes they are upside down).


Monday, March 7, 2022

2D Art Master Post

 You might be here to see my 2D art. So here is some of my art!



These mascots were created in 2019 for the Wildcat Gaming Club. I was the social media manager for the club and became the Graphic Designer assistant during my duration as that officer. I helped our then-garphic designer in creating the initial designs for the mascots, which now appear on the T-shirts we sell.

 In Spring 2020, later that academic year, I was promoted to the Graphic Designer position, where I created these designs to be sold as stickers for the gaming club. These mascots don our posters, social media, and merchandise that we sell for fundraisers.





This was a business card design I created for a now-defunct cosplay group I created with a friend. They became my official business card for a period of time when I was networking at Game Developers Conference in Spring of 2019. 





Here is a logo I designed for a class assignment. We were tasked with creating a set of logos that illustrated a deeper meaning behind the name. For this, I chose "beyond the sky" as the name, and created an illustration that depicted a rocket going "beyond the sky" and into space, illustrating limitless possibilities. 



This one was just a fun simple assignment I completed. The assignment was to create a motivational poster, so I took a math pun and turned it into a motivational print. My high school calculus teacher thought it was hilarious.


I created this in one of my first formal computer-assisted art classes. I had previously been completely self taught, which you can see in the example below this. In this class, I learned how to use photoshop more proficiently - how to use the tools, the shortcuts, and a whole lot about drawing. 

My previous abilities. One of the first times using a drawing tablet! The Tombstones are of some of my Twitter friends at the time - I still maintain friendships with them today.


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