AVT 180 FINALJOE HOLMES

Photoshop Effects on 2D Pixel Art

THE GAME IN PRE-ALPHA So I’m interested in using my newfound

Adobe skills to add an extra layer of polish to the video game I’m working on…

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WHERE IT STARTED

INSPIRATIONS

The game atmosphere itself is inspired in large part by the work of Will Wright (creator of SimCity, the Sims and [my favorite] Spore).

The pixel art is informed by studying the great Nobutero Yuki, whose work on Seiken Densetsu 3 is some of the best pixel art ever:

Finally, there is the work of Pasqual Ferry, artist of the Ender’s Game comic books. The mind game from Ender’s Game is our primary inspiration.

GOALS Three things: I want to use Photoshop

to…Create a sky overhead on the game map,

which shifts in real-time from sun-up to sundown. Using pretty gradients and drawing little moons and stuff.

I want to make certain objects (especially animated ones) glow, using Photoshop’s layer effects.

I want to use Photoshop for lighting and shadow of certain objects, using the Drop Shadow layer feature as well as some different filters and alpha channels.

SKETCH #1

SKETCH #2

* I tried to make him glow, but I think a shadow would be better.

SKETCH #3