Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Evolution of An Illustration

A few months ago I had the pleasure of working on video game art for a local company. There are 6 games in total, and today I feature the work on Robot Rock! Starting with loose sketches I explored numerous shapes of robots, some inspired by everyday household objects.



Next, I worked up a background and drew up one of the robots to near completion to see how it would interact. I wanted a really dramatic background, but when in color, it would be quite minimal. Does that make sense?


The developer wanted kids to be able to choose a “girl” or a “boy” robot, so here they are:


And here's the final layout:


If you're interested in playing the games, check them out here: Pima Public Library.

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