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A complementary blog to howtonotsuckatgamedesign.com. Micro posts, rants and shares, reblogs and social commentary, edited by Anjin Anhut. Visit http://howtonotsuckatgamedesign.com/ for articles and resources for game designers and artists.
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Concept work from last night. Tried heavier stylization in regards to scale of details, proportions and a more lush color palette as usual. Also 3 light sources for maximum volume shading. This concept took roughly 4-5hrs to complete from ideation to current state of rendering (including reference gathering, thumbnails, linework sketch and painting). However I spent plenty of hours before, trying to make the rendering style work by making studies based on art from games like DOTA/LOL/HotS and such. Quite happy with the day's work here. With a few hours more the details can be sharpened and cleaned up more, but as a concept art piece, I'd say I'm done for now. Learned a lot...

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Feels good man

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howtonotsuckatgamedesign

Even 2 decades after its release, http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455566269&sr=8-1&keywords=understanding+comics is still an absolute must-read (no hyperbole here) for visual designers, artists and storytellers. While you may find yourself disagreeing with some of the conclusions drawn, the way you learn to analyse and decode visual art is invaluable. 

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irljasmine

reblog to save a life so i don’t mow a fricker over

reblog bc they used to teach us the opposite in school and manner guides

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superiorconcha

^same

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irljasmine

They actually taught people to bend over at folks using wheelchairs like when you want to play with a puppy?!?!?!?!!?!?!!?!? THAT FEELS EXTREMELY RUDE. WHY DID THAT SEEM LIKE A GOOD IDEA. D:

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howtonotsuckatgamedesign

How about sitting down as well (if a chair or bench or something is handy)?

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isei-silva

I got people curious as to how I draw orc/tusked mouths and so I decided to sketch a few - a special wink to varekk!

Also, the bottom is a quick “how to” my orc mouths? So yeah here it goes:

  1. outline of the mouth; I often use mirrors or a good reference
  2. TEETH, no details yet just outline where the teeth are going to “rest on”
  3. Tusks, since they’re what takes up the most space; gotta know where they’re gonna show
  4. Lower lip is divided into two sets of lateral commisures (sides of the mouth) shown as small spheres that “wrap” around the two lower canines. The line in the middle helps me know where the lower lip will meet
  5. Upper lip and join commisures to the mouth
  6. Details and stress lines and stuff

Hope it helps!

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tmirai

This is super helpful and could totally be used for trolls as well! Thanks!

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howtonotsuckatgamedesign

As an additional tip: Note how the artists strategically removes previously drawn lines. This is most noticeable between step 2 and 3...  One of the benefits of drawing digitally is, that you can erase lines without ruining your paper, so you can incorporate the eraser as a regular drawing tool into your process. The technique above allows you to draw the thing you wanna draw fully, without having to leave spaces for later details... you are in control and you can go one step at a time. Always think of ways to use the eraser as a creative tool, and unlearn to think of the eraser as a correction tool only.

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tryforfridayy

shading colour tips

hey yall its me the Art Mom™ to help you shade pretty

rule 1: DO NOT SHADE WITH BLACK. EVER. IT NEVER LOOKS GOOD. 

  • red- shade with a slightly darker shade of purple
  • orange- slightly darker and more saturated shade of red
  • yellow- i think like..a peach could work but make it a really light peach
  • green- shade with darker and less saturated shade of blue or teal
  • blue- shade with purple
  • purple- a shade thats darker than the purple you’re using and maybe a little pink (MAYBE blue)
  • pink- darker shade of red
  • white- a really light lavender or blue..or i guess any really light colour??
  • black- okay listen dont use pure black to colour anything unless you want to leave it with flat colours because you cant really shade black lol
  • grey- a slightly darker shade of purple or blue (less saturated)
  • brown- slightly darker and less saturated shade of purple or red

aaaaand thats all i got lol. let me know if there is anything i should add to this list!!

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nocturnenebula

If you’re a visual learner…

I made some Balls of Colour to go with Art Mom™’s post:

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howtonotsuckatgamedesign

DO! NOT! SHADE! WITH! BLACK! EVER!

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Art Style Atoms For game artists, comic artists, animators, painters, illustrators, concept artists... What is a visual art style made of?  This is an excerpt from a 2-day lecture I gave on art direction, in which I provide a toolset to take any visual style apart, so you have pieces to combine anew to make your own vision come to life. Art Style Atoms

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