Author: Steven
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20230127
What if I made a card game? It’s battle-focused, very interactive, and the energy level of UNO. I need clearly identifiable colors, easy-to-read central elements, and status indicators. And what if I depict only characters, but all the characters are fruits? And they are all melee combatants, like Pummeler, Blademaster etc., because most fruits don’t…
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20230126
Unfortunately, yesterday didn’t go so well due to a bad headache that’s still persisting. So here are some more random sketches.
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Stuff I like: Comic – Ultralazer
I just got two volumes of the French comic book Ultralazer, published by Editions Delcourt. The book is created by three people, two of those are the two artists doing the artwork. Maxence Henry drew the characters, while Yvan Duqe drew all the backgrounds. You can see a few pages from the first book and…
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20230125
The soundtrack while drawing this consisted of:Roque Baños – In the Heart of the SeaPhilip Glass & Paul Leonard-Morgan – Tales from the LoopEmile Mosseri – MinariOscar Araujo – Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
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20230124
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20230123 – I like the way you dance
TLDR: Every now and then, I leave my wife a note on her desk with a compliment or anecdote on why I love her. I did that again last Saturday, and it inspired me to do some postcard designs. I’ll talk a bit more about the cards and process; if you want to read that,…
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20230120
I sat down yesterday with the intent of drawing some Pulpy Logotypes. The one logotype I have was the last thing I drew on these two pages. I got sidetracked a little bit. I don’t know what it is about iterating on one thing past the “I’m out of ideas”-threshold repeatedly that appeals so much…
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20230119
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20230118
I spent some time yesterday evening windowshopping on websites of type foundries. That influenced this morning’s warmup doodling.
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20230117
Yesterday was my monthly doctor’s appointment, and it zapped the energy right out of me. Also, I opened Affinity Designer again. I drew some small vignette sketches, and when I cleaned one in Photoshop, it did not come out as clean or simple as I wanted them to be, so I’ll try to do them…