First art piece of 2020. Soldier wielding kali sticks.
Kali sticks wielding soldier.
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Happy New Year 2020!
2020 HDR Fireworks with Canon G7X Mark II
Was messing around with the HDR feature in my Canon G7X Mark II during the fireworks. This pic was unexpected, but quite sweet to behold.
Quick draw
After two straight days of Production work, felt good to just spend some time last night to push something out quick. Right, back to work.
Inktober 2018: 4-6
Delayed post. Need to catch up.
Inktober 2018: 1-3
Inktober 01-03. Had a busy couple of days, so had to catch up three in one night.
Fashion concept: Techwear.
A colleague started chatting with me on fashion concepts, and he introduced to – besides many other things – the idea of Techwear.
Searching for that term was an eye-opener. Movement wear based on futuristic materials with a hint of cyberpunk.
Had to mess around with that, so here ya go.
Learning ProBuilder in Unity: Concept Art 3D mockup.
Unity just announced they’re integrating ProBuilder into the engine. So spent the night doing tutorials, and today tried to build one of my old concepts into a 3D mockup.
There’s a huge amount of space for improvement, but the tool is quite simple to use. Neat.
January-February 2018 Chars
Characters done in two different styles. Was supposed to finish this by the end of January, but eh, life.
Incomplete teams: Managing student projects with incomplete skillsets
It happens: sometimes you get a student team that doesn’t have a major skillset usually needed to make a game. Not that it’s impossible, but it means the team mentor has to consider what to do to make sure they are able to get a game out.
Now that’s actually not impossible: there are one-person games out there, and my previous research did focus on ensuring designers could survive a worst-case scenario of having no one to work with. With regard to student projects though, there’s a specific goal: the game has to showcase the students ability to conceive, plan, develop and finish a project.
Here are two student teams that had this problem that asked me for mentoring. Continue reading
Three Minute Answers: Az Samad on Becoming a Game Music Performer
Az Samad of www.azsamad.com has quite a background as a guitarist, composer and music teacher. He performed in Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy in KL, Comic Fiesta and Game Start.
This interview was part of a set of interviews captured for a KDU event called Interplay to talk on the benefits of gaming for young people. Here, Az talks about how his experience with gaming led him to one of his career highlights: playing Final Fantasy music in the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.