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Visual Art Werks was once again in the building, Building C of the Georgia World Congress Center for DREAMHACK 2023. This time DTM got a chance to share his creative process when creating digital art for games including characters, elements, objects and assets. Met a lot of cool people, said hi to folks I knew already and had an overall amazing experience. Plus I learned a lot just by hanging out at some of the panels and listening to the experience and advice of veteran and newcomers.
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In this workshop I will show you how to create animation and game art from a sketch to finished illustration with the most popular apps available for professionals. This session is for anyone starting their digital art journey creating 2D art for comics, character art and game assets. Character Concept Process
The Inspiration
Exploring Character Art Styles. El Azteca Moderno - Frank aka Tenuch
My creative process starts with sketching in Adobe Fresco with pencil brushes. Sketching is especially important when the character doesn't yet exist as an image. All of these sketches were drawn with Adobe Fresco. In this example with El Azteca Moderno, I want to capture the image of a young adult/late teen character on a quest. We see lots of sketches exploring different art styles, body types, and elements that make the character recognizable in the story plus fit two different mediums, comics and gaming!
Time for some ink, nope, not yet!
Once we have a style that fits our story and character, we are ready for inking with vector brushes. The first image shows where we settled on the art style, the details and the features that reflect the young adult/late teen age. Just when you think you are ready for the next step, a new ideas comes along and now I need to draw that instead! And so the process starts again, blue sketches were drawn on Sketchable App on Surface Book 2.
Let the inking and colors begin!
My character art influences started with comics, so most of my character art has an outline for the clothing, gear, character elements and details. Sometimes I create art without outlines or very little linework and that depends on the storyline mood and project requirements.
LIVE DRAWING VECTOR ART HERE Coloring Techniques in Adobe Fresco with Vector Brushes. Livestream series: Sketch To Vector for reference on Behance and YouTube. www.behance.net/gallery/152434637/SKETCH-TO-VECTOR
GAME ASSETS - Art Life The Game
Sketching the story, backgrounds, characters and elements
Denominator - Gorilla Character
Vector Art
Animation - in Game Character Movement
Animation Tests
The Comic
App Workflow - Adobe Apps Sketching in Fresco and Photoshop Vector in Fresco and Illustrator Adobe App Alternatives Pixel Apps for sketching and drawing - concepts Vector Apps for svg and vector assets - game art product List of apps I have used so far: https://www.vectormaestros.com/vector-apps.html Get in touch and follow DTM Contact Form Follow on IG Games and Art By DTM Weekly Livestreams on Behance Sketch to Vector Playlist on YouTube
The Bootcamp Sessions are 4 hours of Adobe Illustrator tools, resources and app alternatives. Bring your device, whatever you have available to you, we will learn the process and workflow to create!
A computer and internet connection is required. All sessions will be held online at our discord. Discord link: https://discord.gg/Aztw26azaZ A recording of the session will be available to download and rewatch forever. Email DTM for questions and to Book Your Sessions: [email protected] #ArtLifeTheGame started as an idea a long time ago, developed the story with real potential to create a game and a comic book. I slowly realized that I did not have the knowledge to build it so it has been a work in progress and will have a first look in 2022 with the help of mentors and gaming resources coming from @Microsoft and #XBoxGameStudiosGameCamp! 
@deltatangomike of @visualartwerks been selected to speak at #SouthWiRED14 #LMJ on Oct 4. Together we can ignite the South’s digital future. Register: http://bit.ly/1sZ6DDz #crowdfunding #art #film @artlifethegame #artlife #dtm2014
That @artlifethegame is now officially legit #copyrights #trademarks are set and the art can now start flowing out the door. If u supported the #Kickstartercampaign then expect to see #art #comic book and #mobile #game updates as we roll thru the summer! Special shout out to the @visualartwerks team @tresfloresss @dg_iplaw @csaba_tech @artist053 #ATL #art #illustration#libraryofcongress
DRAWING AND THE BUSINESS OF DRAWING Ages 12-18 2pm FREE REGISTER HERE (meetup.com) Bring your sketchbooks, markers and pencils and collaborate with other teen artists and professional artist, Daniel “DTM” Flores for tips on technique, careers and more. Central Library, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System One Margaret Mitchell Square, Atlanta 30303 For information Andaiye Reeves 404.730.1967 
We've reached our last day of the @artlifethegame #kickstarter and we feel good! http://kck.st/I4zyRs the #artlife experience is coming to #android #wp8 #ios thanks to YOU! Today is also the last day of @pencilwars #drawing contest so get your last minute pledges and #pencil #art in! #pencilwars_artlife 
We get that question a lot and now we have an answer! We didn't forget our Android using fans. Not at all. Our development plans have been growing ever since we decided to reach out to our friends and family thru Kickstarter. To be honest, I first pitched the game idea to Chad Carter, our developer, as a Windows game and he agreed to work with me on the game for fun. Our initial goal was to build the game to Windows Phone 8 and Xbox 360. Then as we spoked about the game out loud in presence of others, the iPhone was brought into the conversation. As art and code is developed and the Kickstarter campaign came into focus, it became apparent that we would HAVE TO reach out to iOS users if we wanted Art Life to make a serious dent in the Mobile Game Industry. And now we are here. Fans have spoken, pledges have been made and we are that much closer to producing the Art Life experience in comic books, coloring books, fine art and of course: The Mobile Game on Win Phone 8 and iOS. Our first stretch goal is reserved to get the Art Life onto the Google Play Store for all Android users. We have to go for it. We are not overreaching when we say we are going to make the Android version available if you can help us get to 6K in less than 5 days. Thats right. as of Saturday afternoon our campaign is at $5,286 and we only need $714 for us to push that much harder in 2014 into developing the Art Life code into Android. Do you know any Android Gamers interested in the Art Life? then help spread the Art Life Gospel!!! http://kck.st/I4zyRs DTM -creator 
We are nearing the finish line and we are looking for your help in a couple of ways to make this campaign complete! we have the developer coding the iOS and Windows 8 game app and with your help we can get the comic books on board. Heres how you become a team player: 1. pledge at least 10bux to the campaign. http://kck.st/I4zyRs I guarantee you we will fill your email inbox with all types of Art Life digital goodies beyond the campaign pledge. every bit helps! 2. share the link on Facebook and/or twitter to your followers. The more contributors to the campaign, the better our check out more about Art Life including links to the media coverage as listed on the kickstarter page: http://kck.st/I4zyRs Please let me know what you think about our project and consider helping it succeed! DTM 
http://wonderroot.podomatic.com/entry/2013-11-30T15_24_58-08_00 Sponsored by Octane Coffee, in this "Arts in Atlanta" conversation James Lytle and Daniel Flores join Interactive Media Manager Floyd Hall to discuss technology's role as a new platform for enjoying the art experience. Lytle talks about designing and developing his Finestra Art App for smartphones, while Flores discusses his Art Life gaming concept. They also give some insight into the challenges they're overcoming while running their startup ventures, in addition to how the local Atlanta arts community is supporting their growth. Art Life The Game on Kickstarter: http://kck.st/I4zyRs instagram, twitter & Facebook: @artlifethegame Finestra Art App for iOS: http://finestraartapp.com Visit Octane Coffee here: http://octanecoffee.com WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit: http://wonderroot.org http://facebook.com/wonderpage http://twitter.com/wonderroot http://instagram.com/wonderroot |
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