Nexus Tablet Sketches

Here are a few quick sketches for the island level. I expected them to have a bit better quality, but these are from my Google Nexus Tablet. I will have to double check if I missed some settings or something.

Update: I can save my sketches from Sketchbook Pro as a PSD. I sent them to photoshop and saved them as png's and they look better. Not sure what the deal is.

The first illustration is supposed to be a crater with a body of water in it followed by a close up of three islands. This was a quick demo as I am still getting used to drawing with a tablet.

Lego Halloween Party

The lecture by Nolan Bushnell got me thinking. I need to be more obnoxious and my team and I need to have some fun. Since it was Halloween I brought some candy! The main event was a Lego level design party! I was having trouble stimulating creativity, but this worked great. The artists all engaged and helped build something together. I look forward to more of these creative activities.

Nolan Bushnell

I just met the founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell. He came for a lecture on business and he even addressed our questions on the game industry. Some of the things I enjoyed was his thoughts on hiring, studying, and living. Being obnoxious and dedicated is a good thing. Study while standing, eat chocolate, and weed out he toxic people in your group. His lecture was very fun and informative. It was great too meet such a big figure in the game industry.

Wreck It Ralph

I just went and saw Wreck-It-Ralph! It was a wonderful movie. It had familiar Pixar tone, great cameos, and all out fun. There were great one-liners, hilarious product placement, and more fun. FUN is the best word to describe this movie. I really felt like I was little enjoying my childhood all over again, but without my mom telling me that video games are silly. Well I guess they are silly, but there is a lot of culture to it. This culture is developing and this movie shows that the new and the old can mesh well together. That's another thing to take from this movie. Never forget where you came from. Learning from old games will teach you how to make new games. I am very happy this movie was made to at least make me feel valid.