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At work, I'm the technical artist. This week I was creating a new template for artists and programmers to create the next generation of Slot Machines by MobileDeluxe. There are three main, competing priorities:
1. Efficiency - The final graphics have to be small in terms of data size. Each slot machine has to be downloaded onto mobile devices, so we want the download to be as quick as possible. Once downloaded, the graphics also have to fit in system memory without bogging down the device.
2. Simplicity - Use as few individual graphics files for maximum results. The fewer to keep track of the better. Also, it is best on the programmers if they can display as few files as possible, since every one requires scaling and nudging and calculating and bug fixing... Fewer files helps with #1 above, while hurting #3 below.
3. Flexibility - This is the toughie... Making sure the system can accommodate as many features as possible, even features we have not thought of yet. "Don't paint us into a corner." I could make every little graphic element its own file, which is really flexible, but blows #1 and #2 out of the water!
Altogether, it is not a very "artistic" task, and it is intellectually taxing (you would not believe the amount of algebra involved) but I certainly enjoy it -- so long as it is not all I get to do.
1. Efficiency - The final graphics have to be small in terms of data size. Each slot machine has to be downloaded onto mobile devices, so we want the download to be as quick as possible. Once downloaded, the graphics also have to fit in system memory without bogging down the device.
2. Simplicity - Use as few individual graphics files for maximum results. The fewer to keep track of the better. Also, it is best on the programmers if they can display as few files as possible, since every one requires scaling and nudging and calculating and bug fixing... Fewer files helps with #1 above, while hurting #3 below.
3. Flexibility - This is the toughie... Making sure the system can accommodate as many features as possible, even features we have not thought of yet. "Don't paint us into a corner." I could make every little graphic element its own file, which is really flexible, but blows #1 and #2 out of the water!
Altogether, it is not a very "artistic" task, and it is intellectually taxing (you would not believe the amount of algebra involved) but I certainly enjoy it -- so long as it is not all I get to do.
New so-called Office
Late February and early March was a period where I was "moving" between "offices". Air quotes because it is how I think of transitioning between graphics computers. My old one had been beat to hell and required repair. I kept it online as long as I could while I went through a bumpy process of getting another computer. I didn't do the obvious thing and head down to BestBuy or CostCo or any other big store. No. I like to get computers from my computer repair guy. Welll.... That doesn't always work out smoothly. The first one I tried was too wimpy. The second had memory errors and was Bluescreening all over the place. The third had Windows inco
T-Shirt Business
Recently, I've started making clothing designs for sale on Redbubble.
To begin with, I have been helping my daughter with her Korean classes. I like to work her homework with her. I've always been interested in decorative writing, calligraphy, calligrams, etc. Hangul gives me a whole new set of shapes to work with. And, looking at some Korean graphical design work, I see there is great flexibility in the letterforms. (also, from an English perspective, Korean writing is shockingly logical)
And so, I began with some crazy letter illustration, and added to that some K-Pop specific subjects.
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February 2016 SCA Covers
With a Valentine's day theme, Leah Jolifaunt of Schattentor provides the Northshield Northwatch cover, "L O V E". Lovely, little figures peck between the letters. She also provided a few internal illustrations for the issue.
Check out the cover of the February Atlantia Acorn. It's a fabulous drawing of a courtly couple by Lady Daniela Schwartzhaupt. "Cover Artwork Documentation: Main image based on Noblewoman with Halberdier Woodcut after an engraving (c. 1520) by Albrecht Dürer (German painter and engraver, 1471 - 1528) Border design based on various woodcut engraving styles."
Also really great is the cover of the February Calontir Me
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