2D Art Workshop

 

Ideas for Generating 2D/3D/Pixel Art

Annotate everything

• Mind Map/List
• Research/Moodboards
• Sketch/Photo-Bashing
• Blocking out/Templates
• Silhouettes
• 2-3 Finished sketches with details
• 3-6 colour sketches with materials
• Final Finished Design

2D Platform

• Background
• Achievements
• NPC’s
• Avatar
• Platforms
• Enemies
• Interactive Features-Levers, Buttons, Switches, Doors, Triggers and Power-Ups.
• Movement Aids-Moving Platforms, Lift, Speed-up, Ropes and Springs.
• Collectables-Weapons, Keys, Coins/Rings/Stars.
• Hazards-Fire/Water, Traps, Spikes, Obstacles and Objects.

5 Main Components Explained

Platforms– Any object that the player runs or jumps across.

Obstacles- Any object that is capable of importing damage to the avatar.

Movement Aids- Any object that helps the player traverse the level, such as springs, movable trampolines, or ropes.

Collectable Items- Any object that provides a reward to the player.

Triggers- Anything that changes the state of the level. Examples include switches that turn blocks into coins, or objects which change the avatar’s behavior.

Horror Environments

• Hospitals
• Forests
• Prisons
• Church’s
• Graveyards
• Clown Festivals
• Asylum
• Swamp
• School

Horror Enemies

• zombies
• Werewolves
• Ghosts
• Vampires
• Exploding enemies
• Giant Spiders
• Shadows
• Darkness
• Crawlers
• Ghouls
•  Skeletons
• Murders

Interactive Horror Elements

• Doors
• Traps
• Lights
• Drops
• Collapsing Platforms
• Murder Weapons
• Ladders
• Tortures
• Graphical Kill Cam

Photo Editing