Unfortunately I ran into some technical issues at the end and was unable to get the Substance Painter texture properly working in Maya and was also unable to get the lightning working for the Arnold Read more…
The first thing I did when entering Maya was experiment with making the sword handle. I created a cylinder and used the extrude tool to make eight of the outer faces stick outwards, I then Read more…
In this blog post I’ll be discussing my inspiration for the hero asset. As a media studies student I am not part of the environment design module so I was initially confused about what I Read more…
This is my UI I have designed and created in Unreal Engine 4. All of the materials used in the UI were created by myself using Adobe Illustrator. The actual game itself was not created Read more…
For layering and separation I decided to go back to my buttons I designed in the small multiples post and edit them slightly in a way that makes them more readable and accessible. In the Read more…
In order to showcase a narrative over a specific time within a specific space I have created a story board for how fuel will work in the game and how it is represented to the Read more…
Edward Tufte’s theory of small multiples suggests that similar looking images are easier to tell apart when placed within a close proximity of each other. Above are some buttons / icons I have designed to Read more…
The subject I have chosen for my creative campaign is video game user interfaces and how video games display information to the player through the use of a heads-up display. For my final micro-macrocosm piece Read more…
The “Waterloo World” level from the video game “Psychonauts” is a great example of video games utilizing Tufte’s theory of Micro-Macrocosm in a way only video games can. In this level two war generals are Read more…
Layering and separation is an important thing to consider when displaying information as it can be used to make visual information more clear and easier to follow. This is done by making each separate layer Read more…