Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Ben Emerges From The Shadows...with stuff.


Boy have I been neglectful.  Not because I wanted to be, but because nothing is finished.  So rather than give off the impression that I'm some lazy lump that rides on the coat tails of his fellow monsters, I thought I would share some Work In Progress stuff.  So let's get up to speed.


First up, I had grand plans for Halloween.  Namely, a quicky animated short to post on the site.  Turns out, animation takes longer than you would think (even limited animation).  So I missed my deadline.  

Luckily, it took the pressure off of me and I can toy with it more.  Even remaster the whole thing in 3D.  Apply your 3D glasses....now.


Next up: My superhero game!  Since I last showed it, I was in the process of revamping my animations and adding art.  Well, I have a couple new things to show you.  First, I was running into a problem where my stopping animations (character resets and cape falls to the side) was playing twice.  It was really bumming me out.  So after some coding wizardry and a healthy dose of luck, that has been corrected.  Now the animation plays beautifully.

The other addition...well, more of a test...is these speed trails I've developed for the game.  I wanted some kind of trails behind him when he flew and threw this together. 


Post by Need Your Disease.

And finally, I'll be on the C2 Podcast talking about my game and using Construct 2 this Friday.  More to come soon.


Thursday, October 16, 2014

Taking Aristotle for a walk

Pugsley and his pet octopus Aristotle (Fang if you prefer the animated series).  
Happy inktober!

Thursday, October 31, 2013

"They All Float Down Here."


Stephen King's "It" was on TV last night.  I had originally seen the first half of the movie when I was about 12 years old at family friends house.  Leaving at the half way point, I was stuck not knowing how the story ended.  At that point in the movie, most of the characters were roughly the same age as me which really helped with my fascination with it.  Sadly, this was way before you could just go out and rent the DVD.  So I went to the local book store and bought a paperback copy of the book.  Holy crap was that a lot of words.  Not to mention way scarier.  

I'm not the fastest reader and didn't get even as far as I had seen in the movie.  A couple years later I would strike up conversation with a friend who had the whole thing recorded on VHS.  I cannot express the extreme amount of closure that I received from watching it.

I had a few extra minutes at lunch and thought I would sketch out the above picture.  I tried not to mimic Tim Curry's version of the character, but still keep some of the touchstones.  Happy Halloween everyone.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

The Bicycle Horror


I love drawing these blob-y ghost monsters, especially this time of year.
Stay tuned for colors by our own Tim Switalski!



Tuesday, October 22, 2013

9 Days until Halloween: Godzilla


Hail to the king baby! No time to ink, pencils only (+photoshop). 

"Some places are like people: some shine and some don't."


I had the privilege of participating in the Creep Show last weekend in Cleveland.  Originally wanting to do an homage to the Creature From the Black Lagoon, I was side tracked by an article on The Shining.  Not soon after, I started drawing the above piece.

If you'd like to see the original (digital) pencils and inks (including a sinking eyeball that I caught while coloring), then head over to my personal blog: www.NeedYourDisease.com 

Ben
@NeedYourDisease

Monday, October 21, 2013

10 Days Until Halloween


And we're back... So my ill-fated attempt to do a monster sketch everyday this month got derailed by life (2 gallery shows and a full-time job), but there are 10 days until Halloween,  and starting tonight , I will do a monster sketch a day for the next 10 days ( I hope).
-Tim

Grim


This one is a tad off my normal style but it's one of those that I just started and just had to finish.  I blame this last weekend's mural for my color choices.  Happy Halloween!

Saturday, October 5, 2013