Broken Age Storyboards

We didn't storyboard a lot of the cutscenes in Broken Age, but we did do a few important ones. Here are the storyboards I did for the FINAL cutscene at the end of Act 2. SPOILERS!

Broken Age Concepts

Its been a looooong time since I posted here. Lately, with the release of Broken Age Act 2, I've been tweeting some of the early development art I did for that project. Here's a dump of some of those images!

Winterbolt

I did this little gouache painting for a group show at Van Eaton Galleries on Villains. I chose Winterbolt because I love Rankin and Bass and he had a great villain voice. vegalleries.com/villains.html 

The Radiation Symbol

Another playable character in Pettyland. The Radiation Symbol is the most extreme "conscious mind" character in the game. Because the Radiation Symbol's special abilities let him drain health from potentially multiple opponents in one turn, he tends to chase the other characters around the board; however, he is pretty much limited to the conscious mind because he loses health in the subconscious mind.

Dots, the most extreme "subconscious mind" character in the game, often cooperates with the Radiation Symbol in an attempt for both of them to meet their personal goals. Since Dots' goal is to LOSE health and the Radiation Symbol's goal is to DRAIN health, the two often meet in one of the two neutral spaces that connect the subconscious mind to the conscious mind to do their dirty business.

Train Track Pad Sketches

Recently, I've been using the trackpad on my Mac Book to try and create some little thumbnail compositions while I ride the train home. Its both incredibly frustrating and very interesting. I'm constantly struggling to do what I want to do, but at the same time just being very minimal with the design and shapes has also been a lot of fun.

These are done in Photoshop CC and typically take 20-40 minutes.

Blue Balls, Backmasking & Finals

That can only mean more Pettyland cards! Its been a while since I've had a chance to do another set. The biggest challenge with this batch was figuring out how to illustrate something like Blue Balls...tastefully. I looked to Franz Kline for inspiration.

Also, if you're into that sort of thing, I set up a Facebook page for all things Pettyland: https://www.facebook.com/PettylandGame