Combo Splash Art

Shrike · May 2013

Hi guys,

working on Ui parts for a project at the moment (Some kind of third person
brawler)

Edit: Did a logo now

This is what Ive got so far

The game logo:

And flashy combo text art!

What do you think ?

Inspiration is definitely Castle Crashers/Battleblock theater and that typical Flash style which i really like.

Add3r · May 2013

Really awesome design, composition, etc

I think your next step would just be a clean up and tighten phase. I think your lines are a little loose and feel blurry. Get some harder edges on there! When making an in your face, epic splash like these, I feel you need to have them punctuate with those super crisp, in your face type of line work.

Awesome stuff though man, I really like these

SnowInChina · May 2013

the last two are looking good, but i really don't like the first one
looks like its for a circus

and depending on the size you are going to display these, they might hinder the sight
usually these combo "popups" are right in the center and cover half of the screen, therefore they have no real background, but letters
yours is a blob (from a screen coverage point of view) whre you cannot see through
if it makes sense ?

well, like i said, it really depends how you implement them

ZASkaggs · May 2013

The increasing intensity of each combo really comes across well.

Shrike · May 2013

Thanks for the feedback

They will be smaller and displayed aside the playerframe, they wont obstruct too much of the sight, your point
is totally valid when displayed in middle of your screen of course @Snow

I dont really get the hard edges thing. They are as hard as it gets , I used no gradients for the shapes or transistions because they are meant to imitate vector art more or less. (I use a 100% hard brush for all the painting, only Selections are sharper and I use them for most of the things (if you ignore the pencil tool obviously)) This variation of really simple rough round painting and hard edges makes that style.

The lines are comic style and "crazy", so they have varied shape which is intentional. But I dont really understand what exactly you mean.
They are a little blurry since they are over 100% the usual size, maybe its that what you notice - An example would be nice @Add3r

For the first one, I heard something similar already, I guess I gotta rethink on it then

Shrike · May 2013

completely changed the Legendary one and im happy with the result so far

(first post)

Reworking the nice one now

warxsnake · May 2013

I love these

Shrike · May 2013

I currently work on a character selection screen, and this is what ive got right now:

The idea was that you only see the eye/s of a character in a thin bar
which gives a really strong impression

http://i40.tinypic.com/9l934k.png

There is no character artwork yet, so only placeholder / noone
(image is cropped 4:3 for polycount)

What do you guys think ?

Memory · May 2013

In your top bar, change "Lifes" to "Lives" it's a grammatical error.

Also: Solid work, I love the design + colors!

Shrike · May 2013

Still gotta change some stuff on the character selection

Made a logo however! (first post)

Inspiration for all this:

Battleblock theater
http://glitchcat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/BattleBlock-Theater-Cat1.jpg

Castle Crashers
http://alive-ua.com/uploads/posts/2012-09/1348731618_castle-crashers-1.jpg

Homerun in Berzerk Land 2
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/608040

Shrike · May 2013

Here is the old playerframe and hit counter I made
I like it, but it dosnt go with the new style of the game so Im gonna remake that now

http://hostr.co/file/uphokcR1wUst/Playerframe-and-Hit-Combo.png

Any crits on the logo ?

Shrike · Jun 2013

Hey guys, been busy working at other frames, and i have to notice that the style evolved a lot and I like It a more and more

What do you think ? I dont like my character selection at all anymore, gonna remake that as whole I guess

Background is that they are cartoonish pirate-raider like animal/people and they just steal random stuff and take it to their place in the sky. Hence the many objects and improvised style. Its really unserious and should just look amusing.

Combo Splash Art

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