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Re: UI and Graphic Design
I'm a Graphic Designer in games :) I should really contribute to that bare Wiki page ;p As far as HUD/UI design goes, I'd actually suggest looking at the following: Symbol - [ame="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Symbol-Angus-Hyland/dp/1856697274"]Symbol: Amazon.co.uk: Angus Hyland, Steven Bateman: 9781856697279: Books[/ame] Los… -
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Hey Liam, Thanks for the writeup man! really got me pumped to dive into UI creation feet first. I think taking your favorite game and redesigning the UI for it is a good point for me to start and grabbing the programs you listed and figuring them out. Thanks again! -
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I've got these books which are great: [ame="https://www.amazon.com/Basics-Design-Layout-Gavin-Ambrose/dp/2940373345/ref=pd_sim_b_5"]Amazon.com: Basics Design: Layout (9782940373345): Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris: Books[/ame]… -
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Two personal favourites; www.faveup.com www.greyscalegorilla.com - technically motion design rather than straight graphics but still a fun blog and some awesome podcasts too. -
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wow those are great links as well Ex-ray thanks :) -
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Excellent advice Liam! :) When you start looking at 2D game art there is actually a lot of content involved in the creation of menus / UI. Try and list all the elements you can see on a page splitting them into categories like this: -Headings / Titles -Content / menu items -Icons -Images -Controller Buttons/hint text… -
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Yeah there seems to be a lack of documentation regarding game specific Graphic design, iv always wanted to make my own UI's for games that i play basic mods really. Do you have any good start off points whats the best way to get started? what programs would i need to make a decent layout/designs/ui? -
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I'd say get to grips with Illustrator and Flash. Most people know Photoshop well enough to do the basic tasks of creating mock-ups. The real skill comes in being able to do everything you do in Photoshop; in Illustrator. The next step is taking your vector graphics from Illustrator into Flash and animating them. There are… -
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Ex-ray those are some awesome links! giving me so much inspiration! -
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Yeah I know what you mean, I've got a friend who's a graphic design who wanted to know more about UI for games. So I helped by trying to find examples for him, needless to say I didn't find that many. Here's a few more game UI/icon related ref that I found: http://vinceshayer.carbonmade.com/ http://www.renascent.nl/ (some…
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