.tiff tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1546814 2011-11-02T15:41:19-07:00 TypePad Hey! I'm over here! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7ac65c88330162fc19675c970d 2011-11-02T15:41:19-07:00 2011-11-02T15:42:48-07:00 Hello blog friends! It's true, I have been pretty quiet for a mighty long time, but not as silent as you may think! I have revived the whole .tiff ethos over on my (kinda) new tumblr blog, appropriately url-ed at dottiff.tumblr.com. After taking a year long break from everything, major... .tiff

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Hello blog friends! 

It's true, I have been pretty quiet for a mighty long time, but not as silent as you may think! I have revived the whole .tiff ethos over on my (kinda) new tumblr blog, appropriately url-ed at dottiff.tumblr.com.

After taking a year long break from everything, major social networks and blogging included, I wasn't sure if I'd have enough gusto to go back to blogging. Turns out I still love the web as much as I did before, so I'll be updating as regular as I can! Y'all update your feeds and come back now!

 http://tiffchow.typepad.com/tiff/2011/11/hey-im-over-here.html Game Dev Story Illustrated Game Covers (and more drawings) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7ac65c88330133f650cdba970b 2010-11-22T11:56:05-08:00 2010-11-22T11:56:05-08:00 Right now I'm still drawing as much as I possibly can, which is pretty fun. I'm inventing small projects for my own amusement, which have ranged everywhere from portraits of beautiful Six Apart colleagues, to Kate Bush fan art, to these illustrated game covers. Based off game titles listed in... .tiff

image from farm5.static.flickr.comRight now I'm still drawing as much as I possibly can, which is pretty fun. I'm inventing small projects for my own amusement, which have ranged everywhere from portraits of beautiful Six Apart colleagues, to Kate Bush fan art, to these illustrated game covers.

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Based off game titles listed in this Game Dev Story post, I drew the game covers for a handful of the "Game Kid" games I developed. My favorites of the ten are Silent Nose and Ghostly Nips, and given the chance I think I'd definitely have a try at Hall of Oats, the Hall & Oates musical adventure RPG. Guess I just have to work harder at owning a game publishing company. See an additional three illustrated game covers here. 

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As for the other drawings I've been working on, they're all a random range of people and things and Christmas dogs. In an attempt to separate this blog and my tumblr blog from being flooded with me me me, I've created PANCAKE AMERICAN to showcase all of my recent works, if you're interested, as well as a Cargo portfolio. Enjoy! Now, back to drawing some more. 

 http://tiffchow.typepad.com/tiff/2010/11/game-dev-story-illustrated-game-covers-and-more-drawings.html A few recent art works by yours truly tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7ac65c88330133f5cd2495970b 2010-11-12T13:37:04-08:00 2010-11-12T13:37:04-08:00 In the Sky I'm finally starting to warm up to my tablet, after years of neglect! Though I still haven't quite adjusted to creating line-work (I'm still scanning hand-drawn works) I've started to color some drawings here and there to practice developing color palettes and digital painting. It's been fun!... .tiff

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I'm finally starting to warm up to my tablet, after years of neglect! Though I still haven't quite adjusted to creating line-work (I'm still scanning hand-drawn works) I've started to color some drawings here and there to practice developing color palettes and digital painting. It's been fun!

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These works aren't for anything in particular, but I hope you like them. In the case of the two scenic drawings, I tried to think of visual scenes I would love to encounter during a game of some sort. As for the Naked Fruit Dance, well, I was naked and I wanted fruit and that was that.

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It's the naked fruit dance!

I'll post more when they're finished!

 http://tiffchow.typepad.com/tiff/2010/11/a-few-recent-art-works-by-yours-truly.html A House in California tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7ac65c88330133f5c55b39970b 2010-11-11T13:44:49-08:00 2010-11-11T13:44:49-08:00 Image from Indie Games Channel Simple, artistic, and intriguing, Jake Elliot and Cardboard Computer's point and click game A House in California reveals the story of a home through a beautifully poetic and surreal gameplay experience. Short and very sweet. Download here and play it for free! A House in... .tiff

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Simple, artistic, and intriguing, Jake Elliot and Cardboard Computer's point and click game A House in California reveals the story of a home through a beautifully poetic and surreal gameplay experience. Short and very sweet. Download here and play it for free!

A House in California via Angie Wang

 http://tiffchow.typepad.com/tiff/2010/11/a-house-in-california.html 8-bit Calavera - Dia De Los Muertos NES Paintings tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7ac65c8833013488d66eb8970c 2010-11-09T10:55:40-08:00 2010-11-09T10:55:40-08:00 NES cartridge painting by Jim Bradshaw via GameSetWatch Portland's Ground Kontrol has a terrific looking show up until the end of the month called 8-bit Calavera. The show features a series of 40 artists who honor Dia De Los Muertos with individually painted NES Cartridges. Some of the paintings speak... .tiff

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NES cartridge painting by Jim Bradshaw via GameSetWatch

Portland's Ground Kontrol has a terrific looking show up until the end of the month called 8-bit Calavera. The show features a series of 40 artists who honor Dia De Los Muertos with individually painted NES Cartridges. Some of the paintings speak to the games themselves, like this Dr. Mario painting by Glen Brogan, while others keep to the traditional style of Dia De Los Muertos folk art. Wish I could see this in person! Thanks to Ginevra for the tip!

8-bit Calavera via GameSetWatch and Zen Albatross

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