Anyone care to teach me graphic design in a short post?
Is it even possible? Can a hobbyist game designer become an acceptable graphic artist in his limited free time?
I appreciate good graphic design:
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And, I can tell bad/amateur-ish graphic art when I see it.
For a hobbyist game designer who would just like to add some “pop” to his game designs, where should I start? Justcopy get inspiration from what I like? Are there general guidelines somewhere, or is that like asking for general guidelines for brain surgery? Or, just pay up and hire someone?
My issue with hiring someone is I’m just doing this for fun, maybe to submit a few games to BGG contests, maybe “publish” a few print and play games, so my business plan is: ~$0 income and ~$0 expenses.
Specifically, if I am looking for “cover art” for a game design, where do I start?
The game theme is steampunk "lite", or "realistic steampunk": no flying submarines, more like steam powered WWI.
The game is a turn based strategy, light 4X, collect resources, build up tech tree, build army, attack the other guy game.
Here is a shot of a mini game version of the game (just battle units, no resources, no tech tree), just to give you an idea so far:
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I'd like to create a "cover" for the game that fits my theme and has a feel like these WWI posters:
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Oh, and I don't have any non-free software to use. Currently dabbling with Inkscape.
So, where do I start? start from scratch, or pick one of the above images and try to modify it (eliminate existing text, add my text)?
Thanks.
Is it even possible? Can a hobbyist game designer become an acceptable graphic artist in his limited free time?
I appreciate good graphic design:
And, I can tell bad/amateur-ish graphic art when I see it.
For a hobbyist game designer who would just like to add some “pop” to his game designs, where should I start? Just
My issue with hiring someone is I’m just doing this for fun, maybe to submit a few games to BGG contests, maybe “publish” a few print and play games, so my business plan is: ~$0 income and ~$0 expenses.
Specifically, if I am looking for “cover art” for a game design, where do I start?
The game theme is steampunk "lite", or "realistic steampunk": no flying submarines, more like steam powered WWI.
The game is a turn based strategy, light 4X, collect resources, build up tech tree, build army, attack the other guy game.
Here is a shot of a mini game version of the game (just battle units, no resources, no tech tree), just to give you an idea so far:
I'd like to create a "cover" for the game that fits my theme and has a feel like these WWI posters:
Oh, and I don't have any non-free software to use. Currently dabbling with Inkscape.
So, where do I start? start from scratch, or pick one of the above images and try to modify it (eliminate existing text, add my text)?
Thanks.