artist influences
Today I started to find examples of products to help inspire me for my game so that I had a similar palate/content that I could compare to my game.
i came across an artist called rob shields who creates a lot of cyberpunk themed art. i took an interest in his work and decided to look through his website to see what i could find!
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Rob Shields creates illustrations, comics, and games. He works on illustrations, digital art, and animation.
Some of his work can be seen in the 3D gallery above!
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i also searched rob shields up on google to find other websites he may be on promoting his artwork and i came across a website called 'artstation' that he also publishes his work on. i wfound some really interesting work on their and i decidede to add that above too!
'What I do"
'What I Love"
"My work is inspired by 1980's Japanese cyberpunk, 80s & 90s brain freeze, graffiti, video games, comic books, augmented reality & everyone's best friend the internet". - Rob Shields
Want to see more?
To find out more about his work click onto the link below
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i decided to look on youtube and i came across rob shield's youtube channel. he has videos showing his animations and he's even promoting his new game 'neon wasteland'. i watched both of these videos as they are trailers for his game and i though that they were very interesting. I also found out that his game is actually an interactive animation comic book.
update (12/11/18): i got a notification on youtube yesterday from Rob Shield's youtube channel game as the most recent video came out yesterday. it explains in a bit more information about the game itself. I'll put the video below so that you can watch.
i love rob shields designs in general! the bright, neon, cyberpunk, cartoon-style designs and his imagination with his futuristic designs are crazy. i could tell that he's had inspiration from 'back to the future' as in that film they drive a delorean which i saw an animated version being driven around in some of the videos.
conclusion
i will use all of the information i have learned about rob shield's game and i will consider using his designs as inspiration for my level design as he has made a lot of detailed environments in his illustrations. i will also consider making games in the future that involve augmented reality as i find the concept really interesting and i think that creating a game that involves that will benefit players as they will feel like they have so much more interaction with a game.
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i love rob shields designs in general! the bright, neon, cyberpunk, cartoon-style designs and his imagination with his futuristic designs are crazy. i could tell that he's had inspiration from 'back to the future' as in that film they drive a delorean which i saw an animated version being driven around in some of the videos.
harvard referencing
Shields, R. (2018). Rob Shields Illustration Comics & Game Design Philadelphia. [online] Rob Shields Illustration Comics & Game Design Philadelphia. Available at: https://www.robshields.net/ [Accessed 13 Sep. 2018].
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image 1
Shields, R. (2016). Uploading-Copyright-Rob-Shields-2016. [image] Available at: https://www.robshields.net/motion?lightbox=dataItem-isrr8fyp [Accessed 13 Sep. 2018].
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image 2
Shields, R. (2017). Kill Screen. [image] Available at: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/yvbN3 [Accessed 13 Sep. 2018].
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image 3
Shields, R. (2018). Bit Jockey Animated Shirt. [image] Available at: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/dA3GK [Accessed 13 Sep. 2018].
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Shields, R. (2017). Some Assembly Required. [image] Available at: https://www.robshields.net/motion-2?lightbox=dataItem-iz4dn0e6 [Accessed 13 sep. 2018].
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Shields, R. (2018). The One and Twenty. [image] Available at: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ke4Y6 [Accessed 13 sep. 2018].
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Shields, R. (2016). Special Delivery (Animated). [image] Available at: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Kv0Ax [Accessed 13 Sep. 2018].
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video 1
Shields, R. (2017). Neon Wasteland Reveal Trailer. [video] Available at: https://youtu.be/3yIqiLnnuck [Accessed 14 Sep. 2018].
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video 2
Shields, R. (2018). Neon Wasteland #1 Reveal Trailer. [video] Available at: https://youtu.be/2rdjMkZ6zmU [Accessed 25 Oct. 2018].
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video 3
Shields, R. (2018). Neon Wasteland Tech Demo. [video] Available at: https://youtu.be/elrHLU7lpOQ [Accessed 11 Nov. 2018].