{"id":2160,"date":"2016-07-04T12:12:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T12:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennytirkkonen.fi\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2016-07-04T12:23:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T12:23:33","slug":"tackling-the-2d-space-game-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jennytirkkonen.fi\/?p=2160","title":{"rendered":"Tackling the 2D space, game on!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This summer I have realized why finns are considered such hardworking nation by stereotype. Our summer is usually so terrible, it’s best spent on the computer. Like last year, I actually got an entire game done in few months, because of that weather of ours. This year is actually a whole other story, because, holy crap, it’s actually not terrible out there….I am confused. You can pretty much look at my tan and calculate the wasted working potential…!<\/p>\n

But, it has not been all sparkling and strawberries in the sun (I would by now be dead by the sunburns if I did that daily!). I have actually been tackling at something; before this, \u00a0I haven’t considered myself as much of an illustrator or further more, a concept artist. I was one of those kids who always made friends with the best drawing kid in the class, then compared what I had in the paper and what they had….. 99% of the time that resulted to a rage quit. You can probably imagine, that it did develop into quite the trauma…which I really even haven’t tried to properly untangle, not until this day.<\/p>\n

But you know what, game on. Deep down I find drawing a fun activity, and in the last months, I have taken as much time as I can to develop my 2D side. If you are like me, I can’t recommend this website, ctrl+paint<\/a><\/strong> enough. The guy running that site is really clever at breaking difficult concepts down to more simple pieces…that and he has a really calming voice! =) I am about halfway through his tutorial library, and can already see a positive change. I’m not exclusively concentrating on characters or environment, but try to reach a good basic level on both. The ideal situation is to reach the level where I can do all my own concept art, which later will be turned into models. There is still distance to get there, but now I don’t have that feeling of hopelessness and fear of white paper anymore. Here is a simple practice project to “feast your eyes upon”. I’ll start adding actual concepts to the gallery, once I feel the quality is about right.<\/p>\n

ps. Happy midsummer everyone! Remember, lake fish is no good for sushi, over and out. \ud83d\ude09<\/em><\/p>\n

\"torni\"

No more rage quits. It’s all about patience.<\/p><\/div>\n

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