Art Dump

As requested, here's something I made about a year ago. I thought I'd carve spoons and sell them at nearby craft fairs. This was my first test. It's made of pine and took me 6 hours to make. Even considering that I would get better with practice, I decided it took too long to be profitable.

Carving love spoons is a tradition from many European cultures. I'm mimicking the Welsh tradition here with symbology of love and growing love, indicated by the heart and the vine-like twist.

that's really cool!  
did you make it by getting a log of wood and slowly carving it down? I imagine that would take forever, though.

Ha! No, I started with a block of wood and cut the basic shape out with a saw. Then I chiseled, whittled, and sanded.

carving is badass. Seems like a nice thing to do just as a hobby. who needs digital art when you got wood!?

I always knew you were somewhat amazing..
Seems I was right

more dump
it's a work in progress. I will add more tiles like bridges, walls and cave entrances.

^: They overlap nicely, I'm assuming the top-most tile is the same tile as the right-most. Can I inquire what software you make/use these on?

Here's a sample of my isometric tile work. The trees are on a separate layer from the ground. The visual style is inspired by The Minish Cap. Graphics are drawn with Gimp and tested with Tiled. I don't expect any of this to make the final cut, the grass and dirt patterns need work, the tree tops lose the proper perspective. Never the less, I think I'm heading in a good direction. (Sorry for the low quality image. It's intentional.)

Hello, I'm new to this forum. I've been around here before, just never posted. I love Nifflas games.

This place is nice. I think I'll enjoy frequenting here. Any way, this topic inspired me to share.

Here's something I did as a personal study on how shades effect the perceived image:

Those creatures are cat-watermelons. Officially called 'Billie-Melons' after my cat.

Here's a screen-shot to a spooky survival/horror game I was designing back in 2005-2007. I canned it because I wasn't of an adequate skill level at the time.

When a Billie-Melon purrs, does the sound echo inside its shell? I like the shading study.

The purr isn't a purr at all. It's actually the sound of a large walnut rattling around their hollow insides.

They aren't very bright creatures, but we love them anyway. 

@egomassive I use mspaint and gimp and it is only 4 tiles so I used each twice.
btw  nice tiles is that for your game?

@James O. nice stuff I like it. Welcome to the forums.

... btw  nice tiles is that for your game? ...

Thanks. Yes. I don't want to say too much about it. It's sort of like Animal Crossing but with more purpose.

I have made some things. they may be interesting


both made in gimp

Impressive.

Is that second picture a photo, or cg?

If it is cg, was it made with a 3d tool, and which one?