DESIGN NAME: Defeat the Monsters
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Illustration
INSPIRATION: Global Game jam is a gathering of people for the purpose of planning, designing, and creating one or more games within a short span of time, usually ranging between 24 and 72 hours. A journey of 48 hours, where developers from different countries gather to create new games and share experiences. These series of illustrations were developed by observing how and what participants do to overcome the challenges. The monster characters were created based on the difficulties that participants in the event need to overcome.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The illustrations aim to bring the excitement and fun side of the Global Game Jam Macau to the audience. These series of illustrations describe what happened in the event. It illustrates how the participants work hard for the game development. The monster characters represents the struggles of the participants in the event. Each illustration has a jelly jar that contains the "Jam" that represents the hint of "Game Jamming".
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Each character design represents the struggle of the participants in the Global Game Jam. They represents the challenges faced by the participants which include the fear to express, the copycat, conflict, boundaries on creativity, exhaustion and time limit.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in January 2017 in Macau and finished in January 2019 in Macau.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, After Effects
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The illustrations were made with Adobe Illustration and Photoshop in different dimensions for use in different occasions. The video is animated with Adobe After Effects (1080P HD 1920X1920).
TAGS: illustration, Global Game Jam, character design, animation, game development
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Research is conducted on the character development and the color used to make the design festive and unique. By observing what the participants did in the previous Global Game Jam in other countries, the characters were finally created to bring the fun side of the event.
CHALLENGE: The development of the character design and illustration is done baed on the review of past Global Game Jam internationally. There is no reference in Macau as it is the first time the event launch in Macau.
ADDED DATE: 2019-06-29 18:55:11
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IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1: Illustrator Peggy Cheang, Defeat the Monsters, 2019.
Image #2: Illustrator Peggy Cheang, Defeat the Monsters, 2019.
Image #3: Illustrator Peggy Cheang, Defeat the Monsters, 2019.
Image #4: Illustrator Peggy Cheang, Defeat the Monsters, 2018.
Image #5: Illustrator Peggy Cheang, Defeat the Monsters, 2017.
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