A Whole Mess of Adventure Apes Line Art!

It's been a little while since I've posted anything for the storybook here, but it has been getting worked on, and here's the proof! Recently, I decided to try changing up my process a little bit in an attempt to keep things fresh and fluid instead of trying to pound out one thing at a time...meaning that I'll be rotating what I do week by week: Line art/story related stuff/game design/coding related stuff. We'll see how it turns out, but hopefully it will keep each required skill from getting too rusty. Anyhow, here's a peek at some of the latest storybook pages!

 

  

  

  

 

Adventure Apes Return!

It's probably been a couple of months since I last posted any artwork here. Level one of the game is complete and got some good responses through the month of October, much more than I ever thought imaginable! Level two for the full version is well in development, and now, FINALLY, I've gotten back to doing artwork for my storybook. This is page three of what will be a 27 page illustrated poem that outlines Mitch's first adventure.
Time to get back in the swing of things!

Numero Dos

Nose to the grindstone!

Storybook First Page!!!

All right! So now that all the characters from the game have been drawn, I've been spending the last little while writing up a story going through Mitch's adventure. This would be the first page of said adventure. Tweaks will more than likely be made down the road, but I'm pretty happy with it so far:)

The Final Two Character Illustrations...

...although technically the Golden Egg isn't a character, it got thrown in because it's Horatio's main means of attack! I think now it's time to hunker down and put together the front end of the book (illustrations of the adventure Mitch went on, along with a couple more maps)!

Final Boss: Horatio Hawk!

So, I'm working a bit backwards with this in that you won't actually battle Horatio until you blast his Golden Egg to smithereens (that'll be the first illustration, this is the second). It does seem like a better way to introduce him to the world though since you actually see his character on this page, the other will just be his Golden Egg vehicle.

A little background on Horatio....

*Was in the same orphanage as Mitch and Otis, but was always an outsider.
*He always took things from other kids in the orphanage just to see them cry!
*Adopted by the enigmatic Mr.E, who is incredibly rich and has raised Horatio to use whatever means necessary to eventually own everything in the world.
*Loves watching old WWF matches when he's not bent on world domination.

The Mighty Squidephant

Found in the darkest depths of the underwater portion of the Mayan Mystery, the Squidephant waits patiently for its next tasty meal. This guy is going to be the 2nd Level boss in the game, which will include lots of swimming, bombing, and lasers. Look out!

Reference book compilation

As promised, I re-did the colouring on several pages to bring it up to speed with the more recent posts and figured that probably the easiest way to look at them would be to put them into one file, so here it is! It's something like 4.5mb, so it isn't small, but it will be nice and clear when you look at it as each page will show up as 640x640 on your screen. Hope you like it!

***EDIT*** Even though the file uploaded was over 4mb and 1280px wide, the one you can view is only a fraction of that size, 193kb so I apologize for that. It looks like there are limits to the dimensions an image can be when uploading? If you are curious to see all 18 completed pages clearly, you can find the file on my website!

Boss One: The Skull Demon!!

One serious piece of business, the Skull Demon is relentless in his attack on Mitch. It'll take quick wits and lots of ammo to finish him off.

I find the pose pretty stiff, so I might redo it, but my intention was to try and show all the things in the book in different poses than what you find in the instruction booklet and all these drawings are more to be used as diagrams of the enemies instead of action poses. Hm, maybe it'll stay. What do you think?

Last Two Creatures

Here are the final creatures that you'll find in the game. It looks like I'll have to retouch my earlier stuff as the rust has gradually been shaken off my colouring skill...look out bosses, you're next!

Two more pages..

Two more pages down! Still a lot to do, but there are only two more pages of creatures left. Then it's on to the bosses which should be fun!

New Illustrations

Here are a couple of new pages for the book. By my figuring, there should be four more pages of creatures that you will see in the video game, a couple more maps, and of course the bosses for each level. I hope to have a bunch of jungle scenery to show what Mitch went through just to get to the mysterious temple in the first place, not to mention a drawing of the temple itself! Lots to do yet it seems:)

Info abounds!

These are a few pages from a reference manual that gives the reader/player a rundown of the surroundings and creatures inside the Mayan temple, along with maps and hints to make finding things a little easier. Of course if you use the book to finish the game you are a CHEATER, but I won't judge you.

*cough cough*cheater*cough*