Alright, so before I start talking about the new art/pictures, please keep the following in mind:
I have to draw art with my mouse and keyboard....
I have a wacom drawing tablet, but its the old one where you draw and look at the screen, not the new expensive fancy one where you actually see what you draw. I tried... but can't get used to it. My lines look like trash. It's actually far more efficient, and clean to draw with the pen tool in photoshop. It's a great tool! The 3 drawings of the dead guy, prisoner and chemist were done this way... but first... it's slow... like really slow and second, it still looks like sh*t.
I had to make a decision today. Either continue to draw mediocre art with the pen tool and waste maybe 1 week per art piece, or use real photos that I have edited to look in the art style that I am going for.
So I decided to go with option B and use my time to actually make new gameplay elements for the game, making the game more fleshed out and fun. I can revisit the art at a later stage if necessary. But honestly, I think it look pretty rad right now. Let me know what you think. Love it or hate it?
It's far faster to do it this way and besides, it's a free game and I am 1 guy doing everything. I want awesome hand drawn art, but I am also realistic and make the best of what I can and have.
So... the pictures are actually real pictures. I informed myself about fair use and copyright stuff and all that cr*p and I think I am in the clear since I am not selling the art itself and since I modified it extremely to represent almost something completely unique and different. Time will tell... if I get a copyright strike or not lol.
I like the new art because I wanted minimalistic art that is at the same time realistic looking. I want the game to look grim and dark not cartoony.
New stuff:
- Main room art:
This is supposed to represent the player. If you have the dlc then he has a gold chain.
Dealers Page Art
Thugs
Lawyers - It's edited saul goodman. I mean come on, as a huge fan I had to go with saul!
Drugs
Buildings
Jobs Page
The other 3 are the old art for getting arrested, chemists and rival gang attack.
I will also update the store page with the new stuff. Next I will focus on balance and gameplay elements. The different art on changing the rooms was something I wanted since day 1, so, it's here now. Hope you like it!
Thanks for reading and playing!
- Lord