Continuing Art Submissions

Ding ding ding! The Draken Concept Art Competition Round 2 is now over!!!

We welcome new or revised submissions at any time at drakenrpg@gmail.com. We're still looking for landscapes, monsters/pets, buildings, character designs, armor/weapons.


Just a quick update:

• From just one person (me) working on this project at its conception, we now have a team of (drum roll) 5! xD

• Programmer's a perfectionist so all the code is being rewritten... (o_o;)

• Technical difficulties because the Artists (at least one) don't have access to a scanner and my internet's been disconnected for the last week.

• College is a tough master for my entire team.

• Otherwise, we're on a roll (roll-roll-roll-roll...)! :3

^^v

3 More Days!!!

Only 3 more days until the end of Round Two!

Once again, email comments, requests, and most of all your artwork to
drakenrpg@gmail.com
by April 10, 2011!

Less Than 3 Weeks!

Less than 3 weeks to go until the end of Round Two of the Concept Art Competition! April 10th is looming.

I hope everyone is burning the midnight oil to make your submissions amazing. Can't wait to see what you've all done. For those like me who don't have access to working tech (i.e. a computer, working internet access, a scanner), pictures sent from an internet cafe or a friend's house are welcomed too.


DFTBA (don't forget to be awesome) before April 10th, 2011! Good luck!

First Look: Fighting Interface

After many hours of toil and hard work, I present to you our fighting interface!

Labels are written in the serif font. Pretty self-explanatory. This is just a rough idea of the placement of buttons and features but everything's there as it will be during an actual fight. For those of you thinking of designing a skin, this should help you out a little in getting an idea of what the game will look like and the placement of things.

Comments and questions welcome. Let us know what you think!

Round Two Begins!

Okay, so Round One is over, over, OVER!

But for those of you who suck with deadlines like I do...

Have no fear! Round Two is here!

Yes indeedee. Round Two has officially started. Here're the specs:

April 10, 2011 at 23:59:00 (Hawaii Standard Time)
(April 'cause I know students have Spring Break in March and April...so party wit ur pencil and inks 'stead o' booze, eh? ;] )
drakenrpg@gmail.com

So, are you ready? GO!

Round One: Only 3 Days Left!!!

That's right! Only three days left until the end of Round One!
Is your artwork ready? >:]

Just to recap:

It don't gotta be perfect, just a working model (of course, perfect is always welcome as well).

January 16, 2011 by 11:59PM!
drakenrpg@gmail.com

Thanks, m'dears! ^^

A Little More Detail

So, per a request from an artist friend of mine, here's a little bit more detail on what I'm kinda looking for:

Point of view and level of detail in mini avatars (I think I forgot to mention before that for character designs, try to include a larger more detailed version and a smaller version that does the actual walking around on the map): ici. Designs with a few more pixels than the original Mario, much appreciated.

Medieval-ish times (but remember, it's a fictional world with magic and dragons, so bizarre-ness welcomed as well)

No guns, missiles, non-magical explosions.

Classes are all human. No pointy elf ears or fuzzy tails unless it's equipment.

Mix of simplicity and complexity (i.e. elegant and flourishes decorating a skin design that is just a simple box frame for the buttons and controls. Something like this might be more your style of art? Same idea for gear and character designs--ethereal long, straight hair blowing in imaginary wind in contrast with colorful mage's robe with strips and scarves and ribbons and extra fabric draped all over the place.)

Any style of dragon (fat, lumbering Western dragons or snaky Chinese dragons or wyverns).

Mix and match animals, real and mythological. Your version of mythical creatures wanted too. (phoenixes, centaurs, griffins, tiger bats, pigators, bandits, dwarves, ogres, squirrel monkeys)

Try to avoid copyright infringement. :]

Cute or dark. Maplestory or Diablo II.

No overly large shoulder accouterments (just a pet peeve of mine). Some spikes are ok, but not so much that a real person wouldn't be able to see/turn his or her head for fear of taking out an eye.

Women should be properly covered, cut off shirt and short shorts areas covered at the least, and no massive knockers, please.

Fine:


Borderline:


No:

(Just another pet peeve of mine)
(Major thanks to the artists whose work is shown above)
Above images are just examples. You're not being judged on skill, just ideas. Written examples accepted too, but be explicit, and images are preferred.

I hope that helps a little bit. If you have any other questions, feel free to email me at drakenrpg@gmail.com. And don't forget! January 16th, 2011!


Have fun. ^^