Watch Me Work


Here's a timelapse video (and quasi-tutorial) of how I laid out the first part of Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple. It includes plenty of notes on my decision-making process and rules of thumb I follow when I start a project. This video is condensed from a four-hour session, so things move fast and the changes can sometimes be hard to detect.

Coloring Illustrations for Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple

This is one of Liz Hooper's interior illustrations for my game Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple, coming from Evil Hat Productions.




Cover for Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple

Working on the vectors for the cover of Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple, working from the illustrations of Liz Hooper.




Creating a Font for Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple

Creating a font based on Marain, an alien alphabet from Iain M. Banks' "Culture" novels.

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