Mike Tipul

New illustration for the upcoming TTRPG Gods of the Forbidden North, Volume 3.
#inkart #inkdrawing #fantasy #illustration #ttrpg

A big sheet of paper with random notes and sketches using colored markers scattered haphazardly. Various ideas are written like "Fire is grid based and spreads :(" and "Questions: real time or turn based?"

Matt found the original "brainstorming document" for FTL -
Written on a big roll of paper in his apartment in Shanghai over beers.

You can see a lot of the foundational ideas there, but this was before we even pictured having ship-to-ship combat.

Cartographer

A scene with a traveller on a cliff with balancing rocks and cairns, and a strange man sitting on one of the cairns.

A traveller in front of a large, round door that says "Vault door" in a science fantasy style environment.

A close up of a hooded, bearded elderly man saying "Step forth, take this phial of sacred oil."

A traveller in a science fantasy room with arched windows, hanging banners, a net over a bed and various ornaments and devices visible.

This is what the game I'm making looks like.

That totally tracks. The only reason I'd watch again would be for the visuals.

YouTube video by MUBI Video essay: “Like a Butterfly: Eiko Ishioka’s Costume Drama” | MUBI

Watched The Cell (2006) for the first time this weekend. A reminder that Eiko Ishioka was definitely one of the costume design GOATs. The movie's worth watching for her work alone.

Thanks to my concept design friends who introduced me to her all those years ago.

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The Vile Geometry. Now painted.

Big Stalker/Roadside Picnic vibes. I love these.

Wing Leader update! Thanks to some goofy-ass string coding and the use of the "Circle Number" Unicode character set (⓪ ① ② ③), I've got auto-translate working in Kilrathi cockpits! Every time the camera angle switches, the info changes to English. It's pretty nifty.
Enjoy!

sktchbk pgs

if you wanna use big sword you gotta carry it around, don't lose it

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Four little illustrations in the style of a vintage comic book. From top to bottom : 1. A wizard and a barbarian fighting a green monster in a dungeon. The creature is brandishing a club, and a strange worm-like thing is coming out of its mouth. 2. An archer and a warrior facing a huge scorpion-like creature with four arms in a dark cave. The monster has feminine features, a strange geometric head and she's brandishing a golden dagger. 3. A rogue, a warrior and a dwarf are discovering a huge treasure made of gold, jewels and ornate chests in a pit along the remains of a long dead king. Red eyes are glowing in the shadows. 4. A mysterious dungeon door overgrown with vegetation. Its rusted door furnitures take the sape of a deer with a knocker in its mouth. Its heart pierced by an arrow.

I wasn't planning to share this one. It' just a bunch of personal explorations and things I did for fun, it lacks polish, but some people enjoyed it so... Have fun !
#fantasyart #TTRPG #OSR #DnD #illustration #comics #comicbook

NEW BLOODBORNE DEVELOPMENT HISTORY VIDEO! Guided tour of never-before-seen design planning maps & alpha layouts for Bloodborne

A look at how Iosefka's Clinic slowly evolved over many revisions into FROMSOFTWARE's most iconic example of looping game design HERE:
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sorry nothing better to do. actually a lot better to do idk. had to draw a severian sooner or later; either too old or too young-looking going by other arts. am a coward for not putting the mask on him

Hey #PortfolioDay
I do concepts, assets, art direction and real-time look dev for games &animation.

I've read 100s of Shigeru Miyamoto interviews; this one is a top five, easy.

A long Iwata, Miyamoto, and Itoi (Earthbound creator) discussion on the nature of creativity, how to cultivate it as a leader, artistic aesthetic, how to collaborate creatively

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Cover for Starship Troopers. Two solders with guns run across what looks like a muddy field.

Cover for Methuselah's Children. A group of men with skirts stand near a rocket and futuristic city.

Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, John Schoenherr, 1961; R, Paul Lehr, 1959
#scifi #sciencefiction #books

new poster who dis?

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Skin Deep is 20% off in the Steam Summer Sale!
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highly recommend making a fully procedural character controller, there's no way you'll spend too much time on it.

I want to show off a great piece of debug visualization by the #BrigadorKillers code team—balancing and visualizing weapon bloom in an isometric environment is no mean feat, so good debug tools are a must:

The most fun I’ve had with a space combat game since FreeSpace 2. I’ve been meaning to write about this as part of my “sort of off topic” editorials. One day!

House of the Dying Sun is excellent. The atmosphere alone is top notch.
Hunt the traitor lords.

I absolutely love you avatar. Every time I see it, I smile.

My combat-drifting assassination simulator, House of the Dying Sun is 70% off this week thanks to the Steam Sale.

Check it out if you haven't. Be the Dragon.

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I want to make a whole game that fits King Buffalo's Dead Star.

Oil Tanker
#lowpoly

Drawing of a sparrow made with charcoal, pastel and fineliners on toned paper.

Little sparrow

Charcoal, pastel and fineliners on toned paper

5x7

An etching style illustration of the devil emerging through a dark doorway, looming over a person wearing a mask of a cockerel. The Devil is made of coiling and elongated limbs bent at impossible angles. several of its limbs wear animal masks

The fifth and final of my five chapter illustrations for @possumcreekgames.com upcoming release of Last Train to Bremen by @seaexcursion.itch.io

The funding campaign is going strong, go give it a look!

I should watch this again soon to forget about this INSANE heat.

$15mil budget! The casting is insane. The effects still got it. Focused scope and locations. The lighting is on point.

(Split diopter alert?)