Tony Overload
So, I can finally talk about what I was up to for several months earlier this year.
My best friend,
Grant Hollis, who works for Insomniac Games, asked me if I was interested in doing some freelance work for his company. Being a huge gamer, I couldn't refuse.
I was asked to do weapon "how-to" videos of the various weapons in the Ratchet game.
It was pretty daunting at first, not just because its a HUGE profile gig, but also because of the limited amount of time I had to finish the project. I had little over a month to complete 16-18 small form animations.
Sketching, boarding, drawing, coloring and animation.
EVERYTHING!
But, I was totally into it and actually finished with time to spare.
Insomniac really liked the art style I had come up with that they asked to me do more drawings which they would use in the game manual! Suffice to say, I was floored! I always loved old game manuals that used artwork that had nothing to do with the game or a different style.
Its like an extra treat.
THEN, as if that wasn't enough, another friend working on the project,
Erich Meyr, was working on a mini game called My Blaster Runs Hot.
He figured since I could draw that maybe I could help him out on that as well.
Again, my nerdgasm reflex kicked in and I pitched in to help him out finish that project as well.
Its been pretty overwhelming to see the work that I did to be pointed out on some game sites and reviews, but it would of never happened if my pal, Grant, would have never mentioned me to begin with.
Erich and I actually got to cut a promo for his game and it turned out pretty funny.
Ok, its alright, but if you love videogames you'll totally be laughing.
Here's the links!
The cartoony stuff at the beginning of this video shows my work.Erich and me talking about the game.
http://www.viddler.com/explore/sceablog/videos/642/And this last one, they actually gave me a shout out at around the 11 minute mark!
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/10/playstation-eye-chat-insomniacs-brian-allgeier/THANKS INSOMNIAC!!!
