Drawings and Physical Modules

While I had gone over topics concerning the human figure and how light interacts with objects in previous art classes, I didn't go into nearly as much depth as I did while attending Ringling my freshman year. By reinventing the way that I not only performed my drawings and other art, but also how I approached them and "saw" my objectives prior to interpret them, my various artistic abilities were vastly improved over a short time span. I felt and continue to feel very lucky for having attended classes where the primary purpose was to instruct students how and why drawings and other artistic pieces were constructed the way they were; instead of simply skimming over history lessons and minor points on drawing basic shapes. Be it through drawings or three dimensional modules and clay constructs, my freshman year was filled with a great diversity of various art projects that challenged everything I thought I knew about art in the best ways possible.

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Exploring Projectiles- Choosing my ammo

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Boss ideas for adventure ideas

Above is the concept that I ended up going with. A giant Archdemon with fire attacks, massive strength, and wings. 1. Archdemon (Page 1) -General Idea/Theme: Giant monster -Visual Feedback: Roaring, the environment being destroyed, After you damage his hands enough, he will be knocked momentarily down to your level so you can wail on his head and "actually" damage him. -Movement Around the Space: mostly the giant, nearly screen sized enemy smashing down onto the player -Attacks: 1: Fist Smash: Heavy damage dealing AOE attack with growing shadows to show where they are going to land. 2: Flame Breath: Patterns of DOT flames. (Different colored flames will be different patterns) 3: Portals: Open up dark demonic portals in order to spawn in random enemies. Stepping on the portals will slow players but not damage them. -Three Stages: 1: Fight on the...

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