UI!

Another (older) art test here!  This test was rad, based on an existing IP (I'll let you figure out which one :P) and had me redesigning an inventory screen.

Aside from exploring different layouts, I had a really good time working with this style. I'm definitely a fan of this more illustrative / cartoony look.  I feel the end product came out pretty good and I'm maybe even more proud that it's mostly done with vectors for re-scalable goodness.

Check the full size for some of my thoughts behind the design process.

(Side note - this should be the last of me posting older work, I've got a couple of more recent projects going on that I'm stoked to share :))

User to the Interface!

Back in December I completed a couple of UI Art Tests for a couple social game companies. It's been a while, but I figured I'd share one of them since I believe it shows a good breakdown of how I go about exploring and finding familiarity through the design process.

So the quickie version of the brief - take an existing design for one product (a social game item description), and find a way to better organize the information and immerse the user in a hypothetical "pirate" themed version of the product.

Below you'll find my proposed solution to the task. I attempted to make the design as frictionless as possible and infuse a good dose of textures into the overall aesthetic to set it apart from the other more typical "candy/cute" looking social games. Overall I spent about a day or two working through and creating these mock-ups, it felt it was a great exercise.