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Archives: February 2010

Fat Suns Alight!

Fat Suns Alight iPhone

Prior to  MiniSquadron, Tak was working on another game idea of his called Fat Suns Alight! The brief was simple: he needed a bunch of characters and some concept artwork to complement the prototype build he had done, so that he could pitch it to the publishers. Concept artwork for games was a whole new ball game to me,  but it seemed like a fun-type of challenge so I decided to give it a go.

However, Fat Suns Alight! never saw the light of day (get the pun?), but the lessons weaned from it did result in him producing the highly addictive MiniSquadron. As much as I would have loved to see the characters in situ on the game itself, I do like the bunch of  Fat Suns that were created and I’m sure they will probably come to life sometime in the future!

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View the suite of characters

Impressions of a French Gangster

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Thats the look I’ve got nailed down from the French gangster films seen recently:

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Left: Mesrine: Killer Instinct & Public Enemy No. 1, Right: Un Prophet

Of course its a pretty generic statement, but couldn’t help noticing they were carrying a similar look  (although you should check out the Guardian’s image gallery of Jacques Mesrine for the multitude of disguises he pulled off!).

While they both tell the story of a gangster’s rise to notoriety, they are still different enough to stand on their own.If you havn’t seen these 2 films (or 3 rather if you consider that Mesrine comprises of 2 films) they should definitely be ones to consider watching on the celluloid.