Illustration and Sketch Blog .:. Alex Likes to Draw http://alexlikestodraw.com The creative work of Alex Vasilakos Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:14:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sketch of the Day – Daydreaming and back… http://alexlikestodraw.com/2012/02/sketch-of-the-day-daydreaming-and-back/ http://alexlikestodraw.com/2012/02/sketch-of-the-day-daydreaming-and-back/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:14:57 +0000 Alex http://alexlikestodraw.com/?p=1455 It has been a while since I finally had the creative brain power to get the pen on the paper. Well I had one page left in my moleskin and it was hard to finish it, but I managed. Tomorrow I get to crack open a new moleskin! It always excites me when I get a fresh moleskin. Don’t know what I will plan for with this new one. At least today you get to enjoy the final piece I call Daydreaming.

My favorite part is the hot air ballon in the upper right hand corner. Check out the close up below:

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Dungeon Crawlers is a new turn based strategy game from Drowning Monkeys, published by Ayopa games. This takes on the feel of a classic strategy game and for all your gamer nerds gives the feel of an old school Dungeons and Dragons hack-and-slash dungeon crawl adventure.

It is highly enjoyable with great characters and a little humor thrown in the mix. The game is very linear, and for me started out slow. The game does have some nice potential and I can only see it growing in the near future. Be sure to find all the secret levels in an area as they have new weapons and items that can help in your battles.

Pros: Tactical combat is amazing and very simple. Each character you manage during combat plays a vital role and you need to think tactically so that they team works together rather than against each other. The characters level up on their own, which I enjoy and hate tactical games where you have to micro-manage every single aspect of your character.

Cons: The game does crash a lot and I hope it is fixed with a few updates. Combat does move slowly and when you have to watch the enemies turn you want to just shoot yourself in the face, sometimes when there are a lot of enemies you can go make yourself some lunch and come back, I hope they fix this in an update. There is no way to revive a fallen hero in combat, which stinks, you can restart an encounter but when they take a half hour that kind of is annoying.

Overall: I give Dungeon Crawler 9 out of 10. I had a great time playing this game and I see extreme potential with future updates and I highly recommend this to anyone that likes the classic turn based strategy game.

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While looking for some inspiration I stumbled upon Self Made Hero, an independent graphic novel publishing house that started in 2007, currently they have several Lovercraftian items on the illustration line. Looks like they did a comic adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s novella, Self Made Hero’s website, Culbard certainly captures the story in rich shadows and cool shades.

I am looking forward to getting my copy and checking out the other Lovecraft lines from the company.

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Here are some concepts for a new idea I have, possibly thinking of doing an online comic strip. Not sure what it would be about but here is some concept doodles.

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]]> http://alexlikestodraw.com/2012/01/sketch-of-the-day-message-in-a-bottle-and-other-doodles/feed/ 0 Sketch of the Day – Influence Map http://alexlikestodraw.com/2012/01/sketch-of-the-day-influence-map/ http://alexlikestodraw.com/2012/01/sketch-of-the-day-influence-map/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:07:45 +0000 Alex http://alexlikestodraw.com/?p=1395 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I am having a creative blockage and decided to create an influence map.

As artists we are influenced by many things. The reason why we do what we do is the combined application of all the things that influence us. If you ever run into a major creative block and cannot create any new work, changes are you are forgetting what inspired you and need a refresher.

Someone created an Influence Map online, what you should do is fill in the squares with everything that influences you and inspires you to fuel the fire of your creative side, things that just make you want to create.

Take time to refer to it once and a while in case you ever forget what inspires you to do what you do.

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I will leave you with a quote from skeletor: “The alpha and the omega. Death and rebirth. And, as you die, so will I be reborn.”

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Happy New Year to all my Friends, Family and supporters of Alex Likes to Draw!

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