Jahzel Misner - Designer

My brother passed his nursing exam! He is officially a nurse. I am so happy and relieved that he is finally finished. The road to becoming a nurse seems so long and stressful. My only regret is that he will reclaim his title as (self-proclaimed) “Prettier Sibling”. Now that he will have more time to work out, style and dye his hair, put in bright blue contacts, and all the things he use to do. Congrats Jeriel!!

Drawn & Coloured in Painter. Oh Chibi style.

 An old character I use to draw when I was 15. He was one of Julia’s characters. A messenger boy named Errand I think. My third Painter drawing. I didn’t spend too much time on this one. I am still trying to find a colouring technique that I like. For Snowpea I used markers, for Errand I used blending brushes.

My 2nd Painter Drawing. It is easier to draw in Painter than Photoshop. But I am still trying to figure out how to colour. I’m not a huge fan on the background, but it’s not too bad. I am going to try to draw backgrounds more often. Now it’s time for me to sleep! Princess Snowpea is Princess Peach’s cousin, at least in the stories I play in my head.

I tried Painter for the first time. So many brushes! There is a lot to learn, so far I don’t like it more than Photoshop.

This is Tom Cruise, my favourite unicorn from Planet Unicorn. Like my calligraphy? I picked up that skill in Grade 5. Check out Planet Unicorn on Youtube.

Whooo drawing spree.

Nude Elf Woman. Drawn in Photoshop.

I’ve been playing Mario Galaxy, so here is some fan art! Drawn and coloured in Photoshop.

I love MMO’s and being an Interface Designer, I also love MMO interfaces.  I am conducting a search for the most perfect MMO interface. From World of Warcraft I love the character panels and the ease of equipping and viewing gear. I love Final Fantasy XI’s login interface. It wasn’t particularly easy to navigate but it really helped draw me into the world before I even logged in. I haven’t tried Warhammer yet, but my friend showed me the Guild interface and it looks really exciting with it’s built in Calendar, Events and attendance functionality. Now if only I could put all those great elements together. With this project I am trying to design the perfect MMO interface, at least from a point of view of a designer who is also a gamer.

Here is what I have so far of the Login Interface:

• Screenflow 1 
• Screenflow 2
• Dashboard Mockup
• Gamepedia – Main
• Gamepedia – Search Result 
• Gamepedia – Advanced Search
• Gamepedia – Stats
• Gamepedia – Compare Stats 

The Gamepedia is similar to Wow’s Armory and Thottbot. However I’ve already decided that the way I designed it is no good. The purpose of the Gamepedia is that you can compare the stats and gear of any 2 characters. You can also look up the stats of any in-game item. I placed this system in the Dashboard interface so that users didn’t need to go look at a separate website to get this information. Bad idea! In order to look at this information I have to be in the dashboard. As a gamer I don’t want to log out to view this information. So the 2 better solutions would be to have this informaiton in game or on a seperate website.

I don’t like the idea of going outside of the game to retrieve this information. It takes away from the game’s immersion. However making this information too accesible in game (E.g pressing a button) will also take away from the game’s immersion. One idea I have is this:

Encyclopedia like in game information about items can be accessed by going to a library or bookstore. A bookstore/library will be available in each town.

But lazy gamers will be mad at me if I do that. I will post more as I continue to develop this project.

And this is my entry for September’s drawing challenge. My pick this round – The Imp, Tyrion Lannister.

Drawn and coloured in Photoshop. I only wish I made him uglier.