Cover Art by Ethan Anderson

 

Cover-Art concept contributed by Ethan Anderson. :)

Rim Light Shader FTW!

Never underestimate the visual impact of shaders,
here is a little example of the visual improvement
a shader can add to your model.

The sphere to the left uses a simple dull Diffuse shader,
the one to the right uses a Rim Light shader.

It adds a bit of contrast and color variation to the skin.

looks pretty good. :)


Thanks to Simon Wittber for this awesome little shader. :)

Shader source: http://entitycrisis.blogspot.com.es/2011/01/unity3d-30-planet-shader.html

Face Texture

A quick update for our little hero, added a face texture,

not too shabby, but our little fellow definetly needs some hair strands... :-)

I admit the head is more difficult to get right than I've assumed...

3D Character Model

Hello folks :)

this is what I've come up with after a short modeling session in Blender:

I went for a AC: Wild World like style , tiny little fellow, with a proportionally outsized head. :)

Apologize for the missing face, will paint the texture soon,

what do you guys think?

Do you like this style, or maybe the chracters shown in AC: Jump Out :)

Quick Character Concept

This is a quick n' dirty concept painting of a typical Animal Crossing character,

I don't do digital painting quite often, I'm really unexperienced,

started using a Wacom Bamboo tablet along with Photoshop just 1-2 months ago,

 well I guess it's sufficient as a modeling reference. :)

Animal Crossing PC Project

Hello everyone! :)

I have decided a couple of days ago to start a new
(Well actually my first... :p) solo video game project,
which I would like to share its development process
with you guys here on this Blog.

Without much thinking
I decided to make an Animal Crossing game for the PC,
this has been one of my biggest wishes since years now,
it's a non-profit fan-game project,
it's not intended to be a commercial game by any means.

All rights belong to their respective owners,

in this case Nintendo,
no copyright infringement intended,
I hope Nintendo will rather see this as a tribute to Animal Crossing.

Also this game will not make use of any of the assets from the original games,
everything will be created by myself.

It won't necessarily be a "clone", building on the original concept,
but implementing additional new game-play, features, and story, which I will reveal later on.

If you have any question and/or suggestion don't hesitate to leave a comment. :)