tim's adventures in illustration

[Tanni Foemangler]

the story:

my friend got hired by an upstart video game developer to work on a "guitar hero-esque" game so i axed if i could get in on it. he gave me an email address and i shot em one saying i rule and they should hire me also. the dude emailed me back saying

We asking that 2 different sketches be submitted:

1) An illustration of a dragon who has charbroiled many, many nights, but was soothed by a guitar player.

2) An illustration that you create that you would expect to see as a screen in Guitar Hero.

i axed what kind of thing should be in the second one, he said whatever i want. and when i asked how finished the drawrings should be, he said no major detail, just sketches. so here's what i sent

and if you know tim wilkins like i think you know tim wilkins, you know the second drawring was going to have some cephalopod action

when i asked what dimensions the drawrings should be he said "about the size of an 8.5x11 piece of paper", which sounded sketchy as hell (no puns allowed). whatever, if i can make some green drawing pictures who am i to complain?

hopefully next post won't be

shouldn'ta drawn that squid...

[Tanni Foemangler]

moo hoo hahha

Tim,

Looks very cool. I guess the next place to go from here is to talk about your pay rate and get a contractual agreement in order. We've been getting freelance art work done at $20/hr. Does that rate sound like something you can work with?

eat that, lurkers

[Ceraziefish]

Congrats, dawg. The dragon picture looks awesome, and the squid is totally intense. I love the dude's face.

"NO KRAKEN -- NOT EVEN YOU CAN STOP FREE BIRD FOR GOING ON FOR FIFTEEN MORE MINUTES"

[Makil]

Fucking cool! You totally have to get me hooked up in the industry if this becomes a full time thing! :D

[Galkar]

Those pictures are MAD epic.

Gratz on the new job dude.

[DreamerGirl]

With those pictures, it's no surprise you got it. ^_^

[Alundra]

So the question here for me is: how does freelance artwork fit into an hourly rate?

[Natsu]

See Tim you need to stop doubting yourself too much in your skillz

[The Masterplan]

They are both fucking excellent. I like the dragon over the squid, probably because I don't understand the squid. Either way - Grats on the contract/job dude.

[Tanni Foemangler]

thanks gang. i'm driving to the bay tomorrow to meet with the dude and my bud Erik (the one who hooked me up in the first place) and will HOPEFULLY make some important business deals, since it costs me like $30 in gas and bridge tolls to drive down there :|

[Silver Cyclone]

Tim both are bloody amazing. I finally looked at your web page today and have been emaning to say you are easily becoming one of my all time favourite artists.

also

"NO KRAKEN -- NOT EVEN YOU CAN STOP FREE BIRD FOR GOING ON FOR FIFTEEN MORE MINUTES"

FUCKING SIGGED!!

[Ceraziefish]

FUCKING SIGGED!!

:wub:

[stranger]

cephalopod > anything else

bitchin' stuff man, i'll keep my fingers crossed :wink:

[ROCKSTEADY]

Where dem RG's at son?

[Natsu]

when I get in from work I better get a report on what happened Tim.

[PMA]

Already told you in bed last night... but good luck babyboo. I'll be expecting good reports in a few hours.

Heart,

Nick

PS. Squiddly Diddly is mad because the guitar player is taking all the attention away from his glorious drum playing.

[Tanni Foemangler]

:headbang: :headbang:

alright, i'll keep it short and sweet. Erik and I are in charge of designing the whole thing. THE WHOLE THING. know what my first assignment is? DESIGN THE BOX ART

it's fuckin nuts. this whole thing seems to good to be true, for sure. Erik is designing the interface right now (re: GH interface), and we've got to design how the song selection screens and stuff look. i mean, DESIGN design, as in our work will probably be the finished products in the game and any animation between screens WE have to animate

i left the headlights on on my car and the battery died so i couldn't drive to the liquor store like i'd planned, but rest assured i'll be celebrating tomorrow

[Makil]

That's pretty much the most epic thing ever. Keep us updated!!!

[Natsu]

:headbang:

alright, i'll keep it short and sweet. Erik and I are in charge of designing the whole thing. THE WHOLE THING. know what my first assignment is? DESIGN THE BOX ART

it's fuckin nuts. this whole thing seems to good to be true, for sure. Erik is designing the interface right now (re: GH interface), and we've got to design how the song selection screens and stuff look. i mean, DESIGN design, as in our work will probably be the finished products in the game and any animation between screens WE have to animate

i left the headlights on on my car and the battery died so i couldn't drive to the liquor store like i'd planned, but rest assured i'll be celebrating tomorrow

OMFG

I must tell the other half...and can you sign my copy of GH when you get the chance and it comes out?

[Galkar]

This is amazing dude, congratulations. This really does seem too good to be true.

Make sure to update us with all progress!

[Ceraziefish]

Man, that's awesome Tim. Congrats!

[Anime Gee]

That's awesome. The drawing of the dude playing guitar with the dragon flying over him is so bad ass! (^o^ ) <3

So you're getting $20 an hour & have fun? Can't beat that with a baseball bat! ( ^o^) <3

[Silver Cyclone]

Dude fucking epic. Keep us updated and show us your work. I love you hot cakes.

[The Masterplan]

That is far beyond fucking outstanding. Congradumafuckinglations on the project man, I can't wait to see your progress.

[Samurai Drifter]

Wow, tcz, this is really

Congrats. Hopefully when the game is released you guys aren't sued for by Harmonix (or maybe Neversoft now) for copyright infringement.