Wargames: Site Map. Alternate Wars. The Pern Museum - Rooms Menu. Nsdraftroom. CivFanatics. Starfarer » Ship Design & The Onslaught. Ahoy there! My name is David and I’m what passes for an artist around here. But enough about me; I’d like to talk a little about how the graphics of Starfarer come to be, starting with the Onslaught-class battleship which we have already featured from a standpoint of gameplay and game fiction. I’d like to show you my process of creating the visual design of the Onslaught from concept sketch to final sprite. The Onslaught-class Battleship from concept to sprite: I love drawing spaceships and I’ve always loved drawing spaceships. Influences Now to speak of the Onslaught-class, this ship was described as an old, tough, bulky battleship brought out of retirement due to rising interstellar conflict.
From a technical standpoint, the ships of Starfarer tend toward a rectangular format so that they will fit easily in the visible space of the screen and so that they pack efficiently into texture memory. Concept Sketch Concept to Sprite Let’s have a look at the sprite again. Click to view full size. VERSUS CYBERPUNK HORRORS- movies, music, RANTZ and fiction.
After playing tons of video games I start to wonder what a ninja in the future might look like. Or better yet, what would they use as weapons? In the future a ninja might wear a cybernetic metal suit covering them from head to toe, thus making them look like a cyborg. It might even enhance the wearers abilities. Now the sword is the fun part. Here I have a couple images of sword designs for futuristic fantasy swords made for ninjas. You can see they're not very traditional looking. They even almost resemble machetes. Guest Commentator TOUGH GUY says: "Bet it can cut through a frozen pig like hot butter! "