Inspiration.

Jatta Eye the Elder, Narrator of Veil of the Gods.

Playing with animations for Veil of the Gods…

Next step is lettering...

Inspiration.

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Hey everyone! I'm Sam Santala, I'm a concept artist & art director working in games for aobut 8 years. I draw creatures and characters for video games like Guild Wars 2., Dragon Prince and Everwild . I haven't been on Tumblr for years, so I've had to restart ;___; but if you like concept art, illustration, creatures and game design, give me a follow :)

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Video games employ two basic motivations to keep players engaged. These are termed Extrinsic motivation and Intrinsic motivation. Games based on, or balanced in favour of, Intrinsic motivation keep you engaged because playing the game is a lot of fun. The entertainment value you get from the game is enough reward in itself. Extrinsic games are designed around the drive to earn lootboxes. Extrinsic games are intentionally designed to be addictive. They specifically exploit the human brain’s tendency toward gambling addiction. This is why people who play extrinsic games tend to suffer higher rates of depression than people who play Intrinsic games. With Extrinsic games there's always a feeling of withdrawal as soon as the players can’t play the game. Now, I want you to consider how much things would change if we, the players, all ignored the Extrinsic motivations that arise when we play the game of life and focused a bit more on the Intrinsic experience... 

Inspiration.

Kasamatsu Shiro

"Night Rain at Shinobazu Pond", 1938.

Woodblock Print

The older you get the more you realise there are constant signals being sent to you if you're awake enough to notice them. It's as if Life were sending you clues wrapped in little ripples of chance. There are messages everywhere begging you to decipher them if you'd only take notice. Books fall open at pages that bear sage advice. A coin will appear on the road at your feet tempting you to explore a side-street. A conversation with a stranger may offer you all the answers you were looking for, even though the stranger had no idea of your questions. A song will get stuck in your head. And that song leads you off on another adventure. Theo Metaxis chose to live his life according to these messages from the world around him; to be guided by fortune. And for a long while this system worked perfectly for Theo. Now he's gone missing. And his disappearance is sending ripples through the world in a way that would probably make him smile if he knew about it. Here's my character study from Veil of the Gods for today. 

 Here's the latest sketch from Veil of the Gods Chapter Two... Mikin Thelf the Mahjee.

When it rains, it pours. This is the scene from Veil of the Gods I'm working on today...