Colossal Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 Here there is a cover box that I did for a fake ad with skinny characters. It's still a work in progress but enough to show, I guess: And this is a screenshot from a sepia version for GF Network: have you introduced this to any game companies?
elbiolin Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 Hi there. Long time no see. I did. And I'm working for one now. Powerful Robot Games. Hard to believe, huh? Mostly because of where I'm living. Anyway, the site just update the NEWS and JOBS part so you won't find me on TEAM. Bye!
DeadYorick Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 have you introduced this to any game companies? I doubt any game companies would care for the box art. Since Grim Fandango is barely acknowledged around Lucasarts.
Colossal Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 I doubt any game companies would care for the box art. Since Grim Fandango is barely acknowledged around Lucasarts. Thats true , but they would care about the art style which is great
Du Man Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 plus elbiolin just mentioned he/she is working for Powerful Robot Games. This kind of stuff can catch a game companies eye when they are looking through a portfolio, and may even strike up a conversation like "Oh I LOVED Grim Fandango!" Hence the moral of the story, MAKE MORE GF FAN ART!
SalvadorsSkull Posted April 16, 2008 Posted April 16, 2008 Have you guys seen Casablanca, even if you dont like the movie itself (which is not possible!) Grim Fandango players will have fun seeing the connections between the two, especially the first part of the movie at "Rick's" and Rubacava.
Frenkieee Posted April 17, 2008 Posted April 17, 2008 Yes, the line between Manny and Rick has been drawn many times
Du Man Posted April 17, 2008 Posted April 17, 2008 Well while we're on the topic of who the game designers probably intended these charaters to be based off of, how about Sal as Che Guevara?
stewlil Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 In our media studies classroom there is a casablanca poster, although i have never seen the film, i can relate all the characters to someone from grim fandango. Hold on ill see if i can find it.. EDIT: Here it is From Top Left to Bottom Right: Police Cheif Bogan, Hector, Domino, Sal, Haha Glottis, Meche, Manny.
VampireNaomi Posted April 18, 2008 Author Posted April 18, 2008 You should watch the movie. After that you would associate that third character with a completely different character from the game. EDIT: See if you get it
stewlil Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 Meh im only 17, im not familiar with half the references that grim fandango contains
VampireNaomi Posted April 18, 2008 Author Posted April 18, 2008 I just edited my previous post. Since you haven't seen the movie, you can try and guess if you get which character is being referred to. It's so much fun to spot bits that GF borrowed from Casablanca.
Rei_Nokato Posted May 1, 2008 Posted May 1, 2008 Thank you for posting your artwork, elbiolin! Your interpretations of what they looked like when they were alive are absolutely amazing. I'd like to ask for your permission for something: may I please use some of your GF fanart for icons and such over at LiveJournal? I would give full credit to you. Rest assured that anything featuring your art would be tagged/watermarked to identify that YOU were in fact the one who created them.
elbiolin Posted May 3, 2008 Posted May 3, 2008 No problem, Rei Nokato. And happy First of May to all! Especially for those who don't have a job.
stewlil Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 I just edited my previous post. Since you haven't seen the movie, you can try and guess if you get which character is being referred to. It's so much fun to spot bits that GF borrowed from Casablanca. Charlie? Either that or Ren from Ren and Stimpy.
N3mo Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 This came out some time ago on IronicSans.com. Funny, but he's more close to the french waiter than Manny
awbacon Posted May 24, 2010 Posted May 24, 2010 I imagine Manny as a sort of "Ricky Ricardo" style guy myself. Glotis is an older version of John Belushi
VampireNaomi Posted March 5, 2014 Author Posted March 5, 2014 I was reminded of this thread out of nowhere and realised I had lost all of elbiolin's amazing pictures when switching to a new computer. What a relief and surprise to see that they're still up after all these years! And just as great as before.
elbiolin Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Well, it's been a long time! Yesterday I was updating my blog and found some Grim Fandango pics in an old CD to upload and today I heard about GF remaster for PS4 and came here to look for those pencil illustrations I did some years ago. I don't know, there's too much to say. It amazes me that VampireNaomi, like she says, still has my drawings and also, for those who said "nobody's interested on old games", I've been on three diferent videogame companies since then and I'm on the fourth now. Nobody saw coming games on mobile devices and a love for pixel art and flash social games back then. So it was a surprise for me too. Anyway, just beacuse of the nature of this thread I'll let you with the link to my blog just in case you wanted to see something of the work that I was doing on the last years. Take care! http://elbiolin.wordpress.com/
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