Elysian Shadows

There's probably a better forum for this but I decided to post it here to be safe. I'm going to be heading to GDC soon and I wanted to have plenty of business cards on hand. I was hoping for some cool, simple pixel-art design(s) but I don't have any pixel art skills. Is anyone here willing to work with me to produce something cool? I would pay.

This is interesting, not saying I'm doing this but is there a specific theme you're looking for (other than it being pixel art)? Like space, platform game, anything would help, and what size is the business card?

pritam wrote:This is interesting, not saying I'm doing this but is there a specific theme you're looking for (other than it being pixel art)? Like space, platform game, anything would help, and what size is the business card?

Dang, I must not have email notifications turned on because I didn't see this response until now.

I was pretty open at first but I've kinda fleshed out an idea. I'm thinking something reminiscent of old school first-person dungeon adventure games, perhaps borrowing elements from more modern ones for convenience. So, imagine a scene like this from Ultima Underworld, but perhaps with 8-bit graphics instead of 16-bit:



In view of the character would be a pixelated version of me, perhaps sitting at a computer desk and turned toward the screen. The text below would say something cheesy like:

"You see a Mike Vargas. He is an independent game developer."
"His web site is http://www.blah.com.
"His email address is blah@gmail.com."
"His phone number is ..."

On the back of the card, I imagined a mock title screen for this game, which would have a logo for the game title at the top (which would just be my name), a "(c) 1987 mywebsite.com" tag at the bottom, and in the middle some text resembling typical "PRESS START" text, which may say something like "FLIP CARD TO PLAY" or something like that.

Does this sound in any way interesting to you? This is my pet idea right now but I wouldn't be opposed to changing it up completely.

I actually like that idea :D

I love this idea have you found any artists interested making this?

I've been testing anyway and it's a bit challenging because there is one issue with space and text, it can be cheated if necessary. I'm wondering how many characters would website URL, email and phonenr (with and without spaces) be respectively?

Nah pritam, well I found one artist who kinda flaked out so I'm looking for someone more reliable. The thing is that at this point it's a bit urgent because I want to get the order in at least 2 weeks before GDC (so, by about February 14). I may have a few days buffer after that but I don't want to rely on that.

The sad thing is that my new website has a long name: reductioniststudios.com but I'd be totally happy using my old domain (funcode.net) on the card, which will just redirect to the new site. The email is vargonian @ gmail, and without giving out my phone number publicly, the spacing should be the same as: 425-881-8188.

If you could do this for me I'd be happy to pay $100-150 for a great design.

Ok, I'll see what I can do and get back to you tomorrow.

For closure on this thread, the business card was finished on time and submitted to printing before Mike's trip to the GDC in the UK last year and it was a big hit and has also been a great conversation starter on conferences he tells me cheers to Mike for this great idea and ++ for a most excellent employer.

That business card is so epic.

That card is freaking epic. Uggghghgh.... *drools*

Thanks guys