Research: Well, seeing as my plan was to make a Mario themed Grand Theft Auto- All I really did was look up several different game covers for a layout/art style idea.
From the looks of it, the artist for these game covers uses stock photo references- or they are just super magical and can draw people with ease. Sadly, Alli White ain't that cool. Therefore, I stuck with my original presumption. So I hunted down suitable stock images for characters. It's actually fun to work from goofy stock photos. I used to laugh at them and wonder who would ever use some of them- until now. They make lovely references. Howdy dooo!
Just look at him. I laughed. Then I was like "This is actually...quite helpful"
Heh heh.
Anyway, here are all my WIPS or the characters. Before I messed with their colors and contrasts.
I drew cars....yikes.
Went to a free font site and napped the "Pricedown" font. So official!
Layered it up to make up resemble the original logo as best I could, unfortunately, it was a tad tricky. I think it turned out alright, though.
OH! Check out my snazzy original title. Goodness. I'm so. Clever....
I know. I'm incredibly exciting.
So! Here is the final- I ended up cropping out shapes from the GTA 4 cover and placed my pictures in one by one- adding in little filler backgrounds as needed. Then played with the colors. That. Was my favorite part. Not gonna lie. I like it when it's all done and colorful. The simple things in life.
