Character Design series

Character Design for Mobile Devices

by NFGMan

Character Design for Mobile Devices is a unique look at the creative challenges of designing sprites and icons for mobile phones, portable games platforms, and computers, and at how the limits of designing for the smallest screens are the inspiration for vibrant and colorful art. It is a book for anyone with a passion for painting with points of light.

Included in the book are profiles of some of the top names in the field, together with showcases of the best in pixel art, and an exploration of the links between technology limitations and the appearance of graphics. Also featured are workshops looking at the challenges of redesigning existing brands, games characters, and icons for new interfaces and devices, including how rich 3D graphics can be ported to handheld devices and mobile phones.

Character Design for Mobile Devices reveals how to design eye-catching, identifiable graphics and recognizable characters with only a few pixels at your disposal. But above all, it forms a gallery of astonishing design.

About The Author

NFGMan is the independent voice of the gaming world. His 25 years as a gamer have made him the human face behind the largest independent games sites on the Web-nfg.2y.net and gamesx.com-the oracles for gamers throughout the world. He has also found time to run a successful games store and to write for many of the leading gaming magazines. He now lives and works in Japan.

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