Pachinko

30th of Mar, 2004ce* in: babelmedia, games

Whee! Sexy Girls!
Pretty much an open ended brief on this one, te client just wanted a “Pachinko” game, however as most current sky boxes’ hardware doesn’t support five thousand balls flying around the screen, we were given license to rip off a mechanism that had been on another games channel.

Anyway, I got an excuse to shove manga babes and Japanese text into the game, so I couldn’t care a less what mechanism it used because the art hit the jackpot 1st time!

Office space

27th of Mar, 2004ce* in: diary

I spent most of yesterday building an office inside my frontroom.
Today I’ve been testing it out and its hella cozy :) I find that a nice seat and a good height desk can allow me to work at a better speed, I was just sitting on the floor beforehand, which is not the best soloution.

The odd thing is that my new desk setup is made from the same metal shelving as when I worked in Tokyo, so I supose its bringing back some memories.

Anyhow, no rest for the wicked!

Final Fantasy Christal Chronicals

25th of Mar, 2004ce* in: babelmedia, downloads

With such fantastic artwork, it’s sometimes a struggle to keep it pure and really show off the art in the best way possible. This was a success!

passion for fashion

24th of Mar, 2004ce* in: diary

Today myself and my boss here at babel went to the student fashion show at brighton university of arts to watch my friend Sylvia do her thing on the catwalk!
It was very refreshing to watch and there were some excelent designs on show.
We later took to the pubs, but were turned down at the door from the private post show party due to not having tickets (sylvia forgot to get ones even for herself!).

Glam Hock

21st of Mar, 2004ce* in: babelmedia, games

Some serious “Darkness” inspired Glam Rock here!
I made the majority of the art in Flash then over to photoshop for some filters etc. Possibly one of my favorite projects at Babel and for this client, as with iTV projects I got about 2 weeks to work at my leisure and do a proper job on the art.

Captain N’s Simon Belmont

20th of Mar, 2004ce* in: illustration

The next installment of my Captain N series. (based on a late 80’s cartoon)
I couldn’t find much resource materials for this character, and in the screen shots I was able to find his clothing was always different colours. So there is some guess work at play.
I hope I’ve really captured the spirit of Simon Belmont in this illustration.

Smoking Lady

ce* in: illustration, neo geisha

One of my rare nude freehand drawings, must attend life drawing again! At the time I was experimenting with Japanese brush style.

japanese super famicom design

16th of Mar, 2004ce* in: illustration

vector design copied from the classic 1990’s box design.

Spring has finally sprung

15th of Mar, 2004ce* in: diary

Wow! Its sunny outside

Well, I’ve got a new computer. My work load has increased 1000 fold, and I practicaly have no time to update dadako.com

On the upside, I’ve been going ebay mental. I am now the proud owner of a japanese super nintendo with a whole tonne of games. All the classics have been bought, except for the occasional one that goes over 15, I’d never spend more than that on a boxed classic. Last night I booted up yoshi’s island (it took a few attempts and much blowing into the cartridge). The extra speed of this console compared to the UK version is wicked.

It’s inspired me to open a new section here at hawken.dadako.com, my collectors gallery. Which will be in the diversions area as soon as I get that up and running.