Sketching

Another photoshop sketch for the same environment as the gatehouse I did earlier...



Cupco Games

Its awesome. 

A couple of very talented former co-workers from Bluetongue have created their own indie studio called Cupco games and have been very busy-bees (yeah, I had to do it) working on their first iOS title- Splat Attack! 



The game has been getting a good reception. If you are looking for a new iOS title (or even if you aren't!) Check them out

Words.

Moving house is a pain, but its almost over, and I now have Internet. My ping might be 1576ms and the speed at something like 0.05Mbps but it's Internet 'damnnit!

I've decided to go low(high?)tech and rather than setting up my usual cable broadband I've invested in a 3G mobile-broadband USB stick. So far I'm not totally impressed, but being able to browse the internet on the train is kinda cool. Even if it is at speeds approaching ye-olde dial-up from the wrong side.

The sales team promised me "Something kinda around ADSL1 speeds" with emphasis on the something and the kinda. Those awkward pauses during the sales pitch are starting to make sense now...

Anyway, talking of the internet, if anyone is interested in making their Python scripts talk to the web (or at least read the web) I totally recommend checking out the built in urllib2 and the beautifulsoup modules. I've started poking around with them and writing some screen-scraping scripts and so far it is a lot of fun.

-Pete

Sketching III

I'm in the middle of moving house, but I still like to get some time in to sketch out some ideas. This is along the same style as the gatehouse. 

Sketching II

Nice little gatehouse! 
My wife didn't like how sad and drab it all looked, so I added some greenery.

Sketching

I usually get caught up in details when I sketch and the results tend to get lost in scribble. This time I decided to focus on the broader shapes. 

UPDATE:
Really quick paint-over of the gatehouse: