Fantasy game(with a twist) seeking artists (concept work inside)

[Ginny]

Fello AGSers!
My teammates and I are looking for some people to join us in a game project.
What is this project you ask?

The game is called Try Not to Breathe (TNTB for short), and it's set in a world similar to our own, and yet different. The main character, a seven-year-old named Lily Dale, sets out on a journey through a surreal world of strange gardens, deep forests, old legends, unique characters, and much growing up on her side, accompanied in most parts by a helpful creature, whose true identity she only discovers at the end. This story strives to scare you, to surprise you, to make you laugh and cry, and perhaps even evoke some deeper thoughts about the universe.
We're starting production, however, with the game's demo, which takes place some time before the game, and focuses on other characters in the same universe. The demo is about Emily and Janice, two sisters living far apart, who both experience a tragedy, and.. well, we won't tell you what happens then.
I really can't elaborate too much on the story without giving away too much, if you're interested PM me. I can garauntee it's interesting in a special way.

So what do you need to know about the game and the demo?
The resolution - 320x200
Color depth - 32bit
Full game length is not precise yet, but it's a pretty big project. Demo will be about 10 rooms, 5 characters, not very long gameplay.

People on the team:
FruitTree- story writer, artist
Ginny- story writer, programmer
Rui 'Shodan' Pires- dialog writer
custard/Privateer Puddin`- artist
N3TGraph- music and soundfx

edit- There are some people who either used to be on the team and aren't anymore, or just haven't been active in the team much so I didn't write them down. You know who you are, so if you see this, just holler.

Positions we are looking to fill:
A background artist or character artist that can turn concepts into quality 2d graphics, an animator, or a combination.

Some examples of what's been done on the project:
Sketch of Lily, the main character, by Fruity - http://custardsclutter.com/tntb/lily.png
A tune written by N3TGraph - http://custardsclutter.com/ft/upload/introtune.mp3
Some concept art (Fruity) - http://www.custardsclutter.com/ft/upload/ronald200402.GIF
Another character concept sketch (Fruity again) - http://www.custardsclutter.com/ft/upload/gardener.jpg
A background sketch by Al_Ninio (highwaygal), coloured (pretty much roughly) by custard - http://custardsclutter.com/tntb/lalala.png
Another background by FruitTree and custard - http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/house3.jpg

And some lines of dialog, just for the heck of it (by Rui):
"You're my brother! You're not supposed to go around disappearing like that!"
"In the end, Lily, we either blame the whole world or we forget to place blame at all. Blame is such a tricky thing."

Adieu, folks:).

edit: Sorry Al_Ninio, got all confused with the different versions on the sketches![/b]

[ildu]

http://www.custardsclutter.com/ft/upload/ronald200402.GIF and http://www.custardsclutter.com/ft/upload/gardener.jpg don't work.

I love the character concept of lily. Looks a lot older than a seven-year-old, though.

[Privateer Puddin']

They should both work, they're definitely there, both pretty huge though ¬¬

[Ginny]

You should see some of the 7 year olds here:P. Nah, just kidding, she migth be a bit older, perhaps 8 or 9.
And those two sketches work for me aswell, maybe it's just their size.

[ildu]

This link comes up when I try to open them: http://127.0.0.1:3169/clear.cgi?.

EDIT: Ahh...Disabled ad blocking and they work now.

[Mordalles]

wow, some amazing art. i reallty like what i see. although, the girl looks more like 20.
but its an amazing sprite of her! i dont know why ure looking for artists, its seems like the current one is doing excellent job! 

[Ginny]

Well, the sketch of lily was done by fruity and the coloring by custard, and SpacePirateCaine helped with turning her into a sprite. However, the main reason we are looking for artists is -
1. this game is rather art heavy, for good reasons, and our artists can only do so much.
2. we need an experienced animator, and the game has no plan of being short on animations either.

If you find the project interesting, and can be relatively dedicated to the project (no need to work on it all day of course, we've had on-off periods ourselves), PM me about it.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

This looks impressive, especially the shading on the stones and table in the second image (very Sierra-like).  I even like the tune.  Good luck with it!

[ahadHaYam]

"Ginny-story writer, programmer"

O my god...
wahahahahahahaahhahahaaawohhuhuhuhuh
Girls cant write programs, thats a natures fact(similar to the  driving skills women possess).

[Ubel]

I hope you're joking, ahadhhablah... whatever... Cause if you're not, then I consider you as an idiot and am gonna flame you every time you post anything on the forums.

(EDIT: I'm mainly joking here... so I'll just put this smiley here in case someone takes me too seriously. )

[Pet Terry]

ahadHaYam codes like a girl lol

[Privateer Puddin']

Ginny is awesome. Stop this nonsense.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Girls cant write programs, thats a natures fact(similar to the  driving skills women possess).

Nope, 'fraid not. Nature doesn't meddle in these affairs, not like this. I'm afraid nonsense such as this is complete responsability of guys who need to feel superior to girls in some way... well, at least that's what the psychologists tell us, isn't it?

[ahadHaYam]

Dont take it hard, I was kidding.
Girls that like to program are neat!


Happy newyear!

[Ginny]

Heh, I'm neat now

Anyway, just to keep this on topic (not that I don't like arguing female superiority).. err, I have nothing new to announce really, just that we've found an artist, and expect the demo to be done somewhere around summer. It might be sooner, but I can't promise anything.
Back to playing games my research now..

[ahadHaYam]

This is bulls****!

Female superiority in my kitchen.
The combination of these two words make my ear drop.

You just want to make a huge leather bags shop on the entire land of this planet planet.

[ildu]

Off-topic, cut it with the off-topic bullcrap. And on-topic, all the work done so far looks really promising. I especially like the character concepts.

[A�rendyll (formerly Yurina)]

My my, seems like the girls are the ones to pick on here. I'm also female, so I feel pretty . I hope this said enough.

This game looks totally great, and I'd love to help, but I don't have a lot of time, and I'm better at tiled games.

I hope the game gets bigger than planned, if possible, necause this one totally rocks!
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[vict0r]

Baaack to topic... I would love to join in on this! My own game is sort of abit on hold right now... Soo... Anyhoo.. I dont know if i'm skilled enogh to do this tho. I can try and make a background of one of the concept thingys if you would like to see if my art is good enough.

[Privateer Puddin']

Always nice to hear that people are interested in helping out but

I have nothing new to announce really, just that we've found an artist

Yep, we have an artist and for the sake of consistency they will be doing all the art