~PATTERNS AND TEXTURES in Assassin's Creed

Painting texture and patterns. Personal picture by Jay Perry. 24 August 2012

Patterns

Patterns are a series of repeating shapes such as the ones on Ezio's clothes.

Assassin's Creed 2. N.d. Photograph. blogspot.comWeb. 24 Aug 2012. <https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfjcIZXZ2v3hqkm7_Tw5I8ttIxhyphenhyphenpLFREmd2aiSwEcVFBlI-yrfm5IAAkOaYYJ6oalzZ2qhnQelCH8-iyKjA-2DV_Dik8RKM7zvIBRoegBAQSV_ITaIZKdWDRKyZW4lqZ-AzQl9YLWu3k/s1600/assassins-creed-2.jpg>.  

Texture

Texture is the consistency of a surface. Almost everything in a video game such as Assassin's Creed has a texture to it.

Assassin's Creed. 2012. Photograph. starmedia.comWeb. 24 Aug 2012. <http://swotti.starmedia.com/tmp/swotti/cacheYXNZYXNZAW4NCYBJCMVLZA==U29MDHDHCMUTVMLKZW8GR2FTAW5N/imgAssassins Creed4.jpg>. 

Tactile

WHen something is tactile, it appeals to the sense of touch. An example of this would be the wood supports that hold up the building in this screenshot.

Assassin's Creed 3 Screenshot. 2012. Photograph. n.p. Web. 24 Aug 2012. <http://cache.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/293110_S/assassins-creed-3-screenshots-leak.jpg>.  

~SHAPES in Portal 2

painting a shape. personal photograph by jay perry. 23 August 2012

Volume and Mass

Volume and Mass is when a 2d object shows the properties of a 3d object such as the  Aperture Science Weighted Storage Cube from Portal 2 shown in the picture.

 Valve Corp. Portal 2 test mechanic. N.d. Photograph. ImageshackWeb. 23 Aug 2012. <http://imageshack.us/f/708/portal2testmechanic0002.jpg/>.

Positive and Negative Shape 

Positive and Negative shape is the location of shapes to organize the empty space into various other shapes.  A good example of this is the Portal 2 logo.

Portal 2 Logo. 24 Aug 2012. Photograph. forbes.comWeb. 24 Aug 2012. <http://blogs-images.forbes.com/davidewalt/files/2011/04/portal_2_logo.jpg>.  

Distortion

Distortion is the exaggeration of shape. The portals above are a good example of this because they distort both the walls that they are put onto and also reality.

24 Aug 2012. Photograph. gawkerassets.comWeb. 24 Aug 2012. <http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/11/482a4f08298d9281fc877eb4592fddb4.jpg>.  

Types of Lines in Left 4 Dead

Actual Line:

I chose this picture from Left 4 Dead because they have very nice examples of an actual line such as the Hunter's arm, and the train tracks.

Left 4 Dead . 20 Aug 2012. Photograph. bulk2.destructoid.comWeb. 20 Aug 2012. <http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/141918-hunter.jpg>.

Implied Line:

I chose this screen capture from Left 4 Dead 2 because it illustrates the most basic example of an Implied Line with the use of lights as a pathway for your eye to follow.

Left 4 Dead 2. 20 Aug 2012. Photograph. www.videogamesblogger.comWeb. 20 Aug 2012. <http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/left-4-dead-3.jpg>.

Psychic Line:

I chose this image because in a first person shooter such as Left 4 Dead, when you're shooting a gun, there isn't an  actual line pointing from your gun to your target. Instead, there is a psychic line that our eyes follow to help us aim as illustrated above.

Left 4 Dead 2. 20 Aug 2012. Photograph. media.giantbomb.comWeb. 20 Aug 2012. <http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/8484/1199989-left4dead2_2009_11_27_01_45_37_68_super.jpg>.

~LINE

Painting a line. Personal picture by Jay Perry. 8 August 2012