{"id":84,"date":"2006-12-02T23:04:15","date_gmt":"2006-12-03T07:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laaker.com\/cms\/?p=84"},"modified":"2008-01-13T18:18:55","modified_gmt":"2008-01-14T02:18:55","slug":"illustrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/portfolio\/2006\/illustrations","title":{"rendered":"Illustrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After the success of Stalefish Labs’ first game, “Inc. The Game of Business,” the company began developing Tall Tales trivia game<\/a>, a trivia game focused on urban legends and myths. After developing the three legendary characters central to the concept, I illustrated and designed the multiple components of the game: everything from the packaging to the playing cards.<\/p>\n


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\nWhen I first moved to New York, Barnes&Noble.com hired me to do a series of illustrative cards for their eCards section. Card messages were provided, but visual direction was entirely open to interpretation.<\/p>\n


\nThese illustrations were created as part of a series about the daily activities of a rather quiet hamster named Hemorill. The black-and-white line quality was chosen to reflect the quiet, simple and vacuous lifestyle of the little critter. (Later efforts<\/a> immortalized the fellow in three dimensions.)<\/p>\n


\nThe \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rodell\u00e2\u20ac\u009d project was a short proof-of-concept for a story I had hoped to produce for several months. This piece, although devoid of storyline and audio, conveyed the mood and illustration style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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