Now for something a little different — I recently wrapped up a very cool project for Edmonton comic book artist Jeff Martin. Jeff designed an original card game based on his comic, HEAT; the cards feature all his own characters and artwork. My role was to help spiff up and create the supporting graphics for the cards: icons, backgrounds, etc.
Heat is all about pro-wrestling in the space age, so Jeff was going for a pro-wrestling title belt aesthetic. We went with various steel and leather textures to create the look. It was interesting to see how UI design applies to an unconventional medium like this, and what user-friendliness looks like in a card game.
If you’d like to see more of Jeff’s comics, which also include his Hockeypocalypse and War of 1812 titles, you can check out his website and follow him on Twitter.