Tutorial
Mobile gaming represents an important opportunity for new levels of engagement. Here at HiDef we’re especially interested in Serious Games, those that seek to educate or inspire while achieving a completely entertaining experience. Cocos2D is one of the most popular open-source 2D game engines for the iPhone/iPod touch, if not the only solution currently available. In this tutorial I will walk you through the process of creating a simple touch-based side scrolling demo. This tutorial assumes that you have: Continue Reading
Icon design is a fascinating niche that requires its own bag of tricks and techniques. One popular technique I’ve been seeing around lately is a perforated metal texture. If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch take a look at the Settings icon. If you look closely you will see a very subtle but wonderful perforated metal background. Textures such as this add a level of polish and detail that can set your icons apart and can help make you a leading icon designer. Today I’ll walk you through how this texture is created using simple shapes, basic gradients and easy to master transformations.
Final Image Preview
This is final image that we will be creating. Download the final Illustrator file. Continue Reading