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To me, a Vampyre Story, and even Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island (which as I understand was SUPPOSED to mimic the style and atmosphere of Curse) felt like individual games, and not like Curse spin-offs. Maybe they would have been closer to it, if not for the inappropriate 3D characters. Even so, Curse spin-offs are very welcome in my book, as long as they’re well done Not that I really can think of any existing game that fits that Bill (none more than Ghost Pirates anyway). I somewhat doubt there is a Curse of MI lookalike out there that I haven’t heard of, but any suggestions to such a game would be most welcome

Zifnab - 24 November 2012 12:52 PM

Which is why I’d like to see him work on a completely different game or series. I can’t think what, however - there’s nothing quite as eccentric yet poignant as Monkey Island. Maybe Discworld?

Bill Tiller as the lead artist on a new Discworld game, now that’s a thought that made the adventuregamer/artist in me go hard I’m not the richest guy around, but I’d happily donate my kidneys to Kickstarter for that! I’ve read most of Terry Pratchetts books, and Discworld 2 is a game I’m pretty sure would make it to my personal top 10 adventure list.

***Drooling while imagining a collaboration between Bill Tiller, Terry Pratchett and Eric Idle***

While on the subject of Bill Tillers art, if you are more than moderately interested in background artwork, or drawing and painting in general, check out this old section over at Adventure Developers called “Tiller Techniques”, where Bill shares some of his vast insight about compositioning and more:

http://www.adventuredevelopers.com/regularfeatures.php?action=view&id=1

Note how everything he talks about is reflected in the image on the top of the thread.

Yeah, both are by Bill Tiller, and a number of former Lucasarts employees.

Wow indeed, I can’t help but feel a bit starstruck Thank you so much for your replies Mr. Tiller!

That was some truly impressive art you posted, each in its individual look, yet you can see the connection. I love the odd shapes and angles, the choices of colour, not to mention the lighting. I particularly liked the graveyard painting, its gonna be my screensaver for a while

Kasper F. Nielsen - 29 November 2012 01:35 AM

I don’t know if this is a problem for me, but your e-mail address sadly doesn’t show up, giving me the message: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

I get the same thing.

I was wondering, obviously the “Tiller Techniques” section is no longer active, but is there any chance that one could still somehow send you some of their artwork in exchange for some feedback? I’m only asking, I don’t mean to nag or anything. If you don’t have the time or interest for this kind of thing these days, I completely respect that

I’d been drawing and painting for all my life up untill the point where I joined artschool. The teacher kept forcing everyone to copy her personal style (which was the type where you camouflage your lack of talent in abstract shapes and random splatters), rather than teaching the tools and techniques to help everyone develop their own style. She would “punish” those who didn’t follow here abstract ways by giving the lowest possible grade to anyone who allowed any personal creativity into their work, regardless of the quality it presented (I’m not joking, I know it sounds crazy (and it is!) but the rule seemed to be, the more talented the artist, the more impressive their work, the lower a grade he/she would get). After 3 years of these repressive, inhibiting teaching methods, I’d (and most of my class with me) completely lost the interest for anything even related to art, and personally, I (almost) didn’t touch a pencil or a brush for 15 years…

...Untill a few months ago, when I started taking a closer look at your artwork. I found your advice and teachings in Tiller Techniques to be extremely inspiring (why did we never learn anything like that at artschool?), and I can’t think of anything that could possibly be more motivating than having Bill Tiller himself comment on your work. If something like that is still doable, I would not be able to express my gratitude.

Thanx for dropping in, Bill! There’s a quiz I made when I discovered beautiful art for Payback. Such a shame it was cancelled.

I’ll use the opportunity and ask when we can expect A Vampyre Story Kickstarter? Is it going to be an episodic or full-fledged A Vampyre Story 2?

For those who get the (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) message: I’m not posting it publicly without Bill’s permission, but shoot me a PM, and I’ll gladly give the address in PM.

TimovieMan - 29 November 2012 12:37 PM

For those who get the (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) message: I’m not posting it publicly without Bill’s permission, but shoot me a PM, and I’ll gladly give the address in PM.

If you quote Bill’s message you can also see the email address & copy paste it into a mail client. 

PolloDiablo - 29 November 2012 01:32 PM

If you quote Bill’s message you can also see the email address & copy paste it into a mail client. 

LOL!

I started by abusing my mod powers and edited his post to see the mail address.
Police brutality / stupidity?