iPhone apps are a great challenge! The format is extremely restrictive, but on the reverse, you really have to work at making the art pop. The app market is all about survival – yours has to stand out from hundreds of thousands of others. The other plus is that it’s a format I can take around with me to show people what I’ve done.
I was invited to work on the app Know Color? by a pro techie: K. Gutteridge
His blog is full of useful programming information I don’t understand in the slightest (and probably never will) but if you’re a programmer you should definitely hit up his blog for tidbits.
The internet is a wonderful and vast world that allows us to cross borders and oceans with ease. This is my first project for the UK!
Know Color? is akin to Brain Age. It’s a simple Stroop Test with a timer. You have to pick the correct color or word in the time limit and if you get it wrong – you get penalized. It’s pretty fun. I got a decent score the first time I played it despite the iPod Touch’s awful touch sensitivity.
Being that it’s a test, the developer wanted to go with a hand-drawn approach and as I love doing digital paintings with scanned pencil art – it was like a dream come true.
I had the most fun coming up with the professor. He looks rather like a bird. He was created around the time I did the Rocks the Haus Party poster and the second installment of ARR Pee! It’s a nice combination of my “cut paper” style I’ve been developing and my clean vector cartoons.
The app is only $.99 in Apple’s store and a great casual game to pop out while you’re in the waiting room at the doctor’s office or on a short break. You can download it here: Know Color?