Shig "ENERGY!" poster., FreakZone character.

Even the old time FreakZone fans probably won't remember Shig. All that existed of him back then was a character profile and info on the plans of his game on the site. But he is one of my favourite FreakZone characters (credit goes to John Lock for the original "half shark half pig" concept, and to myself for the actual design) and I do now have a complete movement engine for the game.

The game is very 'energy' and 'mental state' based, Shig is a hyperactive psycho and becomes more hyperactive depending on the more energy you collect in your energy meter. I've also gotten a brilliant system where the music actually speeds up the more energy you have(and increases in pitch), and then actually slows down to a halt when you die, and I hope to try even more ways of having the music interact with the game. The soundtrack is mostly happy hardcore and rave music, and a lot of the mental states of Shig contain mild drug refrences, so hopefully this may gain a bit of an underground following with the pillheads, lol.

With that in mind, take a look at this poster I created, with the pillhead/happy hardcore tone in mind. This has been shrunken to about an 8th of the original image size as it was intended to go on a large poster.

I doubt anyone will actually want one until after the release of the game, but you can buy a professional quality large print of the poster here http://www.cafepress.com/fzshig and I intend to make other merchandise too, even if the only people who purchase them are the actual FZ members.

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Neat drawing, I love the effect too! ^^

Awesome

That's friggen neat. Specially the coloring.

Thanks, guys. What do you all think of the actual character design?

Pretty neat, The diffrent eye pupals(sp?) are neat, and plainly. He just looks like an insane killer. ;P

This post has been edited by Zae on Apr 17 2005, 11:42 AM

Heh, his different eye pupils aren't actually part of the design, he has normal black pupils when he's on-model, but they always change shape, colour, size etc, into swirls or whatever, when he's excited. He shakes a lot too. lol

What I said on AIM (yes, kids, I do go on AIM). So in other words, BLOODY AWESOME. I've known of Shig for years, actually, and I do agree that he is one of the coolest FZ original characters. Just wait until you play the game. That guy is damn hilarious. ;D

Character design and pic; awesome.

*Looks at above sig*

360 movement in an original game eh? That's what SHIG uses! XD