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Blog#19 - A Gameboy New Year

by alistercat

So it's Day #002 of my design challenge and I somehow made this one videogame related too. I wanted to recreate the look and feel of an original gameboy screen and then put in a little christmas/new year message. I wanted to capture the feel of that dirty, grimy plastic (more of a memory, less that brand new gameboys were sold dirty). I think I did OK. Doesn't look at cool as yesterday but I've...

So it's Day #002 of my design challenge and I somehow made this one videogame related too. I wanted to recreate the look and feel of an original gameboy screen and then put in a little christmas/new year message. 

I wanted to capture the feel of that dirty, grimy plastic (more of a memory, less that brand new gameboys were sold dirty). I think I did OK. Doesn't look at cool as yesterday but I've got over 300 more of these things to do. As always, comments and feedback are welcome.