Inspiration Series 02

In my last post, I mentioned that Dejeweled is about carving out your own reality from a blinding white field of full-spectrum light, all possibilities at once.

This image, from the upcoming LEGO Universe MMO, is a perfect example. These construction workers are not building a universe out of dark nothingness, they are carving a universe out of the infinite potential of the fresh, white page. They are removing, paring down possibilities, until something tangible can remain.


I love this picture.

Inspiration Series 01

Dejeweled is about carving out your own reality from a blinding white field of full-spectrum light, all possibilities at once. That's the feel I want to convey in the art style. You create by subtraction, by taking away, by defining constraints. Like layers of ink on a blank page. The opposite approach would be additive, building up a universe one spark at a time from the cold, infinitely black void, or a cursor blinking on a dark computer screen, waiting for your first command. That's not Dejeweled. Dejeweled is white, bright, light, sliced into actuality.

I originally got this from The Matrix. Here are a few more examples I've found.

Click the images for the full-size originals.

I hope to make Dejeweled feel like this.

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