BioPUNK is an interesting piece of my portfolio for a few reasons. As of now it stands as one of the last serious art things I’ve done (meaning it’s been awhile since I’ve done anything) and because of the time in which it was made. When I started working on the render in 3D Studio Max I didn’t really know what I was going for, I didn’t have any direction that is. However, like much of my artwork at the time it skewed towards this organic style and coloration at which time I began the brushwork. Before I knew it I realized I was looking at a more organic representation of what my older Dream of Change wallpaper had originally set out to be, and a darker one as well. I still regard it as my best work, and my favorite.

Create was one of the biggest and best things I ever did on MSN Groups, as a community it opened in the summer of 2005, in fact just about this time 7 years ago. Before I joined the Create team I was working on some RPGs but I had largely removed myself from the greater community, Create was my chance to get back into the game and make a place for myself again. Over the next 3 some odd years Create thrived as a community, we went through 11 different designs, 4 different groups, and a .com of sorts. In the end everything went to shit, but that’s how community sites always end so that was to be expected, but during my time as a member of the Create team we did some pretty awesome things and this layout was the start of all of them.

This is an old one, I think I originally created this wallpaper in 2005 and if I remember correctly it was for a GFX Battle which I won, on create I believe. Dream of Change as I called it was meant to reflect my vision of a neuron firing off during a dream, but clearly there is more to it than just that core concept. The render was created in 3D Studio Max 7, and honestly is pretty poor but I liked the shape of it. It had no texture to it and all the post work was done in Photoshop, displaying some of my early brushwork. I’m still pretty fond of this one, it takes me back, though clearly I was just starting out doing bigger pieces like this one.

In keeping with my attempts to keep this archive updated on a daily basis (As of right now it will just be screen captures of layouts until I get the archive section of the site up and running where I will be able to archive HTML pages, images, RP Threads, etc) I decided added the original Dystopia Productions layout to the image archive would be a good choice for today. I was really fond of this layout when I created it, and I guess I still am, I hate to see it go but the change is needed.
 
This Layout holds a important place in my history, being the corner stone to a place where I did actually manage to create the framework and host a RPG that ran for enough time for me to have enjoyed RPing there. Hopefully more times like that will happen here on DysPro, time will tell.

One of the projects that I hope to get working on once the Chimera Engine is finished is a Metal Gear Solid RPG. It’s something that I’ve wanted to do for a long time since I’m a huge fan of the MGS Games. About six months ago I decided that I was going to do a MGS RPG and started designing a layout to fit the site, I finished the basic design and knew pretty much what I wanted the RPG to look like and play like but I didn’t really have the drive to get down to working on it. Below you will find the layout which will eventually be used for Metal Gear Solid: Operation Aphelion. I’m pretty pleased with it, as it’s very minimalistic so it will allow the content to be the star, which is always my goal when I build a RPG.

his layout has come several months in the making. In the beginning it was a joint design between myself and Saiyen, who out of the final version did contribute the logo and the top navigation bar though most of the rest was of my design. When that project didn’t pan out I shelved the idea for awhile before coming back to it and doing some more design work to basically finish the conceptual design.
 
Update: Alright now that I’m starting to get this post theme together and getting the comments section up and whatnot I have gone back and actually included the layout to the post. Eventually I will have all of these done automatically where it connects to the section of the site that will serve as my portfolio, until then though I will just add them manually.