Another self project, in this case the logo was created for the business Ben and I own that does online development/design and marketing. Again this logo went through a long series of revisions and ultimately it was me just not being happy with the message implied by the logo. This one on the other hand works fairly well in that regard. The name is the combination of the words Innovation and Focus. I spent a series of revisions on turning the V into the arrow cursor icon. But realized that the “i” gave me the opportunity to user 2 different icons that are used on the web widely(RSS, Podcast), and gave me a standalone icon, which is often my goal from the outset.

I love the Ippy character I created for the IPlayedThat logo. I have drawn him in a wide number of poses and action shots. Sadly this project never came to fruition, but alas the character may live on in some other fashion.

Created the Technoloft logo for a local startup, I rather like where it went even though I was trying to include all of the requested elements. Each part has a significant tech geek meaning and as such they were important to the parties involved. Most of the time I spent on this one was trying to come up with a cloud shape and gears that didn’t seem in constant conflict with one another.

This logo was created for my previous employer. They have gone through a few version over their 10+ year history and this was the last. I very much enjoy how the 9 is the base of  birds shape, and it is a wonderful little icon of it’s own. The letter work is weak at best, but alas it is what the owners wanted and loved.

Aren’t I just super clever? Incorporating a controller and chord into the first letter of each word of the name for this website.

There is a mountain more logos  I have created over the years, this just represents the ones that I have created in the last couple of years, and probably doesn’t even show the majority of those. It feels to be something I do at most occasionally but over time it still adds up.

Obviously her eyes are lidless and clouded over. Her spine is spiky and over accentuated. The headdress, crown, helmet thing is obviously very Geiger-eque.

But then the throne room is more fairy inspired, however lacking the gaiety one would expect of the Fae.  Which helps make it appear more off kilter.

One of the last things I did on this was  adding in the green glow. Prior to that her skin was too healthy looking, and I didn’t have a light source to give me anything else. I had already added the green in the tubes on her helmet, so I needed to add green elsewhere in the scene to help balance it out. The green glow solved both.

Compositionally I think the image is stunted and I am not happy with it from that standpoint, but maybe that helps it…  I was adding a supplicant to the left of the scene but then it just got too crowded, so I took it back out.

On to the next painting!

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Tuskey here, is just a quick character concept that I did from one of my sketchbook pages. As is quite often the case, the sketch page is one that had a happy little accident of a character and not anything I had planned prior to sitting down with the blank page.

Of course him wearing a helmet and being all “full of tusks”, Tuskegee airman seems a little to “on the nose”.

Regardless, this is only the second “painting” I’ve created using my new Cintiq, and I feel I am getting the swing of it..

I’ve been looking through many of my sketch pages at all the various portraits I have created. In doing so, I have come to the conclusion that many of them should be used in a larger scene. Maybe one similar to the dogs playing poker. Might to be too cheesy, but that is kind of the point.

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Recently that has changed. I picked up a brand new Cintiq 21 UX a few weeks ago, well more specifically my company picked one up for me.

It has changed my way of working, for the better.

This creature concept is just an advanced doodle.  I started out using Alias Sketchbook, creating the grayscale of this image. I then moved to Adobe Photoshop to add color and “finish” the image.

The Cintiq eliminated the cognitive discontent of drawing on a table and seeing the results on the monitor. If I had known the increase in speed and the ease of use, I would have bought one years ago, it is worth it – even with the steep price tag.

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Concept Art for the MMORPG Farland

MMO Concept Art

I have had the honor of being the Concept Artist for the brand new MMORPG, Farland. This is an independent project that is already starting to gain pretty good traction.

This is my first project as an actual concept artist for a game. However while working on this game I have had the opportunity to become the concept artist for 2 other games simultaneously. I will talk about them in another post with some examples of the work I have done for them, though none of the actual images they are using due to the secrecy surrounding those games in their prelaunch.

Farland Concept Art

Farland is meant to hearken back to the  traditional fantasy genre. The city I am currently depicting in these concepts, is the center of the human’s greatest kingdom. I have attempted to create a style that is very reminiscent of traditional fantasy, but that shows the strength of the kingdom, the grandeur of the city and yet is realistic in its form to serve the function intended.

The first image is the concept art for the city gates. What amazes me most when doing this little painting, was how much detail the 3d modelers would gather from the hints I have given them.

Concept Art for a Bridge in the Game Farland

I hope it is easy to recognize the similarity between the gate and this bridge concept. I tried to make it distinct as a structure, created during a different age, but follow the same design design language so that is is obviously from the same culture as the city gate. Where-as the gate is meant to both impress and intimidate visitors or would be attackers to the city, the bridge follows a more utilitarian focus. In my imagination this bridge is also a very strategic point. It acts as a bottle neck for both shipborne traffic as well as land based. If it was my kingdom to rule oceangoing ships would be forced to stop here and transfer cargo to smaller river going barges, and of course pay their tax for the privilege.

I am currently working on the Keep within the city. It will follow the same design cues as these two structures, but will obviously be more similar to the gate than the bridge. However, the Keep will need to be even more formidable and grand.

A Whole World of Concept Art

One of the great things regarding working on a game of this scope is the immense need of concepts. The developers are building an entire world, and every element of that world needs to be designed. These structures are quite fun to do, especially since I don’t consider that my strength. I feel I can offer far more on the design of creatures, demons, monsters and critters of the creepy and crawly persuasion. But that is what is making this project so enjoyable, every time I turn around there is yet another interesting thing that needs to be created from thin air. I am only worried that doing the concept art for a game like this will spoil me for every project in the future.

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Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogroves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought–
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling throuygh the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish buyt!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
He chortled in his joy

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogroves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

The board moderators at Concept Art like to give creature design ideas that are obscure, or relatively, broad in the way they can be interpreted. This one fits the bill perfectly. The cadence and enunciation of the Frumious Bandersnatch itself are the only things from which to discern a creature description. That in itself is very liberating.

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• Concept Art - Creeptastic Creatures Concept Art Digital Sketches All three of these concept art character sketches came from my experimental sessions using Alias Sketchbook Pro. I am in love with the application, and cannot wait to try it with a Intuos Cintiq tablet. It has become my preferred method for sketching in general. I......
• Jousting Goblin Creature Design Sketch Goblin Creature Design This creature design is not too terribly original. I love the work of Brian Froud especially some of his work on Labyrinth. Consequently this particular sketch is based off of one of the characters from said movie. I created this drawing back in 1997 and it......
• Creature Design - Bio-luminescent Tunnel Digger Bio-Luminescent Tunnel Digger Creature Design ConceptArt.org runs several community competitions every week. My favorite is the creature design of the week competition. on the hundredth week they did the COW (Creature of the Week) 100 competition where artists had 1 month to create 100 creatures designs. We were given......

Concept Art Sketches from the Edge

Concept Art is always pushing the edges. The edge of what? Well, honestly I m going to go with sanity. Your goal in doing concept art sketches, whether it be a creature or a building is to create something never before imagined. It doesn’t always work out that way, but that is ultimately the goal.

Often you find that you are influenced by those things you find beautiful or interesting. This helps define your personal style, but it can also lead you to copying, conscious or not, those things. I find myself going down that path often enough. The trick then is to move away from those influences, to look for new experiences.

The Role of Concept Art

So here is the basic conundrum of creating concept art, nothing truly unique, with no basis on reality will be believable, but nothing based entirely on observation will be unique. The role then is to create a believable world from both observation and imagination. Adding details that hint to the real, but not simply combining attributes of the real. Then you end up with an elephant with a giraffe neck, and that is not unique at all.

My goals for creating unique concept art are not based around any particular genre or theme. And I have a long way to go from these sketch sessions to anything presentable. In fact I don’t see them as part of the actual process at all, they are simply a warm up to get my brain and hand flowing. So in that sense they are part of the overall concept art process, just not the main track. At some point I will start doing the ConceptArt.org creature of the week, Character of the Week and Environment of the Week contests again. They will give me a define-able end goal. For now though I am just seeing how far I can push my imagination. The actual finished Concept Art is coming, in due course.

Concept Art Resources:

ConceptArt.org
TheGnomonWorkshop.com
CreatureSpot.com
My CA Sketchbook
My Concept Art Sketches here
I am creating more Concept Art sketches every day.

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• Concept Art - Alien Tribesmen Concept Art - Creature Sketches Creating these concept art creature sketches is sometimes very rewarding. This page from my sketchbook is one of my favorites. One of those rare times when several of the characters portrayed are interesting and worth expanding upon. For whatever reason things were clicking well......
• Demon Head Concept Art Sketches [/caption] Page of Concept Art Sketches This page of concept art sketches is 2 well 3 takes on a demon head. I did not want to do the generic horns and fangs. So I decided to play with the theme a little bit. Creating a page of concept art sketches......
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