"WoM" - "Cuddles" concept development

General / 29 April 2021

  


 Torke Rygat's weapon was initially planned as one large scythe and a smaller scythe. 


They were meant to be like what you expect of a weapon: a blade made of some sharp material with a decorative handle that suits the character. That's where I began my design process.


Then, I wondered why have 2 separate scythes when we could give Torke Rygat a dual scythe instead? It made more sense to me to take this path as opposed to carrying two weapons for this character.


The name "Cuddles" came from the fact that the weapon didn't have a name in the design brief and I enjoyed the irony of calling a creepy weapon a cutesy name :)
  

"WoM" - "Torke Rygat" 3D CG rotation

General / 06 April 2021



Our Overlady is prepped and ready for our modeler to work his magic! This step is critical for making an accurate model for the game.
  

"World of Martz" - character concept development - Torke Rygat

General / 02 April 2021



Happy Good Friday, Everybody!


I'm currently on an indie team for Legendary Games Studios in the concept art role for our first IP called: "World of Martz"

WoM (World of Martz) is a fighting genre game akin to Super Smash Bros Brawl for the Nintendo Switch. Our game is destined to go to PC first. Martz is the name of the planet this game takes place on. The world is set in feudal Asia with a future tech twist. Lots of fun to research and combine themes from days old and possible future :) Players will fight one-on-one battles but there will also be opportunities to fight as a group and have epic multiplayer battles. The player can use what various attacks/abilites that innately come with their character of choice and use their surrounding environment as well. We foresee plenty of opportunities to set elaborate traps for your enemies/friends!


Our player character roster currently has 10 fighters, some human, some are other species, one is from another dimension......like our lady up above, as a matter of fact.


Her name is Torke Rygat and she's a succubus overlord(lady?) from another dimension with her sights set on ruling over Martz with an iron fist. Stay tuned for more!
  

Sketch - Blazer

General / 30 March 2018



I really enjoy watching a show called "Face Off". It's a competition on the SYFY network for makeup artists, established or up and coming. These artists are given a topic to make a character, sometimes 2 or 3, and they draw, sculpt and fabricate these characters onto the show's models. I find watching artists doing their creative thing very inspiring. It's a fun treat to have the show on, hear the challenges that the artists are being asked to create something for, and draw in my sketchbook as if I were the one asked to make a character concept for that challenge.

This time, the challenge was to create a post apocalyptic character :)


Pumpkin patch attack!

General / 24 October 2017

Whoo! It's been awhile, hasn't it? I was hired for what was intended to be a short project back in January this year. This job became larger as it went along and I just finished by the first of October. I learned a lot, grew a bunch as an artist and had some great fun working with excellent people. The hours got a bit long though so I needed some down time to rest and refill my creativity reserves.

After said rest, I started to do free-form sketching again. For those unfamiliar with that word, free-form sketching is drawing based on trusting yourself to draw without a plan or structure drawn in first. It actually takes plenty of courage and experience to be able to do this with any confidence.

Today, we have a hard working farmer tending his pumpkin fields. Unluckily for him, one of them has grown a spirit with murderous intent and has recruited the whole field for its purposes....

Pink Princess

General / 20 September 2016

Another digital painting experiment :)

Digtial painting practice

General / 15 September 2016

Been practicing my digital painting recently. This is an account of my progress from the upper left picture to the large one on the right. It's progress but I feel there's still plenty of room for improvement.

May I have this dance?

General / 15 August 2016

Gesture drawing is probably one of the MOST important things for a serious artist to do to better their skills. I like focusing ion ballet dancers because of the posing achieved in the dance. They're so fluid and beautiful!

LATE!

General / 09 August 2016

It happens to the best of us....those moments of terror and rush that happen when one is late! In this one's case, it seems to be a case of being late to school.

Professor

General / 18 July 2016



 Today from my sketchbook, I have an educator of alien descent. Wonder what he would teach?