Working on my book...

AGWB: DLC

A While back I posted a video showcasing a little mobile game I art/music directed. Shortly after that I continued working on some DLC maps for the game. Unfortunately we never got to publish them but here are two of my favorite design sets. You don't realize how far you can stretch until you have to design a hundred unique spheres! These are a couple of years old now but still fun to look at.

Wild Emm Childrens Book

I recently finished up a bunch of work on a childrens book commission. The client was a dream to work with! Here are a few of my favorite selections from the 20+ page story. You can pick up a copy on Amazon.

NaNoIlluMo

November is National Novel Writing Month (NaoNoWriMo). It is, I promise...look it up! My wife normally participates but this year we switched it up. This year I am taking the month to focus on visually developing the world that our novel takes place in. Because of this, I have dubbed the this November National Novel Illustration Month (NaNoIlluMo). I'll be posting sketches and progress shots on my Twitter and Instagram feeds. Come cheer me on!

 

Dungeon Defenders 2 Ruins

Recently released concept I did at work for the game :)

Just a Sketch.

Dead Cupcake

Birthday sketch for the talented Mia Goodwin

Time-splice Carriage

I was listening to http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B00A8K96MK and was inspire to create this self propelled carriage that is kind of an amalgamation of 1930s race-cars and old, Russian, horse-drawn carriages with a dash of alt history tech. Fun stuff!

Lunch Sketching

Flaming Narwhal Art

Some more stuff I did in 2011 for another mobile game that will never happen.

Arena Thumbnails

These were done for a Pokemon type game I worked on during my stint at Puppy Punch a couple of years ago. The project never went anywhere but I still think these comps are fun.

The Well

I created this for an art test we used to administer to 3D environment artists that would apply to Trendy. Its style has some small similarity to what we were doing on Dungeon Defenders II but also pushed the artists to test their limits with the style and to see how they problem solved. It was a fun piece to make and was always exciting to see how people would interpret it on their tests. 

Jarhead Updated

Updated version. I was never happy with where I left the original and since I felt like this would fit the theme of a contest on Deviantart.com, I decided to work on it a little more. I have a real flaw in my understanding in lighting so I tried to push that a little more here...it's a little better.


STORY

The clack of glass quietly echoed through the cramped, disheveled alley. This was a favorite district for young, travelling businessmen. From the outside, acid neon lights tried to squeeze there way into what was little more than a long hallway of brick and refuse. The droning sounds of bass and club-goers barely penetrated the alley's thick, masoned defenses.

The Salesman found more success persuading customers to allow him to demonstrate his wares here. Stumbling patrons dizzy from drink, music, and women were much easier to entertain with his "curiosities" than the children had been. Their faces were never shaped right.

Controller parasites were a means to an end, nothing more. He didn't fully understand them but they responded to his commands with ease. There was but one way to ensure delivery and, though not at first, it grew easier with every customer. He was pursuing a greater goal but for now, right now, it was all about amassing customers. Never more than one at a time of course; any more and the influence of the crowd normally won out. It had to be a person who hadn't realized they were alone yet. He would talk comforts to them, ensnare them with wonder, and promise more than he had the ability or intention to deliver.

Still the sound of glass clacking quietly echoed. He rose. Something like a smile, tinged with pride, briefly flashed over his lips. His latest customer had been slumped back against the brick wall but now worked to raise himself to full height, filth staining his collared shirt. There was never much blood when the jars were jammed into the customers ruddy faces. The controller parasite would quickly follow its instincts, settling into the place where a face had once been like a hermit crab in a new shell.

The Salesman pulled out a wet hunk of something that resembled ribbed cartilage. It glistened and made a cracking, squishing sound as he squeezed it. Liquid ran down the length of his forearm, gathering at and dripping from his elbow. The customer, reacting as if politely asked, followed as the Salesman made his way back, deeper into the alley, away from what little light struggled to illuminate the entrance.

Another loyal customer, he thought. Another addition to the plan.    

Matte Work

Was commissioned to create this matte for the new web series The Broken Continent

Album Art

I recently finished a commission for CD jewelcase artwork. A band (Devoid of Truth) from Portugal randomly found my website, liked what they saw and got in touch. Crazy! This is their first album and the guys are fighting hard against all kinds of trouble in order to get it out. They will be putting up their first single soon so make sure to go give them some love Devoid of Truth

Process

Interviews

This post is two-fold. First, here is an image I just finished that I've been working on and off on for a little while.

Second, I was recently interviewed at work for our monthly "Meet the Trendy Team" post on the Trendy Entertainment forums. You can check it out here! Trendy Interview

Jarhead

WIP

Dear Mr. Watterson

I've had the exciting privilege of helping out on the Dear Mr. Watterson documentary project! If you haven't heard of it, go check out their page here: http://www.dearmrwatterson.com/DMW/dear_mr._watterson.html

There are some more images I will be doing for them in the coming months but for now, here's the poster I worked on with them.

And here are all the mock-ups and comps we went through before landing on the final design. All in all it was a pretty quick turn-around and the guys have been great to work with!

Design Exploration

Some personal exploration from my sketchbook. 

Figure Study

Face Studies

Crackin' the whip!

Musktang

Just a fun sketch based on a thought that made me chuckle.

I did not plot the perspective, etc...it's just a sketch

Book Cover

This is a wrap around painting for an indie published childrens book cover. I'm not sure of much more information than that. It was a fun commission as I was challenged to keep the work fairly traditional looking.

Painted in Photoshop

Ned

Late night sketch...CUZ I WANTED TO! :P

Welder

2.5 hr sketch made over a couple of lunch breaks.

FISH

Part of a background for a mobile game I worked on last year. More to come :)

Slacker

I have been slammed with work of all kinds but have several fun posts coming up, giving proof to some of this work. The new year started by overexerting myself on projects (as I tend to do...cuz slackers get nowhere :P) subsequently catching a stomach bug and then before I could completely get over that, the flu...which has been haunting me for three weeks now :(

Any ways, it's been a great year so far but also a complicated and tiring one. More info soon!

More Meeting Sketches in Ink