Friday 9 December 2016

Friday 2 December 2016

Elf Portrait

A portraiture of an Elf that I did for my portfolio.

Monday 28 November 2016

Final land card, a coastal Castle

Here is my final land card for my portfolio. This one is a coastal castle.

Friday 25 November 2016

Lava Falls land card

Heres another portfolio illustration for my mini TCG land card project. This time its a Lava Falls, my last one is going to be the one of the castle shown in the thumbnails I posted previously since I need more architecture I think in my illustration portfolio and who doesnt like castles lol

Wednesday 23 November 2016

TCG Land thumbs, and Winterscape land card final


Starting a new project to create work to put in the illustration section of my portfolio. I decided I wanted to do some work that could work in a card game, since I hope it will lead to those kind of commissions.

Since I specialise in Environments design and Landscape Illustration I thought creating 'Land card' illustrations would be a good idea, I had Magic the Gathering and similar card games in mind when doing the thumbs. First up is a Winsterscape. I think ill do the castle one last, I am not 100% sure yet what to do for the next one, leaning towards the lava falls.

Monday 21 November 2016

Some character design and style exploration practice

Orc Warrior

Shipwreck Survivor character design and style exploration

Monday 14 November 2016

Portrait study, and a Princess portrait Illustration

Portrait study

Princess portrait practice
A portrait study from reference since I haven’t done one in a while. Original photo was by Kyle Tunney I think but I cant seem to find it again. And a portrait of a Princess that I did to practice what I had learned from the study.

Thursday 10 November 2016

The Golden Bird_The Village with the two inns final and development

Thumbnails for the Village with the two inns
Turnaround designs for the two inns

Final shot of the village with the two inns

Some more work for my Golden Bird project.

In the story the brothers are told by the fox that when they get to an approaching village there will be two inns. One inn is described as mean and old and the other is nice, and full people merry making however they should stay at the mean inn. Of course only the younger brother listens, for his reward the fox returns and tells him where he can find the Golden Bird.

I went with the converted gatehouse design for the new inn since I thought it had a grandeur look to it. For the mean looking inn I went for a more layered asymmetrical design.

Saturday 22 October 2016

The Golden Bird, Dev for the Golden Bird, and The Garden with the Golden Apple Tree thumbs



Thumbnails and the final design for the Golden Bird.

The Garden with the Golden Apple Tree thumbs. The story initially starts out with the apples of the Golden Tree disappearing, the Gardener is tasked by the king to investigate. He sets his sons each to guard the tree, but only his youngest son succeeds in discovering its the Golden Bird taking the apples.

Wednesday 19 October 2016

The Golden Bird - Gardener final and thumbs


Here are the final design and thumbnails for the Gardener, part of my Golden Bird project. The Gardener is the father of the three brothers in the story.

The Golden Bird - Princess final design and thumbs

Princess thumbs

Final design
Here are the designs for the Princess that the youngest brother has to rescue in the story.

Monday 17 October 2016

Visual Development of the Golden Bird by the Brothers Grimm

The Three Brothers final designs - From left to right the youngest brother who is the hero of the story, the middle and oldest brother who are the eventual villains.
The Three Brothers - thumbnails. I've decided to fit the characters into an Elizabethan inspired setting.


Final designs for the Three Kings. The youngest brother meets three different kings through out his journey each setting him on a different task.

thumbnail designs for The Three Kings.
This is a new project that I am starting that will eventually serve as my new concept art portfolio. Its is the visual development of The Golden Bird by the Brothers Grimm. A story about three brothers who are sent on a quest to retrieve a bird with golden feathers. I decided to develop this story as, as with most Brothers Grimm stories the description for the characters is almost non existent leaving lots of room for interpretation. The story has a nice mix of characters, environments, props, and creatures to design as well.

Thursday 22 September 2016

Some new artwork

Street Magician
Sleeping Giant

Mermaid Bar

Space Marine
Some new artwork. Street Magician and the Sleeping Giant are for my Illustration Portfolio and the Mermaid Bar concept is for my Concept Art portfolio. The last picture is a concept design of a space marine, done for fun and to practice my character design.

Monday 11 July 2016

Update - collection of work that Ive done this year

Brush stroke - Portrait practice

Transport Ships
Digital Plein Air

Creature dwelling concept

Creature dwellings concepts

The Journey entry

Highland Castle

Valley

Fantasy Village

Alien Planet

Updated version of Valis and the Ogres