Drawing Inspiration

After a full year of Honours study, I thought the last thing I would want to work on would be another background- but as soon as I finished uni I had found a new mini project. I've been proof reading an aspiring fantasy author's latest writings and was quite taken with the atmosphere of a dense European forest populated by an un-named forest being of some kind.

The scene I have used is set before the actual story events take place. I really wanted an opportunity to mess around with creating art based upon word description only. Essentially a concept artist.

So Then This Happened....AWESOME

I'm an avid user of social media, I had a Facebook account before it was cool, when everyone else was using MySpace I linked my two accounts lol, wonder whatever happened to MySpace lol. I also love Delicious and am keen to try Pininterest and of course I love to blog :D

So when I saw that Computer Arts Magazine (UK) had a Twitter feed (@ComputerArts) I had to follow along. The magazine has been a favourite of mine for years so when I tweeted a link to my current Hons work I had no idea that they would actually think it was good enough to include on a daily gallery of inspiration. But then this happened:

I know in the grand scheme of things its only little, but it means a lot to me because as an artist you tend to spend a lot of your time creating images uncertain as to whether they have any affect on the viewer or whether they are any good- but there is it, my Nan's Chinese dog statue, over a hundred years old, painted digitally by me and now on the interwebs lol. To see it in context click here 

Honors Study Update

Still life studies of objects of significance, getting a sense of the colours and shapes associated with a by-gone era.

Concept Art for Draco

A few concept art pieces for Draco. Main aim was to see how the characters 'fit' in their environments and how a particular atmosphere can be portrayed through the setting. A challenge was to get the right level of desaturation to enable the characters to pop and the backgrounds to play a supporting role.

See more here

Character Sketches Draco

Concept Art Backgrounds- Draco 'Disney-esque'

Backgrounds that are more detailed and seem 'denser' in colour saturation:

Character Designs Draco

Working on creating 'animate-able' character designs based on a vintage inspired Draco. Want to establish a character that is both flexible and able to be animated effectively whilst retaining volume and shape; essentially staying on model.

Concept Art- Vintage Inspired

Some concept background art for Draco, these have been inspired by the vintage classic Disney and Warner Bros films of the 1950s.