013015 - Golem Redesign

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  Alright, here is an updated concept edited based on feedback. I redesigned the shapes of the arms slightly, and broke up the stone into sections/added cracks to help show plane changes--further visually defining the form. Let's hope Ty likes it!

012715 - Golem Redesign

Head Design Exploration

Rough Sketch

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  He's grumpy, he's all rock, and he's coming at you! This last week I busted out my pencil and printer paper, and explored my Golem enemy design. My main goal was to punch the old design into the Archer's style.

  The general concept is that you must shoot the crystal in the golem's chest to defeat him, but here I played with having a crack as a more subtle target for the player to shoot at. One of my classmates (Piya from New York!) liked this scar and some of my other sketches with various shapes of holes, and had a great idea of having the scar crack open to reveal the crystal after each arrow hits (a visual clue to how much damage you've done to the enemy)! I like it!

012015 - Ghibli BG Copy Sketch

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  If there is one thing that never ceases to amaze me about Ghibli movies, it is the amazing level of the background paintings. I would like to start a practice of studying one background a week, which I suspect will really help me improve in this area. This specific painting is one of the early shots in Princess Mononoke where the the main character rides to the distant tower for news on a disturbance in the forest, which I have attempted to reproduce in a sketch on the right . Maybe I'll move into painting as well in upcoming weeks!

120314 - WIP Chameleon Design

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  A master of camouflage, this enemy will reveal itself to the attentive player before attacking by blinking its target-like eye.  Shoot it before its eye closes or it will surprise you with a hammering blow from its cannonball-like spiked tongue. 

  This is another piece from what I completed for CTN, an updated rough design for the chameleon enemy that is much closer to the style of the main character. Gosh, I have so much work I did that I need to post; crossing fingers that I can compile it and post once every day for like two weeks, haha. 

091914 - Bone Sword Design

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     A blade that can never truly be broken. Forever growing, this sword of bone becomes denser and stronger every time it is damaged.  It's master can sharpen and shape it to any size desired, or let it continue to slowly grow to near unwieldable lengths.

   I have played with so many different possible designs for this concept over time (the sketch on the top left was my very first note I made of the sword), and recently landed on the unique look I was searching for! I wanted the sword to become ridiculously large and aggressive as it grew larger--which would never function as even a sword in reality, but luckily this is fantasy! I think I succeeded.  Hopefully a rough paint of the sword will be ready in the next few weeks--wish me luck!

 

    

090914 - Sketchorama' 2.0

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    Glen Keane is probably my favorite artist when it comes to drawing. He is an excellent character designer and animator, and can imbibe so much personality into every sketch. His linework is incredibly loose and explorative, yet so beautiful at the same time. I have been doing a copy sketch of one of his drawings virtually every day for the last two months--and here are some of my most recent ones! Left: copying a figure sketch digitally (above); right: copying one of Glen's Tarzan sketches with a full graphite pencil. If you are interested, I highly recommend looking his artwork up and doing a few study sketches of your own!

082014 - Sketchorama'

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  Oh boy, here's one fella' you would not want to be stuck with! Gloomy, hunched over, a little suave I admit, but definitely conceited! Hahaha. I've decided that I am going to start posting the occasional sketch along with my personal project work to liven the blog up a bit! Cheers!