Green Environment

Persephones and Hades Study

Values



Final Rendering

AlienConcept

A sketch of an alien creature with shielded arms for bodily protection.

Painting of extraterrestrial environment

Vis One final

I was having fun here with a spoof detective for my final in Visual Storytelling One. The emphasis was to visually tell a story in 4 pages or less. Enjoy!

Alternate Reality Jumping Taskforce Team Member

Nadezda Character Concept Development (Chein Dag - Warrior)

Sci fi speedpaints

Futuristic Village Speedpaint

In this image, I was working on a futuristic area that is outside the main city. Perhaps, religious centers, exotic foods, and residential structures mark this region.

Sport Edition Power-suit (protagonist's suit)

These are some first takes on Power-suit designs.
I worked first on silhouettes, then on the value stage of the chosen silhouette, then on the turnaround.


Protagonist design



Antagonist design

Space Craft and Biodome Concept

I was feeling very interested here in the alien life that might exist in a bio-dome construction located on a massive space ship or station. (I had in mind a variation of the O'Neill's Cylinder.) The life I depicted here is from another Earth-like planet with some edible vegetation. I used the composition (the placement of everything within the scene) to lead the eye to what I wanted as the focal point and then used increased color to further emphasize the "special" pod plants.

Beryssa Concept and BinaryStarSystem Planetary View

Here I am using textures a bit more sparingly and focusing more on value and color painting. This is one version of this character.


Beryssa - much nearer than above version to what I had initially imagined this character looking like.






View from a planet in a binary star system consisting of hot blue star and red giant. Advanced life has taken up residency on this planet.

Enjoy

Fungus Warrior Speedpaint

Essentially, this is a battle scene between Fungus creatures and Insectoid creatures. I focused mainly on composition in this, while doing my best to add a sense of plausibility to the characters depicted and adding in some environmental and lighting effects. Enjoy!

Fantasy Character Nadezda Sketch

Early concept render of Nadezda.


This is a comic book-style sketch of the same character I did practicing with digital inking and coloring methods using PhotSH.
A future sketch will be include more elements from the first design. Particularly with respect to the hair and the sword weapon. I think this kind of female warrior character will likely have shorter bangs to aid in visibility in combat when her hair is not in a pony-tail.

Magical Jet 2 hour speedpaint

The concept here was to design a magical vehicle that was for personal transport. I thought of ancient sorcery when I did this. As kind of a pleasure craft, I decided to place a kind of patio that enables the passenger(s) to see overhead and all around.

Rift Challenge - Death and Life Colossus Concepts

My first contribution to the Rift "Design a Colossus" Contest on Deviant Art. Since he is a Death Colossus, I chose to incorporate eerie elements such as spider legs that have hooves and a skull of a grazing animal for a face. The maces are for smashing the players of course, but so are his hooves!



This is my second contribution to the Deviant Art Rift Colossus design challenge. The Life Colossus, he is a reptilian and plant-like being that snacks on some of the smaller denizens of the jungle. Enjoy!

Babayaga and Chicken-leg House Concept

I depicted here the Babayaga sweeping away any sign of her passing with her mortar and pestal. Rather than show it directly, I tried to hint that spirits are racing about all around her with the blowing of the leaves.

This is the Babayaga chicken house. I was eclectic in deciding how her home would appear. I referenced older Russian housing and Russian forest terrain (which happen to be deep, richly green in some parts). I used the dark foreground trees to 'frame' the scene. The most intense color is on the house.

super-Earth alien species concept illustration

This creature design is of a species that is technologically adept, but not necessarily advanced. It exists on a large water-world. Mesas, plateaus, and small split and largely bog or swamp-covered continents stretch across this planet's surface. The creature here is omnivorous and consumes seaweed and fungi that its species cultivates on the beds of shallow waters. It lives in hanging huts and hammock-like houses underneath large, spacious root systems beneath massive trees.

It came down with a crash. Hohuik scrambled out of his hammock hut and skittered up the Jajoa tree his tribe had claimed centuries ago. Following the source of a tall column of dark smoke to the Weik mesa, he found a strange creature he had never seen before. ‘How did it get here?’, Hohuik thought, noticing the creature give its last breath after reaching for the oddly beautiful gold amulet that lay so attractively on the dank moss bed. Javi, his best friend, apparently saw it all happen, and later, Javi would share the story with the tribe’s elders, too. "The flying machine appeared out of thin air and collided with one of the great, bifurcated trees", Javi would tell the elders: "Both its wings came off in the air and spun like smairrangs into the moss beds. And, suddenly the main body of the great machine slammed into the ground- Boom!- sliding several yards before stopping."

PrehistoricArcticWingedCarnivore_Concept

My intention with this 90 minute speedpaint was to create a carnivorous aerial creature that snatched up prey in an Arctic terrain. I also envisioned it going after creatures that inhabit the surface or near-surface area of the sea in a cold environment.

Futuristic Aztec City Concept

This 90 minute speedpaint is of a futuristic Aztec environment. In this alternative version of history, the Aztecs gain prominence in the Americas after defeating the Conquistadors and gain more economic prosperity over the next millennium.

Subterranean Creature Concept

This value study and concept sheet is something I did in Photoshop.



This is an acrylic.

This is a concept of a Subterranean organism that is mostly carnivorous, perhaps responsible for some missing people in Siberian Russia. It is related somewhat to the naked molerat, but much larger. When people in a spelunking cave within Russia tumble into a new part of the cave system, they break open an entrance into the depths that release these in abundance. It's mouth spits a preservative slime.

African Hyena Rider Concept