Off Kilter

Something I started a while ago that was meant to be quick. I don't really remember what I was trying to do! I guess I just wanted to draw something bloody.

It's Official Now

"...Y'all an alpha. It's official now. Ain't nobody can tell you different, and when ya get outta here, y'all better ACT like one."

Commissioned image.

This was an interesting commission to do! I was given this scene from a short piece of fiction to illustrate; an NBA hopeful, who fell on hard times, comes of age during his stay in prison.

Researching tattoos was a bit of a pain, but worth the extra research! Hopefully the tats I gave the other inmate tells just as much of a story.

Wolves of All Shapes and Sizes

Just some sketches in the sketchbook. Can I start calling it Were-tober, do you think?

(Also testing blogger uploads from my phone! )

Boredom

What are you waiting for?
(older sketch, Was messing around with photoshop brush settings)

Comfortable

The night is young, let me just change into something more comfortable and we can get started

Moon Light

A quick painting of a werewolf. Happy October!
Watch the playback on my Colours Gallery if you'd like.

Cave Refuge

after really knocking out the cobwebs from my 3DS painting hand, and watching some sweet playbacks on the Colours gallery for inspiration, I decided to try and redo a piece that was apparently so old and horrible I didn't bother to load it onto the blog.

I saved the Playback on this painting if you want to take a look!

3DS Painting studies

I decided to break out my 3DS for some painting studies. My attempts at getting started go from "Wtf???" to "Cleared out Cobwebs" as illustrated below;

Disaster Boy

Some promotional art/style test for The Refuge! You won't see this guy for a while, but that obviously hasn't stopped me from drawing him all the time. But here he's finalized for his appearance in the comic.

The background is an altered photo grabbed from Google, but apparently can be found from this site!

Simple Times

 

"Remember when things used to be simple?" 

  a sketch prompt from my tumblr!

Yumeiren

Every good Blood Elf knows that the perfect way to end a long day of raiding with a quick dip in the springs to wash the blood of your foes away.

Commissioned image from buyer Naikelea!


ALSO i cannot claim credit for the background! I googled World of Warcraft hotsprings and grabbed an image! I can't seem to find the one I found again though... Hmm.

Crossroads

This was a commissioned piece! I had fun with the colours and shading on this. Tried something new that sort of worked. Er.. what I mean to say is... uh. Well I'm happy with it, and so was my client. :)  

Different paths

Environment studies done quickly

Scraggly Kid

Whats New

With the release of Titan Tale being delayed, and my future with DreamCloud Games a little up in the air (my contract ends in August - tomorrow!) they never the less put me to work on helping develop something new for one of their next titles.

Titan Tale has run into some issues, namely with Apple experiencing problems, and then we got some feedback from our testers that need to be addressed anyway. Still, I'm not sure what's to come! Ahh freelance life. I didn't choose it, it chose... well actually I did. Whoops.

Anyway, I can't show you much else, not yet anyway!
otherwise I've been working on more Refuge stuff. Exciting, and a lot easier a task to tackle after having been thrown through the gauntlet of creating an ENTIRE GAME'S worth of assets in a MONTH AND A HALF.

The Refuge: Interior Study

 

Going back to Refuge stuff! This time... well, self explanatory I suppose. Another sketch exploring the main chamber of the Refuge. I've had the basic concept for this interior roughed out for a while, but with my wife's help and direction, we're really opening up the space and giving it life.

As it is, some things are still being changed around, but if you recall a more recent previous sketch, we're getting a better idea on how to handle this potentially complex space from different angles by relying on key visual elements that make up the spaces they're in. 

By all logic, that means the crew from the sketch is perched behind that large rock just left of the entrance and that's okay. Except that they found him anyway. Sigh. I'll sketch up some better hiding spots in the future.

Titan Tale: Facing Death Sketch

SO CLOSE TO RELEASE!!
Anyways, the guys are working super hard to get my art in the game, although they are experiencing hiccups that weren't happening before- always at the last minute, eh?

Anyhow, here's a full sketch of the second promo piece I've been working on! Much much further along since this sketch, but that's why it's a teaser! Perhaps when we get a final build, I'll release the finished art! (by the way, the first image, makes a really cool phone background!)

By the way, fans of Requiem Mask might see this as a familiar face- and you may be right to see it. ;) 

Titan Tale Promo Art 2

So Monday I posted a preview of some promo art for Titan Tale! I posted a couple more teaser shots on Twitter so I just collected them below...

...although the last two are from something new! Still for Titan Tale though. Excited about this one. Also, the game is in it's final phases so we're looking at a launch date soon. Maybe monday. Cross your fingers!

Promo Art Work In Progress: Titan Tale

Now that I'm not under the Boulder of Deadlines, I have time to post! And I have some room for other creative ventures! And yes, it's still work, but it's nice to do something different.

So promo art in progress for this game. It should come out this week for iphone and android!
Technically, I'm not allowed to talk about it, but someone has to build the hype while the programmers are still scrambling. ;)

This is just the first of a few ideas I had. More this week!

Majesty of Nature

 

Sketched up while listening to nothing in particular. 

Alex, and Rin crowd around Ookami, who has th eonly piece of technology in their forest refuge. (It's got a solar powered battery y'all!) 

Do caves even have wifi?