Halo 1 remake art

Ullo! Am slowly getting the chance to upload NDA work from last year! Here are a few of the pics I got to do for the Halo 1 remake. They were used during the animatic sequences found throughout the game :) All had to be done pretty quick.







I finished Skyrim at last (though it's never truly finished...). Moved onto Mass Effect 3 - Garrus will always be on my team, heh. And did some Journey in the meantime - how lovely is that game? Hands down my fave of the year so far :)
Bai!

Goodbye hipster cat

Ullo! A Monday evening mess around when I should have been finishing Skyrim in time for Mass Effect 3! There's entirely too much blue in this pic, but I like blue, so there ya go ;)



He originally had these large black framed glasses, but it looked pretty comical in a really daft way ;D
Bai for now!

Monsters

Ullo!
A niiiiice relaxing Sunday full of coffee and peanut butter jelly rolls :D There's a competition on Deviantart for cute monsters put on t.shirts, so here are mine!


Here are the originals, done with water colours in my little sketchpad :)




Must finish Skyrim!

Monday night sketch time!

Ullo! Another sketch this evening :)


It came from this jumble here:


And a little pic of my sister who is coming to visit this weekend at long last!!


She has set up an Etsy shop with some of her cool original paintings! Take a peek!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/astridcastle

Cheers!

Evening sketch

Happy new year all! Yes it's the end of January, but I've been busy (with Skyrim), ahem! Actually I've had pneumonia the past few weeks. BUT ANYWAY! I felt like doing a pic this evening, so here it is, a quick 2 and a half hour or so thing.



Hopefully during this year I'll be able to show a load of the LOTR images I have done for Fantasy Flight Games :)
Cheers!

The Summoning Flame

Ullo! Not updated in ages, terrible! I've been kept busy at my new job and freelance, but I promise more updates in the new year. This is the summoning flame, a spell to wake creatures of the forest :)


As for games,I've been playing near enough everything! All except the mighty Skyrim, which I have reserved January for :P
Cheers!

Leo

Ullo! Teenage Mutant *Hero* Turtles, as the song went in the UK. Here's Leonardo, swords aflame, just cos...he seems confused too! (More just playing around drawing in Flash).



Batman, Arkham City is a lot of fun :D I want to do every side quest, is painful to ignore them! Then Uncharted 3 next week!!
Bai!

The cat in the tree

Evening image. A friend of mine was getting 2 cats tonight, which made me think of cats, which made me think of Superman the Movie where Superman lifts a cat down from a tree, which made me think of superheroes, which made me think of super cats, which led to a monster cat....which led to this ;)



Started on Arkham City! Not very far in - am already hooked on doing side quests. Will progress no further till I do them all - precisely why I can never play World of Warcraft!
Bai!

Final Fantasy IX!

Ullo! Some Final Fantasy IX artwork for a possible fanzine (plus I haven't drawn fanart in aaaages!). I remember this game coming out whilst I was working at Electronics Boutique, so was able to get the game *gasp* a day early! Steiner was by far my favourite, and I loved how there was a clanking sound with every step he took, his armour rattling and jangling. Vivi is not impressed.



I've started playing Space Marine - love the run animation. I can;t help but find them cute, with those stubby legs and rounded armour :D And all the Orks are Cockney, which makes me laugh, as they sound like my mates back home!
Bai!

Windy!

Greetings! It's been awhile, but much has been a-happening! The seasons are changing here in Vancouver - autumn approaches, the leaves change colour, and then they blow around everywhere. The fluff below is not amused.



I am now working at East Side Games in Gastown, a social gaming company :) It's a lot of fun, am highly enjoying it there so far!
Gears of War 3 came and went (oh how I love Horde mode!), Shadow of the Colossus HD is getting a good play, and we prepare for the onslaught of games coming this way!
Bai for now!

Hipster dinosaurs

Ullo! I love visiting cafes in Vancouver, and see many of the same types in them. So here they are....in dinosaur form (also messing around with Flash!):



Gears of War 3 out today! I've always liked Baird and Cole, and their first level together actually had me laughing :) A few 'jokingly sexist' comments in the banter though, not so impressed with that... Need to do co-op with my sister!
Bai!

Interior practice

Ullo! Felt the need to practice some interiors, especially as some freelance work now wants it (good timing!). No particular setting, just not my usual mountains ;) They were all pretty quick images, am trying to get faster!
In the first pic, I imagine the guy doesn't get out much, but is devoted to keeping alive his 2 plants.


Workers keeping watch of the Fanta machines (nah kidding!).


This pic originally had a floor, but it felt more interesting to take it all away. I think this guy's lost.


\o/


Child of Eden is finished, ready to start Space Marine. And if I can't get ahold of that, it'll be Gears of War 3 next week. 4 player co op!!

First ever Flash animations!

Hey all! Like my sister Asti, I've been practising a little in Flash! Here's my first (in a loooooong time) simple animations, just trying to get my head around it all again:






They *will* get better! So, I started (and have nearly finished) Child of Eden - what a gorgeous game! The colours are just so bright! Love how the controller vibrates in time with the music, is excellent :) Replaying through levels over and over to open up new ones not so much.
Bai for now!

K Naut's daily wardrobe

Ullo! Working on some more vector style art - K Naut and the layers he puts on to start the day!



I find Flash an absolute nightmare to use, even for drawing. Yes yes, I know you can blow up an image to ridiculous size and not lose quality, but when do you need to do that for iPhone games?? Can anyone enlighten me? Photoshop is far easier to use, and in general a much simpler program. *End rant*
I should properly start Child of Eden, but when the weather's so nice outside, it's hard :)
Bai for now!

Very Angry Birds

Ullo! Not sure why I drew this, but these are the Very Angry Birds!



Also playing around with vectoring here one evening:



My twin sister, Astrid and I were featured on Kotaku's main page today, which was nice :) All oooooooold Crysis 2 work, makes me cringe to look at it, but whacha gonna do!

http://kotaku.com/5837321/sisterthis-storyboard-artist-has-a-twin-sister/

Also, I finished Castlevania - Lord of Shadows, at last! Bizarre ending, not sure what to make of it - is there gonna be a sequel?
Bai for now!