Hi all! My back is finally on the mend :) I can properly sit at a desk again (my life is complete!). Have been doing some 1 hour or less studies recently, here are 2 of them, drawn at that exact scale with no zooming in (I might just start posting them every few days now) Thanks to Dennis Chan for getting me on to this practice!
Also been in a black and white outline mood, so here's another environment, minus the humans who have caused the destruction! I'm thinking this here is about 2 months with no humans living there.
Aaaand a cleaner, who would have to come and clean up the mess (the area is highly toxic):
The game I'm working on (Crysis 2) released some of the multiplayer footage! Have a gander :)
Ullo all! Bit of a K NAUT fix going on at the moment, so some more sprites here:
And just a random drawing of K NAUT commanding soldiers in a battle (looks like it might be going wrong!). Maybe one day I'll colour it.
Other than that, am still healing. Who knew a broken back took so long to get over? ;) Catching up on lotsa games (Arkham Asylum, Puzzle Quest 2, Apollo Justice) as well as tv shows like Rome, Human Target, and anything else that looks interesting ;D And orf to sunny Devon in England the end of this week to eat eat EAT!!! And sail ;) (maybe). Cheers!
Ullo all! Sorry for the lack of updates, I went and broke my back ;D And bruised some ribs. It involved jumping off a cliff into water, and let's leave it at that, heheh.Ok, so am back in a K NAUT mood again! Jesper drew me a pic of K NAUT to cheer me up, ad it got me inspired to do him as a sprite. It's been suggested he'd make a cool character for an iphone/XBOX Live game, so here's a mock up! I'd like to have a load of alternate sits, so the first version here is the initial suit, followed by an upgrade (there would be quite a few!).
I plan on having a whole sheet of his diff suits, weapons, enemies, etc. But this is the start, my first ever sprites :) Oh and an extra pic of K NAUT after a target:
For anyone who doesn't know K NAUT, here was a very basic animatic of him:
Ullo! More on my Cthulhu entry at CGHub! I went with the idea of a guy fishing, ooh he catches something and uh oh, it's Cthulhu ;D I need some opinions on the colour versions, whether I should keep the outline there or not...
So which version? And here's the original idea I was gonna go with, - plain ol Cthulhu popping outta the ground, destroying a city, blah. Wanted it to be a little different.
Ullo!First off, the website is finally up and running!! Visit it here:www.artcastles.com
It's shared with my twin sister, Asti :) Next, some free time designs! The alligator who likes hunting in his fave swamp (I'm thinking he hunts humans...)
Ullo! Back from the MADE event in Germany - had an excellent time, met lots of cool people, and learn a billion tips. Had some spare time recently, so quickly threw together a Wolverine mech ;D
Lotsa fun! Here's another Crysis 2 trailer - can see one of my scenes near the end, of the Met Life building collapsing!
Ullo! Quick post to say I will have a personal website up online next week, at looooong last! :) Will come online when I get back from Berlin. Tschussy!
EDIT: Ok I couldn't update without a drawing!! So here is a creature family (the one on the right comes from a drawing from earlier this year).
Ullo! My promised animatic! Bit of Halo going on here, fun to draw that style armour :)Just felt the need for some animatic action, free time (music from Halo 3).
Off to see The Prodigy tonight, they're here in Frankfurt! Hahaha it'll be entertaining if nothing else :) Have a good weekend all!
Ullo! My entry for CGHub's latest Creature Planet challenge, 'Deceptive Elegance'. It's a lovey naked lady who entices guys; so hypnotised is he, he doesn't see what she's hiding behind/ON her back! I kinda wish I'd went for a more dramatic angle, but too late now. Here's the final and some thumbs.
Next up should be an animatic I'm working on!Oh oh, saw the ending of Lost....not sure what to make of it. But I do know I'd love to have some Lost marathons, watchng through it all again :D Cheers!
The blog title speaks for itself ;DLunchtime speedy worked on a tiny bit more after work.
I've started on God of War 3 now; it's pretty violent, ay? Great fun :) The in game camera seems to have a life of its own, its own cinematic flair, as it creeps up behind you, then zooms out to show you some cool sight.And arghhhh last ever Lost this Sunday!!! I used to joke I couldn't die before Lost finished - does that mean I can on Monday? :S Cheers!
Ullo! A forest walk. This began life from the extreme close up of a previous drawing, and I worked out the shapes from there :)
I just watched one of the saddest episodes of Lost ever! This show better have a good ending, or...orrr...we'll all feel like idiots ;)Ahh but it's been fun. Bye!
Ullo! This here is dedicated to my 2 lovely cats ;) The ginger one was always much bigger than the white, but due to a recent growth spurt, he's now much bigger than her. So this is the ginger one regaining her dominance...with a mech!
Ullo! This here is my entry for the CG Hub Creature Planets 'Berserk Electricity Generating Centaur' (!) contest. Only had a day to do, as I didn't realise the deadline was so close. Was a great practice though, shall try and do more of them! For the creature, I imagine that it actually gathers in electricity through its weapons as it prepares to attack. This poor little guy at the front really doesn't stand a chance ;)
Works at DeNA on cool games. Also a freelance illustrator/ concept artist. Originally from England, then to Germany, and finally here in wonderful Vancouver!
