2D Artist

What's all this then?

For the last few weeks I've been offline due to a house move. And in that time while I used net-cafes to communicate to my team on Tower City and keep management going, I wasn't able to work on any online related stuff.

So it occurred to me that to help support my portfolio as a game designer I should make a work sample that demonstrates a more casual game. A lot of Australian studios create these sort of games. So it would do well to create an example of what you can provide.

This is the result: Mech-Tech

A mixture of inspirations drawn from Mechwarrior, 80s sci-fi B-movies, the board game Memour 42 and Puzzlequest Galactrix. Mech-tech is a casual puzzle game that blends micro-puzzle battles with a hexagonal tactical turn-based battle map. The player controls their army to complete objectives on these battle maps. The player can also upgrade and customise the Mech for new combat commands and abilities.

Artistically I'm really happy on how these mock-ups came out. While not obviously true concept art worthy. I feel that they communicate the point across as to my ideas of how the game would look and play. Overall the main mission map mock-up took about 3 1/2 days of solid work. 1 of those days just to sketch, ink and render the character portraits.

I should also add that there's a 2 page game overview doc. It can be found here: http://www.designerwatts.com/file/detail/What+is+Mech.doc

Overall mech-tech took just under 6 days to concept and create these mock-ups and doc. I plan to use it in future job applications to show some more variety in design and to show my artistic-side as well.

Thanks for reading.

Revisiting the first fleet of ships for Tsumea Team C project. One new design with the other 3 polished/modified small to moderate amounts. Whilst the details are still loose I'm satisfied with the overall designs. fingers crossed the rest of the team is enthusiastic about them.

Hey folks,

I'm in the middle of fancifying my folio, and thought I might share some choice cuts from the archive.

Some are a little old, but are favourites of mine. The are part of a series based on a world of high powered fantasy adventure - epic adventures, larger than life adventure, ridiculously big weapons. I'll share more of the creatures and environments in other posts.

More thumbnails for Team C game. These are my first round of ships for the opposing team. More angular and blocky in form with a relatively raw/industrial finish compaired to the other set.

A tonne of work recently but regrettably very little that I can actually show...

Design of the Palace has been refined in the elevation sketch...

More thumbnails. These ones are variations working a single design idea.

update of potential artillery/ planet attack ship.

A small update on concept art for Team C project.

Some more dinosaurs.
(The other concept ideas are in temporary hiatus while I finish another job.)

Lach

Along with my dinosaur bender I've started doing some ideas inspired by locations in Springbrook(National Park). Not entirely finished but you get the idea.

Lach

http://lach-land.blogspot.com/
http://lach-land.com/

Some initial sketches whilst I warm up for the task of producing some concepts for tsumea's team C project.

Part of a recent dinosaur bender. Some would say I'm always on a dinosaur bender.
I'll be doing more soon.
(Looks like the size or aspect ratios a bit much for the page- if you click on it you see the whole thing.)

Lach

http://lach-land.blogspot.com/
http://lach-land.com/

Here is some of my recent images.

Well, I've been snooping around here for a while and have loved reading and looking at the art so thought I really should join in.
Hopefully I'll find the time to add to the forums and art
Cheers
T

I've done some vector artwork for the team b casual game, decided in the end to not do the 3d route because i couldn't achieve the look i wanted.

I recently took on a sequential art project for an upcoming charity auction. The outcome is a little rougher than I'd like in spots but it was rewarding to create a finished illustrated page in a reasonably short time frame. I'm getting into this type of art a little more recently including an interest in storyboards (I might post of them down the track too). Final artwork was created in Photoshop with initial roughs sketched by hand.

Hey guys!

Just thought I would share some of my new concept work with you. Using a Geisha model (currently building) I was going to lip-sync it to a small sound clip from Memoirs of a Geisha and give my model a personality.

Anywho, don't forget to leave a comment.

Thanks!!!
Mel.

I might as well upload my folio as it stands...
SO!

I need a new Job...

I started playing Far Cry 2 and the minute I fired an assault rifle I had what I believe is known as "Far Cry 2" Fever, I just wanted to model a weapon. I chose the SCAR Mk.16 Battle Rifle.

Created for my Major Project at Tafe in my E-Drawing Course.

A new Picture done for a Friend. This one took me quite a long time to finish.
Any comments and crits welcome.

A few of my concept character sketches

Another page down in my sketchbook.

This is VIS (Vengence In Style).

It was my first character I designed and made in 3d. It was supposed to be a kind of human heavenly fighter in a suit. His sword has elemental powers and it's magic ripped of the sleeve from that arm. Coming from a slightly more futuristic world, his other arm is an arm cannon (it is under the suit). This was partly probably due to lack of imagination on how to balance the sword arm.

A few things I didn't get time to add were a better sword texture (with glowing text), better background, feather in the hat, and some others that escape me at the moment.

The Demon dude I loved in this since the texture colour was a bit of playing around with blending modes in photoshop and it works well for the character. Which confuses me if I deside to come back to these characters, if I'll make a demon vs robot game, or VIS game with demons and robots.