SOTW 413

Last steampunk renaissance sketch... dual wielding
swordsman with a mechanical sword!

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Krampus!

I need to post something Christmas related even though Emily and I have been too busy to get a card made or take cute pet photos so.... KRAMPUS!

Have a good holiday and watch out for monsters.

SOTW 412

More steampunk-renaissance characters... this time:
Dwarves!

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SOTW 411

Elven archer... with a renaissance steampunky-vibe.

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SOTW 410

Final drawing for the Kickstarter reward!

You can get the book that these characters are for here:
http://www.amazon.com/Blade-Singer-Aaron-Orive-ebook/dp/B00KYU26LC

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SOTW 409

 

Rough drawing for a print of the three characters!

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SOTW 408

Some prelim sketches for a friends Kickstarter. Little elf kid that's turning into a
goblin, an elf cavalier, and a tough cat burglar!

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SOTW 407

Dolfur Mumsberry, the most bloodthirsty, ruthless,
and violent warlord in the eastern provinces.
Seriously, this guy will BREAK YOU.

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SOTW 406

Old Maleeka doesn't see too well these days, but don't
feel bad – she's still silently judging you and your
new-fangled pants.

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Tumblr!

Went ahead and made myself a tumblr blog! I have lots of friends on tumblr, and it's a fun way to find new art and stuff... so I figured why not? If you prefer blogger, don't worry I'm still going to update this blog! So pick your poison to see what I'm up to!

SOTW 405

Goddamned cyberpunks, this neighborhood used to be a nice place
before they showed up...

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SOTW 404

Grammy Ciscus, kindly old lady or a WITCH!?
(Witch. She's definitely a witch)

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SOTW 403

Morbridge Acklespeed, purveyor of fine
potions and tinctures.

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SOTW 402

Fogsbane the Quiet, village elder and fearmonger

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SOTW 401

Groofus Malweather, merchant and con-man

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SOTW 400

Adorable drawing of our guinea pig, Gus, by Emily.
Oh, also a weird bug lady.

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SOTW 399

Some random heads of varying quality.
Move along, move along...

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SOTW 398

Did a drawing of Voden (from Gigantic) for my niece.
Also a really dumb looking pixie thing.

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Imagine FX Cover and Workshop!

More Gigantic news!
Gigantic is on the cover of an upcoming issue of the digital art magazine Imagine FX. The cover was dual painted by Devon and me.  It was an interesting process. I've never actually collaborated with someone on a piece of artwork but it was pretty fun, so I see no reason not to do more art-collaborations in the future! Emily and I have painted on each others paintings from time to time, and we've also helped each other out with drawings but those are more like un-official collaborations.

Anyways here's the cover! It definitely exceeded the quota for the number of characters on an IFX cover! (Usually they just have one character per cover.)

Tyto, Voden, and Knossos get ready to battle their most
fearsome foe... cover copy.

After the issue is actually out I'll get permission to post some process stuff and post the cover without the text.

There's also a "how we design a hero on Gigantic" workshop in the issue. I tried to put into words the interesting and collaborative design process at Motiga, using the elite sniper, Imani, as an example. I'd love to elaborate on this further but for now this is a nice peek into our process! Here's a really lo-res pic of that workshop... gotta get the issue if you want to read it!

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This guy was based on Cary - Hiroyuki Tagawa. That guy has a good face for drawin'.

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SOTW 396

Qiang the sleepy. I wouldn't rely on this guy, he's a bit
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

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SOTW 395

Keung, the best pastry chef in the Eastern Provinces.

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SOTW 394

Biming will guide you. You might not make it back but he will.

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SOTW 393

Yonten the Sharp. Seriously you can't slip anything past this guy.

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SOTW 392

Tseten the tea-monger. He can recommend a tea for any activity.
ANY ACTIVITY.

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SOTW 391

Jamyang Sweetrice. Don't let that name fool you. he can punch your head clear off.

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SOTW 390

Mohshdur Flatface is silently judging your inferior hair care products.

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SOTW 389

Demitrus Luxshwarma does not enjoy your negative review of Frozen

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SOTW 387

This may or may not be a Catwoman concept.

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SOTW 388

Iskhar is not impressed.

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SOTW 386

More Thugs: Strung out Stan, Alex Smiles, Doc Dockman, Skeevy Kyle.

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SOTW 385

Gang Member roll call! Heady Carl, Seamus Recedium, Marilyn Manson,
and Forgettable Steve. 

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SOTW 384

Gang Members: Johhny Doughface, Scruff McCreery, Lara Bar, and Chartreuse Cray-on.

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SOTW 383

Some unseemly criminal masterminds from a cancelled game project...

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Sketching from the Imagination

Just a quick heads up, I'm featured in a new book coming out in October from 3D Total. It's called sketching from the Imagination and it looks super cool!

https://shop.3dtotal.com/books/3dtotalpublishing/sketching-from-the-imagination-fantasy.html#t1

You can see a mini preview and a list of contributing artists. I'm really happy and honored to be in amongst some of my favorite artists in the industry. Especially Pat Ann and Larry MacDougall! (their sites are linked over on my link list) (Pat Ann is listed as P.A. Lewis)

Here's a couple pics of the book...

Hero Design Panel from PAX 14

Want to hear me yammer on and on about how we design heroes on Gigantic? Here ya go! Seriously though, I talked too much. One of my fellow team members should have slapped me!

If it wasn't clear in the video... I'm really proud of the team we have at Motiga. We're doing some really cool work and I can't wait to share more of it with you guys!

Also here's a fun video of player reactions to our game!

Gigantic Cosplay!

Well here's a career first! One of the characters I designed for Gigantic in the flesh!
The costumes were created by the cosplaying duo of Sweatshop202. They did a great job on Tripp including the added bonus of glowing daggers! Sweatshop202 also made a cool costume for Tyto the Swift, but I'll let Devon blog about that.

Tripp is this super fast, super stealthy assassin with lightning powers from our game. 
Photo by Costographer

WIP shot with my concept art

Tripp and Tyto at PAX14

Glowing daggers!

Also sorry for the lack of fun sketches lately. I've been very busy doing lots of different art related nonsense. Much of it I can't show yet. I'll get back to posting random character sketches with not very funny but I think they're funny captions soon!

I'm not lazy I swear!

AFRU Gallery Show in Portland September 5th - 27th

Just a quick heads up, Emily and I will have work at the AFRU Gallery in Portland this month. The show is entitled "Illustrator and Designer Appreciation" and it's associated with the Rose City Comic Con. (The AFRU Gallery is just a few blocks from the convention center)

I have three pieces in the show, two of which are for sale. The third is a personal piece that I have yet to properly feature on this blog, but I'll get to that soon. (you can see it on my website here though)
Here are the two "oldie but goody" dragon paintings for sale:

  

The galleries opening reception is Sept. 5th from 6pm till Midnight. Emily and I might not be able to make it out though, one of our pets is sick so we might be preoccupied with making him feel better. 

But if your a Portland native or you'll be in town please go check out the show!

Gigantic at PAX Prime this weekend!

Any of you gamer nerds in the Seattle area this weekend should come check out Gigantic's PAX lineup!
http://www.gogigantic.com/news/pax-prime-gigantic-workshops
Playtesting, workshops, panels, we got it all!

I'll be on two panels:
From Concept to Completion: New Gigantic Heroes First Look!
Friday, Aug. 29 at 3 p.m. PDT
Come talk with Motiga concept and character artists as they reveal two never-before-seen Gigantic heroes, and they’ll walk you through the process of hero concept, design, creation, and implementation from start to finish.

Live Drawing with Gigantic Artists!
Monday, Sept. 1 at 3 p.m. PDT
Motiga is home to some of the most talented artists in the industry, and this is your chance to meet them. Join us for some of the most fun you’ll have at this year’s PAX Prime, as our world-class artists run a live drawing clinic, mixing your suggestions with their talent to create something truly unique…and probably very weird!

More info on the Gigantic Facebook and Twitter.
See you there!

Go Go GIGANTIC!

I'm extremely pleased to post about the game I've been working on for the last two years!

Click to go to the site!

I started at Motiga in August of 2012, I believe I was their 12th or 13th hire. We're now at a whopping 65 people! From the beginning it's been an amazing process of making a game that I actually care about. The team is the best dev team I've been a part of in my 9 years in game development.

Check out the beautiful trailer we've put together:
(I'd watch it on YouTube with the highest res your computer can handle.)

You'll be hearing and seeing a lot more about Gigantic here. I've have been doing some of the best design work I've ever done with this team and I think it's resonating with people. All the comments have been extremely positive.

I share my character design duties with the very talented Devon Cady-Lee. He's the designer of that sharply dressed, owl-masked, sword wielder, Tyto the Swift. The also ever talented Katy Hargrove also chips in with character design from time to time. She designed that huggable but huge Griffon guardian in the video.

But I designed all the other characters in the video. (Benefits of being on a team from the beginning, I guess.) I hope you like them!  Though Devon will soon surpass me with the speed at which he works.

Finally we have the awesome Lexxy Douglass doing all of our marketing art. She's responsible for the beautiful monochromatic stylized work seen on the website.

I'll post about all the other artists I work with soon. For now sign up for the alpha to play this amazing game! There's much more art to come!

SOTW 382

Ingrid Musfargo, the dark one. Please don't confuse her with Ingrid
MusFAYgo, the bringer of flowers and pancakes. She HATES that.

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