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		<title>The Landing</title>
		<link>http://artnuggets.net/2013/06/12/the-landing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while ago I had the pleasure of working with the talented Josh Tanner on his short film The Landing. The script called for a comic book prop and I was employed to create the cover art and two pages of internal panels in the style of 1960&#8242;s comics. It&#8217;s interesting looking back on this, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artnuggets.net&#038;blog=34130768&#038;post=756&#038;subd=artnuggetsdotnet&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>A while ago I had the pleasure of working with the talented Josh Tanner on his short film <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thelandingQPIXFILM" target="_blank">The Landing</a>. The script called for a comic book prop and I was employed to create the cover art and two pages of internal panels in the style of 1960&#8242;s comics.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s interesting looking back on this, having done some more <a href="http://artnuggets.net/category/comics/" target="_blank">comic</a> work since, and seeing where I would do things differently, were I to do it again today, but I&#8217;m pleased with it and I can&#8217;t wait to see it on the big screen.</p>
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		<title>Hand of Fate Concept Art &#8211; Minotaurs</title>
		<link>http://artnuggets.net/2013/04/27/hand-of-fate-concept-art-minotaurs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I stated in my earlier post, I am working on Hand of Fate by Defiant Development, the makers of Heroes Call. Here is my work on the Minotaur faction. Starting off with some exploration sketches, we narrowed the field down to the two best. From there I did a few designs on each, before [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artnuggets.net&#038;blog=34130768&#038;post=734&#038;subd=artnuggetsdotnet&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>As I stated in my earlier post, I am working on Hand of Fate by <a href="http://defiantdev.com/" target="_blank">Defiant Development</a>, the makers of Heroes Call. Here is my work on the Minotaur faction. Starting off with some exploration sketches, we narrowed the field down to the two best. From there I did a few designs on each, before settling on the bulky fella. I then created a light, medium &amp; heavy version. It was then decided that two higher classes were needed, the King and the Ace, which gave me opportunity to really embellish the designs further.</p>
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		<title>Supanova Gold Coast</title>
		<link>http://artnuggets.net/2013/04/18/supanova-gold-coast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just took delivery of my merchandise for this weekend&#8217;s Supanova down at the Gold Coast Convention Centre. Come on down to Nick &#38; Pete&#8217;s Art Nuggets in Artist&#8217;s Alley, Booth D and pick up a 50 page art book, free Hilt bookmark, or just to see me making the Hilt comic live. Peter Yong will also be [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artnuggets.net&#038;blog=34130768&#038;post=725&#038;subd=artnuggetsdotnet&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just took delivery of my merchandise for this weekend&#8217;s Supanova down at the Gold Coast Convention Centre. Come on down to Nick &amp; Pete&#8217;s Art Nuggets in Artist&#8217;s Alley, Booth D and pick up a 50 page art book, free Hilt bookmark, or just to see me making the <a href="http://hilt-comic.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Hilt comic</a> live. <a href="http://www.peteryongart.com/" target="_blank">Peter Yong</a> will also be there with his lead chisel, sculpting 2D masterpieces hewn from purest graphite and selling his fine wares. Can&#8217;t wait!</p>
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		<title>Hand of Fate Concept Art</title>
		<link>http://artnuggets.net/2013/04/14/hand-of-fate-concept-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last few months I have been working at Defiant Development on their downloadable adventure game Hand of Fate. I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of working on the character designs and have really enjoyed it. We started on the player character with the idea that you could choose to be one of three classes, with [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artnuggets.net&#038;blog=34130768&#038;post=702&#038;subd=artnuggetsdotnet&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://artnuggetsdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/hof-playercharacter02.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-717" alt="HoF-PlayerCharacter02" src="http://artnuggetsdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/hof-playercharacter02.jpg?w=580&#038;h=802" width="580" height="802" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://artnuggetsdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/hof-playercharacter01.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-716" alt="HoF-PlayerCharacter01" src="http://artnuggetsdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/hof-playercharacter01.jpg?w=580&#038;h=802" width="580" height="802" /></a>For the last few months I have been working at <a href="http://defiantdev.com/" target="_blank">Defiant Development</a> on their downloadable adventure game Hand of Fate. I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of working on the character designs and have really enjoyed it. We started on the player character with the idea that you could choose to be one of three classes, with each class having a light, medium and heavy version. Later I will be posting concepts for the various races featured in the game.</p>
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		<title>HILT &#8211; Chabal</title>
		<link>http://artnuggets.net/2013/04/07/hilt-chabal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 07:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Chabal, the villain of HILT. I&#8217;ve been working on the design of the armour for some time, more of which can be seen on the HILT Blog. Rest assured, the comic is being completed just as swiftly as circumstances allow.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artnuggets.net&#038;blog=34130768&#038;post=695&#038;subd=artnuggetsdotnet&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>This is Chabal, the villain of HILT. I&#8217;ve been working on the design of the armour for some time, more of which can be seen on the <a href="http://hilt-comic.blogspot.com.au/">HILT Blog</a>. Rest assured, the comic is being completed just as swiftly as circumstances allow.</p>
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		<title>Hilt &#8211; Fiona</title>
		<link>http://artnuggets.net/2013/03/24/hilt-fiona/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been one year since I started this blog and I would like to say thank you to everyone who has viewed, shared and appreciated my artwork. I am pleased to be able to share with you all my lead character from my comic HILT, Fiona. Fiona is the heroine of the comic and, after [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artnuggets.net&#038;blog=34130768&#038;post=690&#038;subd=artnuggetsdotnet&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s been one year since I started this blog and I would like to say thank you to everyone who has viewed, shared and appreciated my artwork. I am pleased to be able to share with you all my lead character from my comic HILT, Fiona. Fiona is the heroine of the comic and, after some recent redesigns of the head, I can say I&#8217;m very pleased with the way she has turned out. To see more of her and her development, and to keep up with how the comic is progressing, head over to the <a href="http://hilt-comic.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">HILT blog</a>.</p>
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		<title>HILT Blog Update</title>
		<link>http://artnuggets.net/2013/03/24/hilt-blog-update-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 09:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been busy with my job lately, but have just got around to updating the HILT blog. Click on the above image to go to the HILT blog. I&#8217;m currently going through the comic and creating the final art, page by page, so stay tuned for samples.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artnuggets.net&#038;blog=34130768&#038;post=684&#038;subd=artnuggetsdotnet&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>I&#8217;ve been busy with my job lately, but have just got around to updating the HILT blog. Click on the above image to go to the HILT blog. I&#8217;m currently going through the comic and creating the final art, page by page, so stay tuned for samples.</p>
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		<title>Killeroo</title>
		<link>http://artnuggets.net/2013/02/13/killeroo-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another OzComics.com challenge entry. This week&#8217;s theme was Aussie comics, so I took the chance to have another go at ol&#8217;Rufus from Killeroo. &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artnuggets.net&#038;blog=34130768&#038;post=673&#038;subd=artnuggetsdotnet&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Another OzComics.com challenge entry. This week&#8217;s theme was Aussie comics, so I took the chance to have another go at ol&#8217;Rufus from Killeroo.</p>
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		<title>The Deep</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A little pic I knocked up for OzComics.com&#8217;s The Deep challenge, to celebrate the release of the second book, The Vanishing Island. The Deep is a fine graphic novel by Tom Taylor and James Brouwer published by Gestalt Comics and is well worth checking out. If the first book, Here Be Dragons, is anything [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artnuggets.net&#038;blog=34130768&#038;post=665&#038;subd=artnuggetsdotnet&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>A little pic I knocked up for OzComics.com&#8217;s The Deep challenge, to celebrate the release of the second book, The Vanishing Island. <a href="http://www.exploringthedeep.com/">The Deep</a> is a fine graphic novel by Tom Taylor and James Brouwer published by <a href="http://www.gestaltcomics.com/" target="_blank">Gestalt Comics</a> and is well worth checking out. If the first book, Here Be Dragons, is anything to go by, The Vanishing Island should be a winner. That reminds me, I need to unlend the first book from a mate&#8230;</p>
<p>I had fun creating this image. Still working out my comic style for when it comes to creating my own comic <a href="http://hilt-comic.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">HILT</a>. The fish were fun to draw as well and at one point I was considering using all of them together. In the end I settled for an oppressive school of the second design. The deep sea aspect of the comic allows for so much scope for aquatic beasties. Must be very enjoyable.</p>
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		<title>Borg Process</title>
		<link>http://artnuggets.net/2013/01/11/borg-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a slide show of the process I went through to create the Borg Image.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=artnuggets.net&#038;blog=34130768&#038;post=654&#038;subd=artnuggetsdotnet&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Here&#8217;s a slide show of the process I went through to create the Borg Image.</p>
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