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Category Archives: Concept Art
Hand of Fate Concept Art
Yesterday saw the release of Defiant Development’s game Hand of Fate, on PC, PS4 and Xbox One, and I’m pleased to say it’s getting some great reviews. So to celebrate, I’m posting these character designs I created for the game, beginning with a slide show of my process.
Lizard Jack
Lizard Grunt
Mage
Lich
Golem
Goblin
Dealer
Kraken Concepts
Kraken Concepts
Kraken side view
Kraken front view
Skeleton Grunt
Skeleton Ranged
Skeleton Jack
Skeleton Queen
Ratmen Shaman
Ratmen Concepts
Bandit Concepts
Armour Designs
Mask Designs
Weapon Designs
FACEBOOK ART CHALLENGE – DAY 2/5
Art Challenge Day 2/5. Today’s theme is Zbrush. These were all sculpted in Zbrush and painted over the top of.
Today I’m going to nominate Ryan-John Keates. Let’s see some of that sculpting goodness, RJ!
Facebook Art Challenge – Day 1/5
Over on facebook, there’s an art challenge going on… Thanks to Barret Thomson for nominating me for this five-day Art challenge. The rules are you should post 3 pieces of art everyday and nominate another artist each day. Today’s theme is Hand of Fate concept art, and I’ll be nominating Johnny Rampant. Show us yer wares, Johnny! (Nick Smith – Art Nuggets facebook page) 
Rise to Power – Card Art Pt.1
Having just finished the first batch of card art images for the basic version of Rule & Make’s Rise to Power, I thought it’d be nice to present them as a set. These have been as much fun to create as the game is to play. I’ll post the rest of the art (which was part of the stretch goals for the Kickstarter campaign) when they are complete. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
Hand of Fate – Early Concept
Quick paint up of an early design for the main character in Hand of Fate.
Hand of Fate Concept Art – Minotaurs
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 settling on the bulky fella. I then created a light, medium & 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.
Hand of Fate Concept Art
For the last few months I have been working at Defiant Development on their downloadable adventure game Hand of Fate. I’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.
HILT – Chabal
This is Chabal, the villain of HILT. I’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.
Hilt – Fiona
It’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’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 HILT blog.
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