Lunchbreak Exercise

Lunchtime Sketches - Mechanical Animals

...I forgot to eat.

Killzone Inspired Sketches

Whenever I do character speedpaints I often end up with a bunch of Helghasts. For some reason the character designs from Killzone stick with me. Must be those glowing eyes or it's just a part of Dutch pride. Anyway, I thought it was time to do some proper Killzone inspired sketches to get it out of my system.
I went for a desert setting with these ones, mainly since it hasn't been featured in the games yet. However, I did want them to be more heavily armored, so I guess they're sporting climate-control in those suits. The desert setting kinda went out of the window along the line although some features may be reminiscent of it. I really enjoyed doing these and I think I might do a couple more in the near future. Of course this is by no means a job application...(or is it?!)

Re-taking the base - Lunchtime/After work w.i.p.

Heya, As all of my belongings are in boxes I have to do my painting at work. They have a bit of a backward internet security issue that currently prevents me from uploading images from my computer. Therefore I took some pictures with my phone. I'm working in black and white and I will add some color later. The first image is where I was after an hour of work.
The main idea is that she's trying to re-take the base she and her team fought hard to defend (but failed). This time she's being a little more stealthy.

Repression of the slums

 

Same approach as the previous slums inspired "speed/matte-paint", only this time I spend a little more time. About 5 hours from start to finish, a lot of time is spend on gathering photo ref.

Slum Palaces

I did this one in about four hours while I was listening to the "Cloud Atlas" audiobook. It was supposed to be a speedpaint but four hours is no longer to be called a speedpaint I believe. I really need to do some more like this, using photo material is so much fun!

Favorite Samurai Movies Ever - First three.

I've had these sleeping on my hard-drive for a while now. I was once planning to do a whole series but like most things I plan to do they have to make place for the here and now. They're basically my version of the movie posters for my favorite samurai movies ever.
I've got a list of seven that I still want to do and I might want to revisit these along the line as this style is still under development. It's in that sense a bit of and experiment. When I go through my blog I notice that I switch styles like model changes clothes at a fashion show... oh well, you can't say I don't try.

Shield Maiden - W.I.P.

WIP LAPD Officer

This bad-boy has been stuck on my hard-drive for a while now and I really need to finish it. I hope that by posting this work in progress I can get myself motivated to finish it soon.
*Updated with a more recent version, close to being finished now*

20 Minutes Demons

Often when I close my eyes I see images of dungeons and castle grounds inhabited by demons, monsters and old gods. You may be wondering if I have some kind of mental dissorder, and you could be right, but it's Demon/Dark Souls that keeps haunting me. There's something about that game that gripped me and never let go... although I'm really really bad at it!Each one of these images took me no longer that 20 minutes, so again it's a lunch-break well spent.

Lunch-breaks are for Sketching

 

Well, this is another lunch-break sketch... Okay, I may have spent a little more than a lunch-break on it. I'm going to post a process gif soon. There's something about the second color variation that I really like. However, I was going for an empty city/earth and so the blue one is more fitting.

Lassoscapes

I've been playing around with the lasso-tool some more recently. I know that one who masters that tool masters the universe. So in an attempt to one day at least dominate a solar system I figured I'd spent my lunch-break on these very generic lassoscapes. I suppose Galacticus didn't become the swallower of worlds without practicing on some meteors first. These are also tests for the art direction for a personal project I will reveal in a couple of months.
On another note, I might actually be able to show some more exciting stuff I've been working on soon. Woot!

Work done for Runescape

 There you go, I've been a marketing monkey for the last months. I've made the transition from concept art to illustration and I'm enjoying myself. However I do miss the researching, problem solving and designing that comes with doing concept art a little.
The image quality of some images here is a bit crap because I had to snag them from FB. The borders are covered on the website, hence the sloppiness around the borders. The Lettering and Text are done by the other monkeys I work with. Oh and the image below is what got me the job at Jagex. It was an art-test I rushed a bit :)

And more Lunch-Break Sketches

Since I don't have had the time to spent any time on personal work I like to cram in some sketching in my lunch breaks. Most of them go right in to the dustbin the others I post here.

Lunch-Break sketch 1204076

Inspired by the latest sci-fi designs by Jeff Simpson and reading both "Necromancer" and "Do androids dream of electric sheep" in the last week. I've spent my lunch-break (and a little more time... ssst!) to paint this enforcer of the law. Now, if I spent all my lunch-breaks like this I might actually get somewhere...