Concept art Work - Robot

Here you can see my process of creating the image

In this image i'm trying to get the scale right

now i'm adding a second character into the composition

Here is my final designs for the project 

Concept art work - Soldier

With this image I am focusing more on the character as it is a close up shot 

Here is my Process

Here the character is still at it's 2D phase

This is the final image for the Soldier concept

Concept art work - Badger Assassin

I started with a block of color to set my color theme

here I began developing my character

adding yellows and orange's helped bring out the character from the background

Here is the final design

Concept art work - Water Elemental

I have been asked to create four very different characters I will post part of the process so you can see how the image's develop through the stages

it is important to know where you want your character positioned on the page

Once you are happy then you can start adding color

Here is the final design 

Iteration Sheet - soldier

We have come back again to clothing designs here are my concepts for a soldier character i'm working on

Futuristic armor 

Here I have tried to make the clothing more casual

I think this is too formal to be for a soldier

Here I have added a beret to get a more military look

This is the final design

In the end I decided to design my soldier off the mafia by giving him a fedora

Iteration sheet - Assassin

Here I'm developing concepts for the assassin class

I was thinking of a blue color as that will blend with the night

Here I am deciding whether to keep a hood or not

This is the final design for the assassin 

Face concepts

Here I am quickly sketching up some face concepts, which will help determine the appearance of my character

With this one I was trying to draw different face shapes / structure 

When drawing a face it is important to learn how to draw the skull or at least where everything goes as it will easily help you set guidelines of where the facial features are

This is an image I found  and below you can see this artist use's this to establish where to put the features 

Once you have mastered this then designing proportional right characters will become easy

 

Here is another example I have found which demonstrates the extent you can got to in drawing a face

Pose's

While designing characters I need to see what they will be like when there used in a scene, so it is important to learn dynamic poses as it brings the character to life

these are some gestural drawings and they are a good practice to work where the line of action will flow

How to color a mermaid

Here I have started with line work with this image I wanted to keep colors clean and simple

Once the line work is created you will want to add a base color. This will be your chosen color for the design

Finally to add more depth you will want to add shadows. Simply go into the layer your using and click multiply. Now the color you used will be made much darker. 

After that is done you can mess with the opacity settings  to get your desired look

Graphic Novel Style !

I am now testing my skills at a graphic novel style direction

This is the start of the main hero I wanted to capture a returning hero

Here The image seemed too dark in color so I brightened up the image and made a better contrast

This is the image Brightened up

This is the final Design.

 I wanted the character to look like he is walking out of the page / panel

Concept art - Alien creature

Here I am designing an alien creature

I have been looking at unusual poses a I want to give this creature almost a lizard like design

Here is the general line work for the creature, Although this is a bad example as line work should be kept neat

Here I am adding my color values to the image

Final image

I designed this creature to live in an alien world or is a survivor of the apocalypse 

Concept - Knight Creature

Here I am quickly designing a knight creature, the theme of the outfit is Japanese. So I took a knight armor concept and introduced samurai-es elements to achieve a unique look

I started mapping out the characters adding light and shadow where it was needed

Here I am slowly adding detail to the image

By using the golden rectangle it easily helped me set characters in the right composition on the page

. The golden Rectangle is a useful tool and many artists use it in their creation of artwork. The line creating a rectangle on the left if where you would want to place your main character

Here I have slowly added a background to the image now obscuring it with mist 

This is the final design,  I have used a blur tool to make the background out of focus to bring the characters in front to full view