PIX

I've been very lucky to be put on such a talented team this semester. I'm attempting to move more and more away from being an illustrator. In fact, there are three artists on this team, so I'm strictly working on graphic design, business and game design! I'm also acting as more of a mentor, as the team is looking to incorporate and startup the company in a few months - something that I already have experience doing. This game will be the first title shipped for everyone else on the team. Here's some concept stills, as well as production shots on the project!

Sprout!

Can't say much about our new game.. but here's some teaser art!

Auro

I've been working on a visual concept for our new game, Auro!

We decided to go with a steampunk-esque theme, and I wanted to include some of the concept art I had worked on previously. The interface is all mechanical, with small animations such as gears turning and cranks rotating subtly littering the background.

landscapes

based on the poem "the spell of the yukon".  trying to show character through the interpretation of the landscape, as opposed to showing the character himself.

pulp fiction!

two pulp fiction covers, based on the same story as the animatic i made awhile back.

Bond..

Two black and white silhouette illustrations, focusing on form and shape.  I decided to do Casino Royale as my subject.  The first one is slightly more conceptual, as I wanted to avoid all the cliche imagery of flying card suits and busy compositions that plague many of the official posters.  A figure, who looks reminiscent of the famous bond silhouette, is in fact not bond at all, but Le Chiffre as indicated by the tear drop of blood.  Once the viewer notices that, he or she will then notice the significance of the martini.  Not only is the martini an integral part of the James Bond image, but in Casino Royale Le Chiffre poisons bond's drink.  Ironic that an element so crucial to bond's legacy almost kills him.  For a double play in meaning, bond also names the drink Vesper after his love interest in the film, hence the heart instead of an olive.  Again ironically, Vesper, the only woman bond's ever loved, also betrays him and almost kills him.

The second one is an actual narration of the last scene in the movie.  Bond and Vesper arrive in Venice, and the illustration depicts her running away with the briefcase with bond following.  The action follows the man with the single black glass lens all the way to Vesper's drowning and eventual death.  The entire illustration's form is grounded in the 0 0 7 numbers.

Final design project

whoops, forgot to upload this.  Just doing it so that you can zoom in and actually read it if you're interested as opposed to the version on my site.  The whole thing is about me and my life.