Thursday, July 31, 2014

Juicy Justice (wip)

As you know, I'm playing Mass Effect 2 and I love it. Apparently, you can develop loyalty and trust among your comrades and acquire benefits from these relationships (I'm sure this is old news to you video game trailblazers). In any case, I was focusing on kicking it old school with Jack until I ran into Samara...needless to say, I like this character quite a bit.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Jesus Blood Bike

Filler? Yes, but I really did like this guys bike and I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to say so. It's stupid being anxious talking to people, especially on the train. In his book Force: Character Design from Life Drawing, Mike Mattesi made a point about how funny it is watching people standing in line try their best not to look at one another.

I do that, but I'm looking for excuses not to. Although, sometimes I don't want to talk to people, I find internal conversations more stimulating, sometimes.
Bicycle at MARTA in Atlanta

Monday, July 28, 2014

Mass(ive) Assets

I know this game is like 5 years old, but I am having so much fun running around space! I just finished the first one and it was mostly worth playing for continuity, but ME2 is so rich with content!

Speaking of, Miranda's assets are ridiculously accentuated. Here, you can see Shepard trying his best not to burn a hole through her bum. It's shots like these that remind me there's a gifted team of designers with a sense of humor and a soft spot for pervs. Thank you Bioware.

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Hipsternomics

Here's a sketch of my roommate while practicing his guitar. He's convinced himself that he's not a "hipster", but he's very much in denial. I'm still unclear of what it means to be a hipster, I keep getting conflicting descriptions from different groups of people. I'd like to think that I've transcended class-based labels and social compartmentalizationalisms (nailed it!)
I've always admired characters like Rufus from Final Fantasy VII or Tywin Lannister from GoT, for reasons not so obvious. I wonder how people would classify me?

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Tiny Roleplaying

Working on a set of RPG related icons. Expect to see more progress soon.

Friday, July 25, 2014

Form & Nostalgia

These pieces are fairly dated. Nevertheless, here's my attempt to practice lighting on form and some isometric goodness. I really felt the nostalgia while working on the block. I would love to do some in-game pixel art.




PS: Greatly inspired by Mr. Xa from http://xa-xa-xa.deviantart.com/

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Bottom Sketches

Pretty self-explanatory. These are some warm-up/studies on a subject that I'm most comfortable with. With such a straightforward subject matter, I think this will be a great opportunity for me to play around with proportion, props, and other elements to push my creativity. Have a request? Let me know.