Cell Shading

This is one of the first pieces of concept art/character design for the game. It was also an experiment on how well I can cell shade, which is probably going to be the style for our game since that fits better for 2D. I think I understand the basics. For those that are interested, cell shading seems to work best with just 2 colors (not 3 like I originally thought for the base color, highlights, and shadows). You just have to know where to put the shadows. Anyway, I'm still learning, but I think I'm getting the hang of it.

Valley of the Shadow of Death

I'm not sure if I'm completely satisfied with how this turned out, but I thought it was a cool idea.

Original

Here's an original drawing.  This was kind of a step-by-step drawing that I'm showing some people at work.  I experimented a little bit with color, as well.  I tried to come up with a good palette, but it ended up being a little too strong, so I softened it a lot with white.

Jedi

I got carried away with this today, but here's another quick one I did.  This one's not an original, but I thought it was cool, so I drew it anyway.  It comes from here.

A few more

Here's a couple more pictures.  The first was just a quick black and white drawing to help me get accustomed to drawing on the tablet.  The second is much more polished.

Long time no draw

This is one of the first drawings I'd done in awhile.  This is actually just pen and Photoshop--no Wacom tablet.  5 points to anyone who knows what this is from.

Do or do not. There is no try.

Once upon a time, I used to know how to draw.  I've recently discovered the Photoshop and Wacom tablet combination, which has inspired me to get back into illustration.  This blog is a way to show what I'm relearning how to do.  The majority of the drawings I put here will be concept art for a video game I'm helping make, but as I get back into the swing of things, I'll post other paintings.  I might also include some other rants or reviews of games/movies/books, but those will probably be few and far between.