I'm back!

Hello everyone! Sorry it's been so long. I spent all of July working on Batman art with the dudes over at Jeb Kennedy, and that took up pretty much all of my free time. Now that The Dark Knight Rises has been out for a while and i've had time to rest, i'm finally back to working on my own personal projects.

First, I've completed all of the designs for the main characters of Safeguard:

there's still some work to be done, but this is more or less how they will appear.

I've also started sketching out some monsters that our heroes will battle:

AND FINALLY: I have agreed to participate in an alumni-only art show at my Alma-Mater. There isn't a theme (that i'm aware of), so I've decided to create a poster that perfectly illustrates my artistic journey since graduation.

I won't give it all away, but I WILL say that it definitely features a dude punching ghosts:

Alright! That's all i have to show right now. I'm also working on a fan poster for the upcoming zombie-film Paranorman, so look for an update on that sometime next week.

Safeguard: First Character Preview

Mini-update time!

I'll have some really cool character concepts to show you all by the end of the week, but for now here's a tiny preview of one of the first characters:

hope you like him so far! be sure to check back soon for the next major update.

Safeguard Concepts

Hello! I thought I'd get you guys caught up on everything that's happening with Safeguard over here. Nothing major to show right now, but I've been doing quite a bit of landscape studies in order to nail down the look & feel of the Safeguard world.

Here are a couple of my rough color studies. (i'll eventually clean these up and use them in the final book)

Feel free to comment with any thoughts or suggestions you may have! I'm really new to painting in photoshop like this, so i'm always looking for advice.

Safeguard Explained

Safeguard is a project I have created for myself in order to strengthen my illustration portfolio and expand my conceptual drawing skills.

The idea is for me to design and illustrate a video game (that I made up) from start to finish. I've created the concept, characters, and world; now I have to bring them to life.

I'll be doing all of the following:
-Logo and branding
-Character Design and illustration
-Environment illustration
-UI design
-Gameplay example sketches
-box art

After everything is finished, I'll put all the artwork into a nicely designed book that I can send out as self promotion. My hope is that this will show potential clients the diversity of my skills and showcase my creative thinking.

So keep your eyes on this blog! I'll be posting frequent updates on everything from character sketches to style-guides.