Mobile character - paladin concept

Done a little while ago to practice a cartoon mobile style character.

Right version is with the head a bit larger to push the cartoon feeling a bit more. 

African warrior - medieval african concept

For a while I've been thinking about how I think it would be great to see fantasy characters. That have a feeling of African origin. Yet fit into the overall "European medieval fantasy genre". So after a lot of thought and finally putting the puzzle pieces together in my head I've started to design them.

Assuming I can continue to muster the free time. I've got more ideas id like to work on in the coming months! After the first design I think the results are very interesting! I'm excited to find time to do more.

The first design is The warrior. Accompanied by his proud and trained battle lions.

Fantasy warrior - concept

Fantasy character from today.

Sci fi soldier sketch

Quick sci fi soldier sketch well watching one of my favorite movies. Star ship troopers!

Sci Fi helmate sketch

Rather quick Sci fi helmate exploration before going to see the martian! I'm excited to see all the amazing design goodness. Go Ridley Scott!

Wing suit

Quick study from last week. Practicing clouds.

astronaut sketches

Little study today of astronaut suits.

Behmouth - study/expierementation

Had this idea. Was exploring and studying. Life as a sci fi character can be so tragic... 

Hunted concept art

Always check your six! Especially in alien jungles! 

Faceless - creature - exploration

A creature exploration from last night. In my sketchbook I've been doing some exploration of eyeless creatures. I'm falling in love with the look!

Warcraft Dragon study

Did a Warcraft dragon style study. I will probably do more of these. There's so much to learn in this style. Its amazing.

Alien zombie concept

Alien hybrid zombie concept.

Fantasy - energy monolith - concept

 Another sketch from the other day. worked out in 3d then rendered to final concept! 

Jungle environment - Waterfalls monoloiths

Last nights work. Had fun doing this. Sketched an idea well waiting for a friend at the coffee shop. Got home and did a little 3d for the triangle pillars. Then started working it to this point. I must spend more time in 3d. I have a few more sketches that I'd like to push forward so I think I will use some basic 3d for all of them.

The basic 3d used as the base used to create above!

A monster is loose.

Run dog... RUN.

Creature Alien concept

Tonight I felt like drawing some type of creature/alien. Little bit of exploration!

Sci fi - desert soldiers

Some sci fi photobashing exploration today.

Ocean outpost - fantasy - concept

Had this idea for a little self sustained ocean outpost. 

Tropical landscape sketches

Some sketches from tonight! 

Volley of Arrows - AWP skin - CS - GO

Volley of arrows is a skin that pay's homage to the countless instances of players charging into battle and falling to there knees. As well as the times a AWPer has forced the enemy off into the corners to save! We have all faced the volley of arrows!

I had a lot of fun making this skin!. using my skills as a concept artist/developer I wanted to do something I felt was unique in the CS-GO community. There are so many fantastic weapons created by so many hard working devs/modders. I love getting to vote on such cool work. With this design I wanted the weapon to rage with fire. The fires of WAR! I decided to place the main focus on the point of the Arrows. But you will see the background hints the burning of a pagoda village.

The barrel its self has an arrow whizzing out! The scope and butt of the gun decorated in patterned arrows. Etched into the top of the metal base is 5 hatch marks for the AWP ace. With engraved txt "Ace all day"

If you like this design and have a steam account. Please come by the link below to help get it voted in game!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=509611458

abstract smudge landscape exploration

Had a quick moment for lunch. Wanted to explore some smudge tools. I really like them but don't use them a ton. Kind of want to learn new techniques with them. So I've been making them and exploring what I can do with them.

This is completely abstract but made from only circle brush and smudge tools. 

Terraformed planet

Terraformed planet concept. 

The idea behind this was a setting of a Terra formed planet. The planet in the process of green gas emissions grew large a bountiful. But as the Terraforming technology aged and broke down. The planet had to stabilize without the assistance of the Terraforming machines. Causing a world wide graveyard look with these giant trees. But the planet would stabilize and maybe one day the beasts would grow again!

Sci fi bounty hunters

Sci fi bounty hunters.

I did these sketches a while back and didn't have the time to finish the concepts. I wanted to lay some rough colors down to decide which concept to fully render. In the end I chose the concept that follows.

I really liked this concept out of the others. It had a unique feeling. of a Sci fi bounty hunter from a very cold planet.

 Before committing to the original color scheme. Even though I really liked the idea of the artic bounty hunter look. I wanted to be sure to check some alterations. See if anything else felt nice in designing this character. In the end I stuck with my gut and the original color scheme.

 Last but not least. The other bounty hunter roughs before the final render.

Swamp creature and mount concept

Concept of a swamp creature and its mount. A unintelligent species you may find in a fantasy game.

Orb value sketches

Some value sketches subject around these mysterious orbs.

Death knight prince concept

Death Knight Prince.

Vector Princess Mononoke mask

As I've been learning vector. I've been trying to gear my self to use it in a more artistic way. I wanted to pay tribute to one of my favorite movies. Princess Mononoke. So vector mask - touched up slightly in PS. This is my first real "vector" project. Hope you like it.

The pale goblin

Quick concept I did. Saved a little process if your interested!

Joker sketch

Sketch of The Joker.

Thedebuglog: Podcast: With me Travis Lacey

 

The debug log interviewed me on there podcast. Check it out!

http://thedebuglog.com/

Interview with my self - Travis Lacey

http://thedebuglog.com/episode-4-steam-greenlighting-with-travis-lacey/

Creature concept

 A creature design I did for a project that went under.

Dilophosaurus Rex

Brainstorm: Challange 27: Jurassic Park: Hybrid - D-REX

Jedi Sketches

Jedi sketches. I wanted to go for something a bit more away from the normal Jedi order cloaks. I think like most people in this industry. Star Wars is very influential franchise. I'm very excited for the new films. As I worked on these. I started to think about what life would of been like without Star Wars. Would light sabers have ever been created? In another work. Would they be so iconic and awesome in another story as they are today? A world I'm okay with not living in to say none the least. Go Star Wars!

Tropical level

 Some quick concept work from a year or so ago that slipped by!

Anydaynow flier

A flier I was hired to do for the Anydaynow show.

The second obelisk

The second obelisk sits high up in temple ruins. 2nd in a series of 3.

The first obelisk

This is the 1st of a series of 3. I've been using a consistent theme of these obelisk. What exactly each one does isn't clarified. Neither if they are even of the same worlds. "The Archive" as you will find in previous blog postings. Is the most defined. A glowing obelisk that was a hub for galactic information. As for these 3 scenes. These obelisks are not as sci fi themed. A marble shape among the ruins of ancient times. In this 1st scene there is some sort of presence around them. Allowing boulders to float weightlessly.

In the 3 concepts and designs well see this Indiana Jones explorer character observing the scenes!

Zelda inspired sketch

As you may already know. A open world Zelda for Wii U is in the works. Being zelda was one of the first games I ever fell in love with. I'm excited to see it reach a point of open world! As i was working on this environment. I just kept thinking of Zelda open world so I added Link and Epona racing out into this vast open plain!

The pillars sketch

Another!

Environment forest sketches

 Some environment sketches from today.