fantasy historical designy stuff. sketchbook!

lutzbot

I'm gonna start posting some finished stuff in this thread, along with a bunch of process, sketches, the odd bits of 3d I churn out, and whatever happens to tumble out of my brain- feel free to critique or comment or give LA restaurant recommendations.

I started on this new project- I'm mashing up the 5th element with 16th century england into a game environment. I really like the kinetic vibe of the movie and the verticality of the city stuff they did, and I think I can get it to mix with the tudor architecture in a fun way. These are the first sketches -






and some random doodling...

curlyhair

I really love the architecture sketches. First one is my favorite I think As critique - they are all symmetrical, I think you can break the symmetry occasionally to make them more interesting.And I love the creature with the hat I think he loves jazz hahaha

lutzbot

@curlyhair thanks! sometime i need to scan all of my work scribbles. i've gotten into the bad habit of doodling faces all the time, but some of them are entertaining ;x

Here are a couple more images.. The first round didn't quite hit the mark- it's hard to push this sort of architecture; it's already so epic it really has to be layered on itself to achieve additional scale. Also a composition thumb- I think the final probably does end up looking something like this, but it's time to start thinking about narrative and gameplay a little more.

lutzbot

Here's some more progress- I've laid out a drawing over a quick 3d model- trying to work out some compositional/narrative issues now before jumping into more paint. comments welcome



and here's a random page of clock-robot-scribbles and a homer copy


bam!

Lukitscherie

Did you use your 3D model to make that last sketch or the other way around?
You have a great mastery of perspective in your doodles, I'm a bit envious. I'm impatient to see the next step.

lutzbot

@Lukitscherie: I built the 3d model from the drawings in the second post, then surrounded it with those super simple box buildings to match a composition sketch that's so rough I might as well not post it. After rendering I dropped it to low opacity and drew over the thing. Here's something closer to a final, along with tonight's experimentation. Soon: variations and details!

edit: thought I might add- it was fun thinking about mini-stories for the people in the foreground. That shifty bastard on the left is a thief, eyeing the guy on the right's bag (he's a courier). Mr shifty doesn't realize that he himself is being followed by that little guy in the cloak. what a chump eh?

lotet

really cool stuff! your building sketches look very feng zhu

lutzbot

Thanks!

here's more junk from today,... sketchbook scribbles and another experiment. With both this and the last paint sketch, I started with a 3 value comp, honing in on the shapes with just three shades of gray, then I multiplied on some colors and did a bit more drawing over it.. reasonably happy with the approach. I also started using abstract, very crisp stampy brushes with no settings- no scatter/transfer/shape dynamics, just stamping down triangles and squares and whatnot to build up a variety of 'rock'ish shapes with similar colors. The process needs a bit more work to be effective day to day, but is an interesting tool to have, and seems to lend itself to landscape.

lutzbot

shippy housy things

Avanthera

Nice job giving your designs a bit of character! I really like these last line drawings and the creature sketches before them!

lutzbot

Thanks!

Here's some more designy goof off stuff