2D Concept Art [Finished Pieces, W.I.P., Sketches]

Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

"Chess"

I thought I would try and do my interpretation of chess, but with a fantasy twist.

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Black Pieces.

I did the black pieces in Photoshop and used inks for the background.

The designs were supposed to have a chaos or hellish feel.

The hands glow as they use fire magic and I thought it looked a cool juxtaposition against the dark.

Orthographic.

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White Pieces

I wanted a different feel so went and drew these in pencils.

I also did the background in inks and pencils to give it a similar style.

I left them uncoloured as I quite liked the illustrated feel of the piece.

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

"Sci-Fi Cityscape"

I did a scene with a view from an apartment window high up in a skyscraper (the room is the near ground). This is done in Photoshop and it took a while to paint all the background detail, no photographs or textures were used. I also include some close ups, so you can see the detail.

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Close Ups...

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Character Designs - "Sci-Fi Adventurers: The Fog"

I wanted to make a piece with several strong characters as if it was a snapshot of an I.P. Here, the adventurers are surrounded by a deadly fog, with gaseous skulls and they take a defensive formation. Done in Photoshop with no textures or photographs, I played around with colours I thought looked cool and was able to keep to my favourite art style. The party's light radiates from the girl's special abilities and I spent a lot of time trying to get the lighting interesting, and also on the costume design and weapons.

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Close ups...

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Character Design - "Female Character for Book Cover"

Done as a book cover for an aspiring writer, this is one of the characters from the story.

I had to make sure she looked and felt like the character in the book.

I quite like the composition, and I spent a while making the pistol designs.

Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Dominance War 4 Entry - "The Shadow & The Technomage".

This was my entry for Dominance War 4 and I quite like the far out vibe of it. The background was made in Unreal Development Kit with 3D Elements (e.g. the trees, the rocks, and parts of the tower) and then I did a paint-over.

The shadow has 4 arms and a psychedelic chaos feel, being part machine.

The Technomage i did as a mutant humanoid snail in an exo-suit with a mace that holds a pixie, another small character.

It's pretty far out.

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Close ups...

The Shadow

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The Technomage

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The Mace

Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Character Designs: "Flame Unit and Heavy Gunner".

Two character designs for trooper classes that I did in Photoshop.

I made sure the weapons looked cool enough for my tastes.

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

"Concept Art for Proxy Army Games".

I think they canned the project. I have permissions to show these.

It was my second paid art gig, and they wanted black and white pieces done exactly to their brief.

"Marines get ambushed".

"Environment: A prison complex for storing Aliens".

"Two guards are ambushed by an Alien from the air vent".

"Solar Federation Agent"

There was more focus on getting some concept designs for the Agent in this piece.

Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

"Concept Art for THON: Weapon Designs".

More freelance work. I have permissions to show these. I was asked to design some weapons for a Table Top War Game with 3D printed miniatures called "THON". A computer game is now being developed. https://www.thonthegame.com/

The designs needed to read well at small scale. I also designed modular attachments for the weapons. I began each piece as thumbnails, and then took the best ideas into a 3D programme, finally painting over the perspective renders to arrive at the finished concept art. Overall I did some 20+ weapons and post a smaller selection here.

NAIL GUN

NAIL GUN ATTACHMENTS A

NAIL GUN ATTACHMENTS B

NAIL GUN [PISTOL]

LANCE WEAPON THUMBNAILS

LANCE WEAPON 13

LANCE WEAPON 11

LANCE WEAPON 10

LANCE WEAPON 3

Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Character Design - "Beauty and the Beast".

I did my spin on the fairy tale as an illustration. Done in Photoshop.

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Close up...

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Character & Creature Design - "The Unicorn vs. The Griffin".

A lawful and a chaos Knight duel on beast back. One rides a unicorn, the other a Griffin.

Done in Photoshop.

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Close ups...

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Character Design - "Fantasy Adventurers".

Three adventurers and their dog stand in front of a door to catacombs.

I digitally painted the characters and drew the background in inks.

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Close up...

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Illustration - "The Flying Vikings".

Something different, this was personal work. I thought up a party of children with their grandfather and large clockwork toy (a beast) riding on a flying viking ship. They are getting ambushed by dragon riders. I drew the elements in pencils and then coloured it in Photoshop,

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Close up...

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Illustration - "The Chase"

A SWAT team gives chase to an android in a back alley in a sci-fi city while a ninja looks on, waiting for his moment.
It's quite sketchy and I didn't render the details so much. Done in Photoshop.

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Vehicle Design - "P-10, The Wasp"

Orthographic views for a concept for a Jet Bike.

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Vehicle Design - "Steampunk Hot Rod"

This concept was done for Clockwork Revolution, a game mod that never got completed.

Done in Photoshop.

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Weapon Design - "MP-50 Submachine Gun"

Based partly on the MP-5 Submachine Gun, this is a futuristic adaption with a barrel style magazine for the ammunition which holds 50 bullets. This concept was done to try out Google Sketchup for concept art paint-overs. The process was quite quick.

Done using Google Sketchup and then Photoshop.

Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Fantasy Weapon Design - "Bastard Sword"

A bastard sword is a broadsword that can be used one or two handed. I did the concept art in pencils.

I then made a 3D game model at 8K triangles (modelled, sculpted, lo-poly & textured).
You can see how the concept art translated to the 3D realm.

2D CONCEPT ART

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3D GAME MODEL
[8k triangles, Diffuse, Normal Map & Spec] - rendered in Marmoset.

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

A video of the initial concept art process for "Tail End Charlie 2074 A.D." (final pieces in the next post)...

Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

"Tail End Charlie 2074 A.D."

A collection of concept art and illustrations from my first illustrated science fiction novel. The project took 9 months in 2019.
It is self published as an indie novel on Amazon and is currently available as black and white paperback and ebook.
Link to the official website is in my signature. You can get a free 3 chapter sample there.
The concept art and illustrations were done using pencils and inks, and then were coloured using digital painting.

The cover....

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The original concept art...

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Some of the finished illustrations....

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

"Steampunk Barman" - Concept Sketch.

A quick 90 minute concept sketch of a steampunk barman for the bar in my steampunk restaurant that I am building in 3D for the Bi-monthly Environment Art challenge.

The thread is here: https://polycount.com/discussion/217980/the-bi-monthly-environment-art-challenge-march-april-65/p1

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

"Photobashing"

Concept Art made using the photobashing technique with a digital paint-over.

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A dreadnought...

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Illustration - "The Chase"

A redesign of my earlier piece with more detail in the environment and with added "Dutch Tilt".
Done as a paintover using a 3D blockout render.

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Close ups...

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Illustration - "The Dark Angels Arrive"

Warhammer 40K fan art.

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

"Feel free to leave a comment or critique, they are appreciated."

Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Concept Art - "Airlock Seven"

Done using a quick 3D blockout scene with a digital paintover.

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Process Shots.

Will_Maccabe · Mar 2020

Environment Concept Art - "The Snow Patrol"

Concept art of a platoon patrolling a mountainside. I used photobashing here, with about 6 different photos blended together and a digital paintover.

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Close Up...

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Will_Maccabe · Apr 2020

Environment Concept - "Sci-Fi Cityscape"

Done with 3D graphics. I might come back to this and add some paintover, but I like the feel of it.

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Will_Maccabe · Apr 2020

Character Concept (Fantasy) - "Paladin Knight"

Done with Dungeons & Dragons in mind.

From thumbnail sketches, to a more designed black and white, and then to a full colour render (using digital painting).

Will_Maccabe · Apr 2020

Character Concept - "Sci-Fi Helmet Designs"

8 designs for sci-fi helmets.

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Will_Maccabe · Apr 2020

Environment Concept Art

These are speed paint black and white thumbnails done as practice. I didn't use any photobashing or photo textures, just brush work.

"Forest Mountain Castles."

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"Jungle" - a squad of soldiers patrols.

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Will_Maccabe · Apr 2020

Environment Concept Art - "Barren Planet"

Colour thumbnails for barren planet landscapes. No photobashing or textures, just brush work.

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Will_Maccabe · Apr 2020

Environment Concept Art - "Sci-Fi Jungle Scene"

Using the jungle speed painted thumbnails from earlier in the week, I decided to take one on to do a final concept. I chose the first thumbnail as I liked the lighting and composition.

The soldier designs also came from earlier in the week (above), I chose number vii, took it further.

"Jungle Scene - Final Piece"

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"Jungle Scene - Process"

Will_Maccabe · May 2020

Environment Concept Art - "Xenomorph Lab"

2D Concept Art [Finished Pieces, W.I.P., Sketches]

"Chess"

Black Pieces.

White Pieces

Replies

"Sci-Fi Cityscape"

Character Designs - "Sci-Fi Adventurers: The Fog"

Character Design - "Female Character for Book Cover"

Dominance War 4 Entry - "The Shadow & The Technomage".

Character Designs: "Flame Unit and Heavy Gunner".

"Concept Art for Proxy Army Games".

"Marines get ambushed".

"Environment: A prison complex for storing Aliens".

"Two guards are ambushed by an Alien from the air vent".

"Solar Federation Agent"

"Concept Art for THON: Weapon Designs".

NAIL GUN

Character Design - "Beauty and the Beast".

Character & Creature Design - "The Unicorn vs. The Griffin".

Character Design - "Fantasy Adventurers".

Illustration - "The Flying Vikings".

Illustration - "The Chase"

Vehicle Design - "P-10, The Wasp"

Vehicle Design - "Steampunk Hot Rod"

Weapon Design - "MP-50 Submachine Gun"

Fantasy Weapon Design - "Bastard Sword"

A video of the initial concept art process for "Tail End Charlie 2074 A.D." (final pieces in the next post)...

"Tail End Charlie 2074 A.D."

"Steampunk Barman" - Concept Sketch.

"Photobashing"

Illustration - "The Chase"

Illustration - "The Dark Angels Arrive"

Concept Art - "Airlock Seven"

Environment Concept Art - "The Snow Patrol"

Environment Concept - "Sci-Fi Cityscape"

Character Concept (Fantasy) - "Paladin Knight"

Character Concept - "Sci-Fi Helmet Designs"

Environment Concept Art

Environment Concept Art - "Barren Planet"

Environment Concept Art - "Sci-Fi Jungle Scene"

Environment Concept Art - "Xenomorph Lab"