Elven Steel Illustrations: Calin

Illustration done for a personal high fantasy project of mine, Elven Steel. This is Calin, Shadorina and world traveler. I was inspired by Steve McCurry 'Afghan girl' photo for this piece, also drawing influence from a more Middle Eastern feel.

Process: Kessa

A simple breakdown on the workflow of this illustration. I started with a simple pen sketch of the idea I had in mind before taking it digital. In Photoshop, I added details and subtle details to enhance the picture. Then, I added in the flat colours without any rendering involved. Finally, I added volume, texture and lighting to complete the illustration.

 Below is a close-up on some of the details in the illustration.

Elven Steel Illustrations: Kessa

Illustration done for a personal high fantasy project of mine, Elven Steel. This is Kessa, thief and assassin. Her face was a little inspired by Virginia Baker (played by Catherine Zeta Jones) from the movie Entrapment. Process and a close-up on the details can be found here: Process: Kessa

Project X: The Sewers

Concept for the environment of Fagin's Children. The idea is a sewer garden made out of the clutter of gears and other discarded machines and junk.The deformed children tend to it and life shyly blossoms in a deary, desolate place. The top is the finished illustration while the bottom was the initial line sketch. I kind of overdid the illustration and lost the area of focus while trying to concentrate on the clutter and details. But it was a fun drawing to do. Done with ballpoint pen.

Project X: Fagin Children

Sketches for Project X, a Steampunk game concept. These are sketches of Fagin's Children, deformed doll-like children who are cruelly exploited by Fagin. Like toys, these orphaned street children have their limbs amputated and replaced with mechanical parts in order to serve better as slave soldiers.

Project X: Jack the Ripper

Sketched idea of Jack the Ripper for Project X. He is flamboyant, outrageous and maniacal. Surgical tools are implanted into him as mechanical limbs of sorts. Done in ballpoint pen.