fantasy historical designy stuff. sketchbook!

lutzbot · Mar 2015

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 · Mar 2015

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 · Apr 2015

@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 · Apr 2015

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 · Apr 2015

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 · Apr 2015

@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 · Apr 2015

really cool stuff! your building sketches look very feng zhu

lutzbot · Apr 2015

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 · Apr 2015

shippy housy things

Avanthera · Apr 2015

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

lutzbot · May 2015

Thanks!

Here's some more designy goof off stuff

fantasy historical designy stuff. sketchbook!

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