Alien Planet

Predator

After the Recent movie Predators my childhood enthusiasm for the hunter from outer space was rekindled. This one is dedicated to my friend Tyler who recently got married and who I know shares my fascination with the original movie.

Knight

Decided to post this one even though I never got around to finishing it. Don't get much more than sketches done these days but oh well.

The Landing

Quick sketches trying to capture mood and setting.

Alien

A quick sketch done in one session (2h). Why he has an iPad I don't know...

The Arrival

Yet another giant space ship.

Crushed

Here something I did for fun.

Bio-Hazard

Here a piece I have been working on and off on in my spare time.

3d Sculpture

My first attempt with ZBrush, a 3d sculpting program. Did it without reference so forgive the anatomical missteps. Hopefully after a little more practice I will have something more decent to show.

Galaxy Sailors

Here are two space-ships that I had done along with the others but never got around posting. On the second one I wanted to do a ship with some sort of sails that could be opened and closed depending on the solar winds.

Dragon Rider

Yes, it's been a while. I am working on a few sketches but this is the first I was able to finish to some degree. This was fun to work on. Thought it would make a nice little twist to have the horizon turned upside down. It is also brighter and a little more saturated than my usual work so it's an attempt to explore a new direction.

Rider

This started as a simple pencil scratch on paper. Now when I look at it I feel the Frazetta influence that must have come over me after reading about his passing away. Anyways, I see her as a hunter that has learned to control this big but simple minded creature.

quick sketch

Work has kept me from posting more, so here a quick study. Never been good at painting people so I'm working on improving myself.
Have several painting in the works that I hope to be able to finish of soon and share.

- stay tuned

Mothership

Ghost Recon - game covers

A while back I did a lot of sketches pitching for the cover of the next Tom Clancy - Ghost Recon: Future Soldier game. It was one art director and me (with me doing all the sketches) competing against 4 studios that wanted the job. We ended up in the final round against one studio - but lost, as they had a perfect round presenting finished covers using photos of guys in rented gear with rented real weapons. Oh well, I gladly lose to somebody that better equipped. The cover that was finally picked was honestly very good.

But here I am showing a fragment of the many sketches I did for this. Most of them were not even presented but just for brainstorming concepts and ideas. I am glad to finally share some more of my work from Ubisoft.

Urban Warriors III

More of my ordinary people studies. This time the Fund Manager and School Girl. All the weapons on my urban warriors are based of real weapons (more or less). I'm saving the best character for last... be prepared.

Knight

My latest scribble.

More to come.

Urban Warriors II

Second group of unlikely soldiers. Again based on people I see on the street or on the train. Can't remember if they were actually holding the weapons or if I added them later...

When I have done enough of them I'm holding a Beauty Pageant where you get to pick a fav. Aight, I'm outta here.

Urban Warriors

Been sketching a lot of people on the train to work lately and had the idea, what if I give them a weapon. Suddenly they become warriors, have a unique story behind them.

More to come.

Vehicles II

Continuing some vehicle explorations. The left one is a light combat unit while the right one is more of an exploration unit that can drive through rough terrain.
More to come.

In Mutation we trust

As sci-fi horror is one of my favorite subjects- here a mutant freak from the darkest corners of my subconscious. More to come.

Vehicles

My latest sketch. Call this one the Predator.
Mo' to come.

Oldie

This is something I did a while back but couldn't show either. Now it has been released so finally I can show it. The goal was to show a maelstrom and for scale I added the ship being sucked in. Below are two more sketches I did for it.

Avatar

As Ubisoft has released the Avatar Game I can show some of my work that I did for it. My involvement was in the idea and sketch stage. I was not involved with creating the final art or how it ended up (so don't hold it against me). I was very excited to be involved although only for a brief period and you get to see some of my sketches here above.

I was asked to do an action oriented pack and had not seen the movie or any images of the real characters. I had only seen some concept art and the AMP suit. This is why the Na'vi in my sketches is not a perfect match to the one in the film. When the movie came out I was very happy to see the battle scene between the Na'vi and the General in the AMP suit as that had been one of my ideas for the cover as you can see above. The last colored sketch was where I was asked to integrate the face from the poster. That idea was finally chosen. The last two images are the actual released covers (perhaps there are more versions that I am not aware of). I am going to refrain from giving my opinion to the end result and let you make up your own mind...