Ill be following this up with a tutorial of how I made this for the site Cgcookie.com.
Still playing with rendering and lighting techniques. Total this one took about 17 hours. The soldier guy fighting the beast was after thought that wasn’t originally planned.
Some scene assets i developed. follow the project here
I also included the original sketch to see how it developed into the finish.
What i like to do in scene like this is block it out using the most very basic of photoshops brushes. then Once the color and layout is established Ill clean it up background to foreground. This is where Ill add some photo elements and custom brushes.
Recent environment commission. Tasked with creating a beautiful natural looking city in the forest I must say it was definitely influenced by Naussicaa, Chrono Chross, and Avatar. This was a lot of fun to paint, I also included the sketches.
A concept artist and illustrator residing in the Boston area. He embraces his overwhelming passion for gaming and creating on a day to day basis.
When he's not creating and gaming, he loves to spend time at the beach or hitting up the gym.