ALDIOUS ~ Sawa

A fantasy portrait of Sawa, bassist of top Japanese metal band ALDIOUS.

(WIP) Digital Painting Collaboration with Model Kayla Rivera

 

Here is one of the latest digital paintings I have been working on, a creative collaboration with amazing model Kayla Rivera. Miss Rivera is extremely versatile, embodying many looks and styles (like green hair)! One particular garment she modeled had an ideal look to transform into something retro - a few hundred years retro! Look for a few refinements coming up, such as the glass container she carries, and background elements, etc. Stay tuned!

Mermaid

 

The New 8-Bit Heroes - (Mystic Searches) - 8-Bit NES Game Project

I have recently been invited onto a diverse team of creatives creating a brand new NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) game. The project is for release on actual NES cartridges.

The game is currently in development. My role is as a level design pixel artist, creating original in-game backgrounds for various levels/areas. Here are some sneak-peek screenshot samples of the pixel art. We'll see what is used in-game as things develop, cartridge memory considerations taken into account. I created each tile/mega tile from scratch.

A boss dragon, encased in a mountain, under the control of a mage...

 Sample screen created from a deep forest tileset.

 A foreboding gate: who dareth enter its abysmal maw?

 Put on some calypso music for this beach-side area. What's up with that urchin up on the knoll?!

 A mysterious ship glides along the coast...

A skeletal pterodactyl, cauldrons and an elongated skull nearby a river of boiling magma. 

 A strange road entrance flanked by statues... looks as if Scorpion left a few spears laying around near the tar pit.

Moss Dragon Zbrush WIP (Polypaint Phase 1)

Moss Dragon work in progress. Some various angles of Zbrush work, created with no visual references. Polypainted/3D texture painted various areas. No pupils added, so the dragon features a "possessed look". Some interesting angles for potential illustrations with more characters.

Cloud Dragons (1)

Ephemeral Part One of a new series of dragons. Photoshop WIP. STAY TUNED!

Cloud Dragons

First Zbrush Art of 2015

This started as a demo for a friend who hadn't seen Zbrush yet. I worked it about 2 hours from a Dynamesh sphere, from my imagination. Began last night (Jan 22) and added the lower jaw and tongue tonight from an appended sphere in about 15 minutes. The top portion of the head was brought into Photoshop, and added to the "Dragon Breath" image below this post. The top reminds me of an actual clay dragon head I sculpted around 2002 or 2003 prior to college.