Tengu - part2

WIP - Fleshed out tengu. I am working now on the other elements, like the feathers, knife and sandals. However, I want to keep as much of a flat look as possible for the textiles.

Tengu

I had some scribbles lying around from the time I had the chance to see the work of Toriyama Sekien. I've been toying around with the idea of making an ukiyo-e stylised work, and then give it some extra brush work like the one in my previous post. So here's step one: an ukiyo-e style photoshop work about my version of a Tengu.

Cuneiform

So here's something of mine, with some neglect to proportion and balance. I've been looking at Egon Schiele's work and I got tempted to work with hands, fragile balance, distorted proportions and muscle structure. I did some work with outlines, but I rejected it in favour of more color and contrast.

A pirate I was meant to be...

... trim the sails and roam the sea! Sketch for a capt'n. Pens and markers, then some photoshop goodness.

Weerd

Meet my mutated chicken pet. He eats pitbulls for breakfast. Once again, conceived by pen, then played a little bit with different filters and layer types in Photoshop.

Cowboy Sketches

The word of the day is Gunslinger! Here's some of the sketches, conceived with markers and enhanced in photshop. Searched for a concept for a gunfighter cowboy with a vague feeling for steampunk.

Intruder!

Well, an unknown hairy monster the size of a pony with sharp teeth and long ears would scare you too! They've never seen anything like it.
Yet another sketch for the Underfolks project, not much about presition, just testing colors and putting the characters in a situation.

Underfolks

Now this is a sketch for 3 characters for the Underfolks project. Based on slapstick comedy and cartoon character shapes, mixed with swedish mythology, sporting fashionable danish baby clothes.

Say whaaaat?

"Who dares to disturb my slumber... party?"
After a couple of mean machine character concepts, I needed to pull the switch back to humor. This is an Ogre concept for an old game project called "The Undelfolks", which I've been working with some time ago. More of it coming any time soon. Combining Swedish mythology with some humor and testing some color reflection. Just a little sketch.
Just look at those hand-made, hand-killed, fluffy floppers!

Lion of Gomorra

This is a concept art piece called Lion of Gomorra. I found inspiration in the antique legend monsters, mostly antropomorphic creatures with "human body, animal head". Being the lion a simbol for divine force and judgement on earth, and Gomorra an antique city in the biblical text, that perished to the wrath of God. Like in Bezuntu, I placed the main character in the middleground, havin a scenery element in the foreground, so that the character merges better with the setting.

Bezuntu

Bezuntu is a character concept image based on antique civilisations.
I looked for an interesting pose and a dramatic contrast of colors in the backgorund. I also wanted to use tribal painting, scarfication and copper-bronze rustic weapons.

Education

Higher Education

2004-2006, Digital Graphics, School Of Future Entertainment (SOFE), Blekinge Yrkeshögskola, Karlshamn, Sweden. Focus on 3D for games and films.

2007, Introduction to Java Programming, 5p, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Ronneby, Sweden

2007, Industrial Design, 5p, Blekinge Tekniska Högskolan, Karlskrona, Sweden

2007, Webdesign, 5p, Blekinge Tekniska Högskolan, Ronneby, Sweden

Plastic Arts Education

1998, Portrait and Caricature with Ricardo Ajler at Regina Paccis School of Beaux Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2003, Kroki with Peter Hefner at Angeredsateljén, Angered, Sweden. 40 studietimmar.

2003, Basic Artistic Techniques with Thord Tamming at Angeredsateljén, Angered, Sweden. 40 studietimmar

2004, Watercolor with Monica Månsson at Hindås Bild och Form, Hindås, Sweden.

2004, Watercolor with Lena Lavén at Vuxenutbildning Mölnlycke, Mölnlycke, Sweden.

Merits and Experience

• Mars 2009, Art Director at Studio Freaks Interactive, Gothemburg. Art Direction and pixel graphics for Crazy Cow Epidemic project.
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• June 2007-January 2009, Graphic Designer at Managerzone AB, Karlskrona. Working with promotional material, web design, web graphics, 3D modeling and 3D animation.
  managerzone.com
  corporate.powerchallenge.com

• October 2007, Lecturer - Storyboarding at Hyper Island, Karlskrona.

• April 2007, Promotional Material, flyers and showcase video for GlobalFun AB, Karlkskrona.

• 2006-2008, Lecturer - Storyboarding at School of Future Entertainment, Karlshamn.

• October 2006, Logo Design for Peligroso Entertainment Group

• December 2005-May 2006, Game Design and Mobile Game Graphics at Squeaky Games. Participated on development for three mobile games:
  
  • Blowbo’s Adventure - Presented at E3 2005 and won second price for Mobile Games at the Swedish Game Awards 2005.
  • Crouching Spider - One of the 20 finalists at the Internationnal Mobile Game Awards 2006. Distributed by Sony Ericsson.
  • Quantum - Prototype won first price for Mobile Games at the Swedish Game Awards 2006.
    
  squeakygames.com

• April 2006, Character Design for schoolfilm ”Rymdresa” (Space Trip) at the Kreativum in Karlshamn. The film is being shown at the MegaDome cinema ”Kreanova” under school visits.

• Mars 2005, Game Concept Challenge
  
  • price ”Speed modeling challenge”, animal 3D modeling within 5 min.
  • third price ”Wacom Art Challenge”, concept art for a game within 24 hours.
  • Lead Artist for winning game concept ”No Matter What”.
  gameconceptchallenge.se