Armor Concept: Process

This series of illustrations shows several stages in the design process. The character was the main player character for the canceled "Tiberium" game. This all transpired around May or June of 2007...

I use a lot of digital tools in my work, however it is all based on drawing. That is my training, and I draw on paper every single day - especially when I wish to be very deliberate in developing a specific design.

On the left you see the very first "scribble" that seemed to show some promise - one of a mountain of such sketches.

In the center is a more refined sketch, but it is still quite impressionistic. This is a Prismacolor drawing with some quick tone applied in Photoshop.

On the right is the first attempt to execute a finished color painting of the character, incorporating various feedback from others on the team. You can see at this stage, the shape of the helmet was still in flux, as well as the specific details of the suit.

The final concept is also posted in my gallery. It's always interesting to develop something like this, and these illustrations are just a handful of everything generated during this process, which took a month or so due to all the considerations that had to be factored in