New Final Fantasy XIV in-game and cgi footage have been revealed at kotaku! The video quality isn’t that perfect but imaginary does. Can’t wait for HD version!
Another thing that sparks my attention was a debut trailer for Settlers: Paths to a Kingdom. The legendary Settlers returns to PC in 2010. I remember playing it many years ago and enjoying the green hills and medieval music motifs playing at background. The debut trailer is very and very interesting in terms of creativity. Who knows, maybe somewhere in the future classic table top based games (like Warhammer) would be played like that?
Make sure to check the developer diary with Fumito Ueda, creator of The Last Guardian and experience new bits of footage from his epic adventure.
And if you’re in the creative mood, there are some nice threads goin’ on at ConceptArt.Org. First, check the massive art dump by Marko Djurdjevic with tons of artwork from Marvel universe. This dude is insane you know. But Guild Wars 2 guys are still goin’ crazy with loads and loads of conceptual art. If you’re a fan or prefer hard copies don’t miss their new artbook featuring all that stuff!
Wakkawa a.k.a. Jace Wallace got some nice chicks in his thread. There are some nudies so be warned!
Ooops! Almost forgot! Sergey Kondratovich throw a ton of stuff from Magesty 2 and other projects. Your mouse would suffer, I promise!
ps. In conclusion, you could experience JFBuckner’s MEMORIES SANCTUS Chapt.1 online manga and get some sleep. Cheers guys!
Recently I’ve been browsing some asian resources and discovered a blog by Lei Sheng. Everything is written in chinese, even the title says 华丽的裸奔 but you don’t need to know language if you’re looking at pictures.
There are lots and lots of artists in Asia and what sparks my attention in Lei Sheng’s works are stories (or if you’re familiar with spiritual techniques, it’s vibrations) he put into his works as well as vivid and bright vision. I really like that kind of stuff. It makes you feel good and energize you.
Besides the fairy tales there are some great characters illustrations with oriental design elements and some are depicted in a classic Chinese style.
While browsing blog pages (just click the numbers at the bottom of the page) you can also find some work in progress steps, photos and all that stuff.
Hey guys, here are some concept art by James Clyne he did for Star Trek 2009 movie:
Make sure to visit his website www.jamesclyne.com for more cool stuff from film projects.
You can also check another gallery on evolution of space cruiser design. There are more than 150 photos and renders of various space ships from 1950’s up to modern space hot rods:
Since discovering Hyung-Tae Kim works in 2002 or so I’ve been fascinated by korean artists. These guys (and girls!) got a crazy imagination, bold skills and tremendous endurance. Most of them are working in the game industry, producing concept art, 3d assets and promotional illustrations for various korean MMORPG. Because of the government support, 100% of the korean games are MMO.
The good example of successful visual design isLineage II. Those dark elfs are probably the most effective and attractive creations (taking into account polycout and texture limitations). But the upcoming next-gen MMO’s would be better! Besides the others, Aion is the most anticipated game got a great visuals and stunning artwork. Aion posters and illustrations are just wonderful and I finally discovered the guy behind some of them.
Ryu-Hun Yong is a korean artist, conceptual designer and illustrator. He specialized in character concepts, costume design, illustration and so on. Armed with Photoshop, Painter, Illustrator and 3d studio max he creates stunning posters, interesting characters and even graphic novels. Basically I discovered him by searching for the guy behind Fox Spirit manhwa, published in Apple vol.2 artbook.
He’s amazing artist and his website truly reflects that. The only problem is that it’s not user-friendly webpage. The blog is skewed in Firefox (all I see is a tiny stripe) and you can’t save images in just one click. Honestly I don’t know why artists doing such things.
Roman Bordenyuk is both a traditional artist and digital painter from Vinnitsa, Ukraine. In his online portfolio you’ll find character design samples, enviros and props varied from sci-fi to fantasy setting. Professional credits includes Heroes of Annihilated Empires, 3D Real-Time Strategy published by GSC World Publishing in 2006. Besides videogames he’s also working in advertising designing posters, promo cards and all that stuff.
Roman’s website is very plain and clean, no graphics fluff or fancy flash. The core content is hiding under the gallery section while stuff page is all about beautiful panoramic photos. The rest is pretty standard except the idle links section.
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