[brianiswells]

Hi, everybody. Pleased to meet you. I'm new here, and thought I'd get some eyes on my work.

I'm a student looking to break into the games industry, so critiques are massively appreciated.

Thanks for taking a look around.

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First up, a set of model sheets. I created the 'Observatory Suite' as six unique elements belonging to a single scenario. The work is largely Photoshop, but with some assist from 3ds Max to quickly build up the more geometric objects and give a guide for the orthographic views.













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These next three images are full illustrations. I included some process to indicate my workflow/thinking.

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Started out just playing with textures on this piece and eventually a form and feel emerged.



Got the forms nailed down and started to flesh out the setting and details.



On the finished piece, I removed the decorative border (it wasn't adding all the much) and fleshed out the atmospherics. I also added the branch silhouettes to the near space to create a better sense of space.

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I had a fair bit of time to plan out this piece, so after a few thumbnails, I created a pretty detailed layout sketch.



Next, I painted the basic forms with their ambient color.



With the base colors in place, I added an additive layer for each light source.



After that, I pulled the forms to the foreground and background using overlays and started to add textures and detail.



The finished piece.

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I had a quick turnaround on this piece, so there wasn't as much time to get a clean sketch. Still, I was able to create a general layout the gave me the masses and forms.



Similar the last piece, I painted in the basic colors and added the light sources.



The piece wasn't feeling quite right, so I iterated a number of times with different schemes and balances until I was able to get the feel correct. Chains were added to create a better sense of the viewers place in space.



Once the layout and colors were all in place, it was all just detailing. I added the torn curtain to keep the piece from breaking at the near wall.

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Alright, everybody! Thanks again for having a look! Any critiques you might have are appreciated.

[Aims]

nice work.

[brianiswells]

Thanks, man!