Pretty face

05.06.2014:

Hi guys! Todays post is of a sketch I did in my sketchbook which I really like. Usually I right on suck on drawing faces and I don't know what happened today but I really like it. It's feminin, sexy and pin up like ♡

sketchbook page (pencil)

Valentins Day - ArmorGames Contest

10.02.2014:

Hi guys!

I'm quite proud of myself right now. I always plan to participate in contests, but I never get over the state of the initial concepts. This can be out if different reasons. Something else came up, no time, being intimidated by the concurrence or I just can't get it to look like I want it to look. Which is stupid! Because at least for me, contests aren't about winning. They are about tackling an issue, I normally won't, getting out of my comfort zone and learning a heck while doing so!

That said, I'm totally happy that I actually participated in a contest and went through with it until the very end. Here you can see my entry for the Valentins Contest from ArmorGames. Task was to create an avatar (100x100 pixels) to this topic. I personally really like how it came out!

Story: I'm sure everyone realizes that Amor himself must be doing this job for ages already. That said he is quite sick of taking care of all the high expectations people have on Valentins Day every year. So he started to think like a business man. Now he has a lot of employes which do the work for him. How does he pay them you ask? Easy. Companies like ArmorGames want to spread some love and give back to the community. That said they asked Amor to send someone appropriate for the job. Someone who gives a hint, who we have to thank for all the love ;)

PS: I hope the little helper manages to give all the love before he drops out of the sky of exhaustion.

Based on a simple idea: Amor + Armor = A(r)mor

I was really happy, when some of the admins thanked me for taking part and also published my work through the official ArmorGames-Twitter-Account. Not to mention that they are following my twitter account now <3

Enough rambling. Here the final entry as well as the 500x500 work size I created this little fellow on!

avatar (digital painting, photoshop cc)

Wizard Frost Blast Animation

30.10.2013:

Here you can see the wizard summoning his frost blast. Particle effect with the actual attack sequence will follow next month.

wizard frost blast animation (photoshop cs6)

'Noble' logo

13.09.2013:

Today I finished up the game logo for Pyrrhic Studios' 'Noble'. I learned a lot creating it. Logos are one of the most difficult things to create. At least for me :)

game logo (photoshop cs6)

Battleground

30.07.2013:

Hello everybody! Today I finally finished the first battleground for Pyrrhic Studios. Original is 5600x3150 pixels. Learned a lot while doing this! The treetops are in front of the characters. So they are partly hidden behind them.

battleground for 'Noble' (Photoshop CS6)

Final Character Art

12.06.2013:

Like I promised I will update the blog as soon as stuff get's released. So here the character art I finished up for Pyrrhic Studios on the 12th of June 2013.

Ranger (Photoshop CS6)

Wizard (Photoshop CS6)

Berserker (Photoshop CS6)

Knight (Photoshop CS6)

Another qualifying test!

29.05.2013:

Hiho everyone!

I'm back from my grandparents and spend today a bit more time on the qualifying test. Because the characters sketches they showed me where kinda cute, this time I went also with a cute style. Also I did one which easily could be transferred to vector graphics. So that they see at least a bit of the range I'm capable of doing. I really really hope they like what I did, because I would love to work for them. It's the kind of game I really enjoy playing. But more to it after I know if it worked out or not. Wish me luck! :D

knight sketches (pencil in sketchbook)

knight for qualifying test (photoshop cs6)

Freelance work

Hi guys, today is my first day of working freelance as a 2d artist. I'm working together with Javier Bryan who is an independent games developer creating a 2d side scroller. More about his game you can find out here. My tasks include the character design of the main character as well as enemies. Besides that I do the character animations, backgrounds and tiles for the first three levels of the game.

Javier was so nice to allow me to share my progress with you guys. So here it goes.

First of the initial concepts for the batman like main character. He choose concept 24. And some scribbles to figure out how I want to animate his cape. I'm completely new to 2d animation. So let's see with what I can come up with. Till tomorrow!

initial concepts (pen in sketchbook)

first version of the main character (photoshop cs5)

initial thoughts about how to animate the cape (pen in sketchbook)