Vibe check.
I was on of the concept artists on Age of Empires IV and worked as the lead character concept artist. I designed just under 300 character designs, including horses and elephants. I accomplished this using a paper doll system (outlined above) where I would costume characters using common elements shared across civilizations.
This was a lot of fun and extremely research heavy. The hardest being the Delhi Sultanate given their records are almost non-existent. So I had to extrapolate everything from adjacent histories to costume designers working in movies set in that time.
Hi-res post here: https://wizardsandunicorns.com/portfolio/age-of-empires-iv/
Recline
Some fun with Paul’s costume. A timely post for me given the trailer just dropped.
Reposting because of DUNE
Here’s a selection of just RAW sketchbook pages that I wanted to share because this is, for the most part, what it looks like. A lot of mess. I envy, in some ways others who are able to control or curate their pages but I just need to draw eyeballs over and over at times.
A lot of bad drawing in hopes of conjuring a good one from time to time.
Sunday
Color