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Concept Art for new MMO

I have had a a tremendous amount of new opportunities recently. I am concurrently working on four separate game projects, mostly as a concept artist.

Concept Art for the new MMO Farland

I have included a couple of the architectural items I have created for one of the games. Farland is a new MMORPG being created by a dedicated team of independent developers. The game is old school fantasy, trying to hearken back to the origins of the genre.

Bridge Concept Art for the new MMO Farland

I tried to create a version of medieval architecture that is true to the fantasy genre, realistic and believable, functional and esthetically similar enough to be recognized as the same civilization. Both of these example images are of strategic and utilitarian buildings. The gate has a greater need to be intimidating and showing a sense of the power of the city, as well as being defensive.

I am enjoying this role. In each of the games a different style, unique and challenging.

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April 8th 2011 @ 03:24

Posted By: Mindzle - Category: Category #3 Drawings

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Speed Painting

A question I am often asked is; "How do you start a new painting?"

This is a tough question to answer as it includes a great many questions in response. Am I working digitally? Is there an existing style or subject matter?

Depending on the style, the subject and the end format, this can vary widely. But if it is just a fun painting for me with no preconceived concept I will often start with these really quick and really rough speed paintings.

As you can see it is little more than blobs, streaks ans shapes of varying shades of gray. The idea is to allow your mind to wander and to see things in the shapes and blobs. A self induced vorshack test, without the judgment on your psyche.

This one I never moved forward with, but I still look at it and have many ideas. And that is all I need from such an exercise. It allows me to see new perspectives and often create a scene I would otherwise never have envisioned.

I have often tried to incorporate this same process into a painting where I have already been given a subject... Try looking at clouds with the thought of finding queen Elizabeth. Either every cloud has that form, or none. It is the same with this process. If you already have an idea, you will see it in every ink blob, or not at all.

So looking at this image, what do you see? Does it spark any new ideas?

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February 8th 2011 @ 19:58

Posted By: Mindzle - Category: Category #5 Anything Under the Sun

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Train Tickets

This is one of the "props" from my halloween costume this year. Yes I still dress for halloween, in my defense. I have a large group of friends who throw a week long halloween party at a big lodge we rent out for the event.

Each year they put out a theme, and your costume must fit into said theme. Mine invariably require an assortment of props, as does any proper costume.

I handed out a range of train tickets to most of the people attending.

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February 8th 2011 @ 18:47

Posted By: Mindzle - Category: Category #5 Anything Under the Sun

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New stuff is on the Way

I have actually been sketching prodigiously, and doing some new stuff in 3d that I am excited to show everyone. Currently working on a painting for an online competition and also breaking out my oil paints for a series of traditional work. If it was not for the lack of income, I would be very much enjoying this year.

I have been sorely lacking in the time I have spent both here and on my personal art blog I hope to remedy that in the future by making it part of my day... I expect everyone to hold my feet to the fire when I am remiss

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July 19th 2010 @ 02:46

Posted By: Mindzle - Category: Category #5 Anything Under the Sun

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Comic Strips

So I have been posting a series of comic strips I created back in 1999 or earlier that I recently stumbled across in an old archive CD-ROM. At the time I had a Strip Called Cold Coffee, which I have not been able to track down, but these paintball comic strips were a side project that only ever existed in the paintball magazines of the day. I thought they had been lost.

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June 11th 2010 @ 18:00

Posted By: Mindzle - Category: Category #5 Anything Under the Sun

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News Etc

My portfolio and sketchbook blog has been added to the Guide to Art School’s list of the 50 Best Cartooning and Animation blogs. I thought that was pretty Neat-O.

I have shifted over my nightly sketch sessions to doing environments rather than creatures, for the time being. I was getting too comfortable in the creature sketches and thought it was time to shake it up... Should be posting some of those sketches in the near future

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May 18th 2010 @ 16:09

Posted By: Mindzle - Category: Category #5 Anything Under the Sun

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Ippy - Slings and Arrows

Ippy here is the mascot for a new web service that will go live later next month. This image was created specifically for any error page that might occur.

Ippy has now been drawn in a wide variety of poses and I rather like this character.

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March 23rd 2010 @ 21:25

Posted By: Mindzle - Category: Category #3 Drawings

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Monster HEADS!

New, quick, sketches. Both of them are just heads… I’m thinking it might be time to do a collage of sorts, with a bunch of creature heads on pikes

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December 11th 2009 @ 19:52

Posted By: Mindzle - Category: Category #3 Drawings

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Comic Femme Fatal

She is an unnamed heroine of my own creation.

Loosely based on Macavite’s character Merideth, I drew her in a series of sketches while Shane Nitzsche was staying with us. Shane did me the honor of inking her.

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November 28th 2009 @ 02:12

Posted By: Mindzle - Category: Category #3 Drawings

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So Sorry! I Suck!

There is quite a bit going on in Casa De Hammer. Rather than go into a rather boring diatribe of whoa and heartache, which benefits no-one, let me instead spread the joy of positive happenings.

Savvy-U.com has made some very large strides forward, and I will likely be working it full time in the near future. We are currently in negotiations with 2 multi-billion dollar companies and a 3rd company that does DOE contract work. Savvy U will provide the training for new staff and professional certification continued education credits. These are all big deals, and can really get the company rolling. If any of them happen I will be 40 hours a week from home on this company, and we will be looking for Multimedia people, animators etc

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November 22nd 2009 @ 20:25

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