CharacterDoodles in pencil

Here are some characterdoodles I did this past week while on the train on my way to work, the only personal doodle time I seem to have these days......you'll have to forgive me for not coloring them, next ones will have color again...promise! :)

StrookCovers and more

Here are 2 cover illustrations I did for a smallpress booklet, that will be presented on the Comic Convention in Houten, The Netherlands (http://www.strips.blogo.nl/). The booklet features a collection of authors, check http://www.strookstrips.nl/ for more information (not sure if the site is up and running already, but it will be soon :P).

Cover: Backcover:Ofcourse the backcover that went to press featured the URL StrookStrips.nl, not my own url....though that would've been smart to do actually....oh well. *sigh*

And another characterdesign, done just for fun:

In stead of the detailed (timeconsuming) painted look, I've been trying to simplify things and go towards a more cellshaded look.....I should have more silly characters up at this blogspot soon! :)

-Edwin

Creatures,Lairs and Kabouters :D

Here's some new stuff, enjoy!

Some quick landscape thumbs I did in Painter:

Some more charactersketches:

A creature I did inspired by the 'skeksis' creatures of the movie 'The Dark Crystal':

My entry for an artcontest on the Gnomon forums, the subject was 'Research Lair'.

I came out in 2nd place, and won 20 Gnomon Dvds! Yay me! :)

And that's it again for now! Next update will be an OVERLORD update, the xbox 360 / PC game I've been working on the last couple of years has finally hit the stands, and reviews sofar have been quite good!

I'll also post some links to some internet pressmovies that were released, on which I even get to speak abit...:S

-Edwin

Character Sketches

Here are some charactersketches taken from my sketchbook. Most were done during my stay at my parents place this weekend, and during the traintrip over there. :) Enjoy!

Some new concepts

The last couple of months I've really been busy at work (we're in the final stages of finishing our xbox 360 game OVERLORD, keep an eye out for it in June!), which didn't leave much time for me to do any personal stuff. But, here are 2 pieces I managed to squeeze in this last week:

Both were done just for fun, created digitally with my wacom tablet and Painter IX. I should have some more stuff up here soon, so stay tuned...:)

Till then,
-Edwin

Watercolor

I went to my parent's place over the weekend, which is the perfect place to relax. I spend some time doing watercolored sketches, below some of the designs that came out.







More stuff coming up soon :)

-Edwin

New work...

It's been a while, but here's some new work....I'm currently experimenting alot with both techniques as well as drawing styles, both with character as environment design.

Below some speedpaintings and colorschemes I did for a personal project of a stylized Zelda-like gameworld:





I'm w orking on some more charactersketches, which should be up here in a short while...stay tuned! :)

-Edwin

Here's a creature I did for a small artcontest over at www.weeklydose.com, which came out looking rather 'fuzzy'...:)



The rough sketch was done in pencil, digitally colored in Painter IX. More digital stuff coming soon!

-Edwin

My internet connection was down this past week, so I finally had time to watch 'The Dark Crystal', the superb Jim Henson puppet movie I hadn't seen since my childhood. I got alot of inspiration after watching it, which resulted in the drawing below. It came out looking rather chaotic though...:p

The concept behind this drawing is the one from the movie; a forest where you can't really tell foilage from creature, and vice versa. If you have the chance, be sure to check out the artbook of The Dark Crystal aswell, Brian Froud already took creature design to another level, way back in 1978.

More stuff coming up soon, probably some digitally colored drawings aswell :)

Well, I just finished up on the forest drawing I mentioned yesterday, it came out looking quite different then most of my stuff I've done sofar. I usually don't use alot of shading, but it seemed to fit the mood I was going for in this piece. The drawing is part of a personal project I'm working on, which couldn't be more fun.



I also thought it would be a good opportunity to post another environment I did about a month ago, which is done in a somewhat more 'realistic' style. It's very busy though, I shouldn't have drawn in those treedetails in the background I think....oh well. :)

That's it for now, more stuff coming up soon! Oh, and thanx for all the kind comments people, they really motivate me to keep going! :D

Here's an environment sketch I did for a personal project of mine, a bit more stylized then most of my environments. As always, comments more then welcome!

I'm finishing up on another environment ( a forest this time), I hope to have it up here in 1 or 2 days. :)

This weekend I went to 'Burgers' Zoo' (Arnhem, The Netherlands) with a friend of mine to do some animal sketching. We really had alot of fun, below a collage with some of the better ones I did.

Also be sure to check out some of the sketches my friend Patrick did over at http://www.kleinwerk.nl/ , he'll appreciate it. :)

My very first artpost, how about that! :) At work I usually work with painter and photoshop, but through guys like Robin Joseph (patchoforange.blogspot.com), I really wanted to try some tradional media aswell. Here are some weird alien creatures I did in watercolor this weekend, any comments ofcourse more then welcome. Some aliens are inked, some left in pencil, I myself prefer the latter one, it gives it a more loose feel I think....:) Well, this is it for now, more coming up somewhere this week! :)

Welcome to my Blog!

Due to a busy schedule I can't always update my own website www.rhemrev.com , so I created this blog to be able to share my doodles more easily, and hopefully get some good creative feedback on my designs.

I am currently employed as a concept artist / 3d modeler over at Triumph Studios, The Netherlands, working on an xbox 360 game. When not working on concepts for our game Overlord, in my sparetime I tend to stray away from the realistic, into the more loose and sketchy doodles, which I want to share with you in this blog. Next update (with art) to follow soon! :)