Yaz Salem Concept Art Portfolio!

Introduction

Hello! I'm Yaz and here is my portfolio of several personal projects I've worked on. I start by sharing some character design, then some environment design, speedpaintings, splash art, and finally some concept art of an indie game me and my friends were trying to develop. Enjoy! 

Khadija Character Design

This character was inspired by the Queen of Sheba, she's a warrior in her ranks who travels the desert in search of a lost ancient artifact that was believed to have been taken by demonic entities.

Arena - Character & Props Design 

Arena was done for fun as a character that could fit in the world of Fortnite. It was very interesting working on this as I tried to mimic the vibrant style of Fortnite in the outfit design, and props.

Hasina - Character Design 

Hasina was inspired by a new born girl in a certain refugee camp. She comes from a Maldivian/Nepalese background which was very cool to research and come up with outfits for. She is a huntress with a magical bow as her weapon.

Nayyara Character Design

Nayyar is a character I created who could be part of a Battle Royale set in a post-apocalyptic Egypt. She is a medic with healing abilities. I wanted her design to be a mix between pharaoh clothing and a rugged/ end-of-the-world type of clothing. After doing intensive research and sketching out several designs, I settled on the final one shown here. I've also done an environment piece for the world she is in.

Fayrouz - The Nile Demon

Fayrouz was done for an Art war contest, she is by far one of my favorite characters that I've done. She is a water elemental, destroying everything in her path using her water abilities.

Environment Design - The World of P.O.D.S

Speedpaintings 

Splash Art

I was the concept artist on a passion project me and my friends were trying to develop. It was a game set in Arabia, with the character progressing through his village. I worked on the entire project's visual development from the character design, world look, props, environment design etc.. I absolutely loved this project and had fun exploring this highly stylized art style!