Concept Art 2023

The Shift

This project was born from my passion to tell appealing stories through my characters. The Shift is heavily inspired by animated shows like Avatar and classic Ghibli movies like Mononoke.

The Shift is about change and transformation and Nya is the main character of  this story. There's something that is corrupting the animals in her peaceful village and, as the chosen shapeshifter and guardian, she will have to leave her home to seek answers.

She uses masks that represent different animals to shapeshift and acquire different combat skills.

Each skin has a different skillset: The monkey skin might not be the strongest or the fastest, but is for sure the most acrobatic; The bear skin is all about phisical power and strenght, she punches her way out of troubles; The fox skin is a bit more refined and elegant, she has an agility based skillset.

These designs were for sure the most fun, but I also had to make sure that the character stayed recognisable, so that was a challenge!

This NPC is a craftsman that helps Nya with the design of the masks and crafts them for her. He also happens to be her lovely father.

Now time for chaos and random character concept sketches! Starting with some cyberpunk characters I did for fun

Anime-like character sketches

I tried a more simple style with these characters, maybe more suited for an animation show.

The Adventure

The Adventure was the result of a keyframe challenge for instagram hosted by @worlds.of.rhys and @danielmcgarryart. It also inspired my main project for this entry: 'The Shift' !!

"The sun was out, the birds were singing, and the wind was to their backs. They could see their destination far away. It was the perfect beginning to The Great Adventure"