Cnoc - An Alien World

1st Update - Getting Started. Reference gathering and building the concept.

Before starting I think its best to take some time to get a pretty clear idea of the direction I want to go stylistically and try to create something unique and true to my own artistic inspirations.

I have found the imagery and concept work of Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon breathtaking of late and something that speaks to me as an Irish artist. Some beautiful concept drawings I found by artist Hugo Moreno, are going to be a big jumping off point for me, I want my alien landscape to be strange in its rounded shapes and curved lines, his drawings evoke the kind of imagery. There's also a feel of the soft gentleness of the shire from Lord of the Rings . Bit of a hodge podge of references but I think all together I'm getting a better sense of the direction I want to take. I think a trick here will be to translate these beautiful stylized images into realistic interpretations of course not too real, this is an alien world after all!.

Above is a reference vision board at this early stage, none of the above images are my own, credit to those talented individuals. 

From here I am going to do some rough block-out try to get a better grasp of the shape of the landscape, when i know what that's going to look like I will move on to listing the assets I will need to populate it. 

I'm giving myself a time frame of roughly 6 weeks so we'll see how well I can stay on schedule.

Thanks Lovelies - stay tuned.

Cnoc - An Alien world

This will be my First post as I work through my submission project for the Rookies- World Of Real Time Discoveries Challenge! I am excited to get started. This will be my first large scale personal project, I am very excited to have the opportunity to flex my muscles and put my skills to work. I love environment art and love seeing creations come to life inside of real time engines.

I will be using Maya, Blender, Zbrush, Photoshop, Substance Painter and Designer for asset creation. I then Intend to take everything into Unreal engine and really bring it all together (and to life) there. 

Concept Artwork by Hugo Moreno - http://hugomoreno.fr/

 Gorgeous work endless inspiration here...