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Character concepts 2 – helmets

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Cal

this is close enough to a character concept in my opinion. it can be pretty tough sometimes but it’s always fun to have to design clothes and armor and such with non-human parameters. Of course the motherlanders aren’t that different
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Posted in BLOGTagged armor, chain, chainmail, concept, concept art, crest, greek, guard, helmet, mail, military, norse, plate, resin, roman, soldier, viking
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Character concepts 1 – Lain

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Cal

I’ll probably end up posting quite a few of the character concepts I do on the site. I think it’s interesting to show, honestly I enjoy inventing new characters and scenarios more than drawing old ones over and over. This
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Posted in BLOGTagged allano, ausrea, character, concept, concept art, crown, female, jewelry, jos, lain, outfit, sago, tattoo
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Does showing an action condone it?

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Cal

Something I’ve been thinking about lately when it comes to stories is the current temptation of creators to only show things they condone. for example. personally, I don’t swear. however if I made an historical film about the mafia I’m
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Posted in BLOGTagged controversy, culture, film, historical, history, mafia, media, moral, morals, PC, politically correct, politics, scarface, stories, story
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Page 31 process

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Cal

(click for full-size) quick gif of my current process. right now I use photoshop CS2 cause it was free legally. I make a loose sketch “guide” layer first and get the panel layout how I like it before I add
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Posted in BLOGTagged animation, art, composition, design, gif, page, page 31, process, showcase, sketch
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Rene text

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Cal

This comic is going to show a lot of different languages and accents. I never was too big a fan of the star trek-like tendency of making characters who are from very different regions speak the same language, especially in
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Posted in BLOGTagged alphabet, ancient, concept, design, dialect, font, google noto, gujarati, historical, india, language, media, noto, rene, sandskrit, text
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Malwan, facial recognition, and tattoos

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Cal

Hey all. just wanted to share a couple of things.      This is the character Malwan that was introduced a few pages ago. He is a city guard, and I imagine is in his late 30s or so. He just
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Posted in BLOGTagged alien, arka, bluefield, concept, design, face, guard, iguana, malwan, recognition, tattoo, tattoos
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Posted on November 25, 2016 by Cal
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