Swordblade Splash and Animation

Yoyoyo! In da houuuussee! Here's a splash-screen for Swordblade. Illustrations with composition and stuff are scary. Hopefully I may have something substantial to say about this project in the near future...

Also I've been taking a stab at some animation lately. I'm using a special software with which I can split up a character into parts, and then bind them to a skeleton-rig. Yay!

SwordBladeJustinWalkWIP01 from Johannes Helgeson on Vimeo.


Until next time, take care, and stay classy ;P

More watercolorsssss.....

Trying out some stuff. Fail, fail again, fail better :)

Sketches

Been trying out some tonal painting with watercolors. It's great fun, and I like the slightly erratic nature of them, the texture I get for free. Also need to get better at architecture and environments... Sketches!

First 2013!

Playing a pen and paper rpg called Mutant Chronicles, it's awesome! Here's my character, Boris Molotov :)

Another iteration for swordblade...

Doomed!

Oh well, neither feeling the character nor the paint, I'm just going to call it quits and move on to something else. Cheerio!

Also, have you seen these awesome instruction-videos by Stan Prokopenko? Lovely.

Gameloft-Stuff

I feel very apprehensive about showing these things. I did them while working at Gameloft more than a year ago, and both of these games are out by now. I had lots of fun on both projects, and I learned a lot. But I sucked far more than I do now. Still suck, but maybe less.

Also, I did a seven page workshop for 2D artist magazine this month, so buy it to gain some insight into my "secrets" :). Fortunate to land the cover. http://www.2dartistmag.com/latest.html

Kyuzo

The is the last Player character I intend to design for the Swordblade project. He's a feral warrior, motivated by trying to become the best warrior on the planet. I also did a logo :D

  

 

Edit: I was fortunate to be invited to have a sketchbook feature in this month's 2D Artist Magazine, here's a small preview, if you want the whole 9 page thing, you'll just have to jump over and buy it ;P. Also, I've got a fairly detailed tutorial of my workflow in next month's issue :D