Concept art inspiration

Concept Art Inspiration
http://paooo.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0
Random artist Paul Chadeisson that I ran across at deviant art. He has lots of great sci-fi scenes, especially cityscapes.

Speed Paintings 

(took much longer than 2 hours)

Concept Art 1 WIP (bottom-right of speed paintings)

Esquivel, Saslow, Davison Today 2:20, 2:40, 3:00 Geren!

Esquivel on Bubbles, me on new art and where it came from, Davison on Heavenly Architecture.
Today! Be there or be square........

Kekai Kotaki, Atist Inspiration

 Kekai Kotaki worked on Guild Wars 2 as a concept artist.  His work has a very distinct style and energy which I find very interesting.

Progress

So haven't posted in awhile.

Started with these speed paints based on the animation I'm doing in studio and ended up taking the forest one further.

But I wasn't really feeling it, so I looked at reference.

These are by Alex Mandra, from Apollo 18. I really really like the simple use of color on a very single colored background to make it really come out. And the use of really simple, strong lines to say alot. Really the last one. So then had an idea of this cowboy guy in the desert with some old-styled robot buried under the sand like part of a structure and spat out these.

But I really couldn't get an awesome dynamic perspective down, so I made it out in maya and cheated alot and didn't really have to draw perspective and started work on this.

Which is definitely WIPWIP.

concept of concept

I don't really like where it's going! I was aiming to create the depth out of something that's not actually a landscape, building... or other typical location. I'm also going for a playful mood that leans a little bit toward illustration, possibly centering around an action or cinematic moment. I posted a few images I found on CG society that seem to combine all that.

So, the tentacle things are supposed to be neurons but... more dramatic? I think it just turned out too much like a vague sci-fi or fantasy thing, and I couldn't find a way to integrate them in anything other than open space or a web. So I might develop some of the other sketches.

Concept Art Inspiration

The artist that I picked as my inspiration is Par Olofsson, I really like the complexity he envisions while keeping a central style in his work.

Concept Art Inspiration

This is the type of height I want in my painting. I love this. The artist is Chao Yuan Xu.

Noah Bradley

Check this guys stuff out! Noah Bradley.

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Concept Art Inspiration

 Noah Bradley

Concept Insiration

The artist inspiration I chose us Kekai. He served as the Art Director n Guild Wars 2 and has done Commissions for Wizards of the Coasts's Magic the Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons Franchises.
http://www.kekaiart.com/index.html and a link

Concept Art Inspiration

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/031/d/1/americana_by_sarafinconcepts-d38i7qa.jpg

http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/275/3/8/oceano_fan_art_by_sarafinconcepts-d4bn5xe.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/151/3/b/conspiracy_by_andreasrocha-d51s8av.jpg

http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/254/8/4/late_summer_in_the_city_by_pascalcampion-d5ed5vs.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs11/i/2006/233/2/3/Calling_the_Giants_by_GraySapphire.jpg

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs48/f/2009/216/e/3/Cannot_grab_in_a_hand_by_hira_geco.jpg

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/243/7/e/summit_by_mr__jack-d5d28cy.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/192/4/4/443327a9e214e63f86bd220b4ed9d0fa-d56sz5h.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/231/7/0/dusk_by_mr__jack-d5bo1bd.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/195/b/a/bgs_by_miraongchua-d57aoqr.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs42/f/2009/082/5/9/lover_by_zain7.jpg

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/155/4/2/all_truth_by_pietro_ant-d52c0zu.jpg

Concept art inspiration

I wanted to try this kickass style of perspective

This is my favorite lighting.

Concept Artist Inspiration: Zhang Wang

The adress of Zhang Wang's  blog is http://blog.sina.com.cn/nkzhangwang

Zhang Wang is a young artist to draw digital Chinese painting. His work is very special. I like the elegant line and peace feeling.

Concept Art Inspiration: Karl Simon Gustafsson and Nathan Fowkes

I looked primarily at 2 artists (images from conceptartworld.com)

The first is Karl Simon Gustafsson.  I like the way he handles fire and sparse, concentrated light sources in dark spaces.

I also really enjoy Nathan Fowkes' work.  The way he exaggerates colors and creates a sense of depth in interior spaces is really nice.