Do first contact situation ever go peacefully? Of course they don't because that would be boring.
Anyway what your looking at is a first contact situation between the Humans and the first alien race to go into the game Novus Aeterno the Verunas. I have shown some of their ship designs recently and this is the first full illustration with them in so it was nice to paint something other than Human V Human.

The Verunas aren't very friendly they are the most advanced race in the game and they know it, they are big headed both physically and mentally.

Also this painting will cover a 20ft wall at out booth at PAX in April which will be rather cool to see.

Enjoy


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(All graphics and information are copyright of novus aeterno LLC and Taitale Studios)

New image from the graphic novel Telikos Protocol, visit the Facebook page to find out more: [link]

Whilst working on one of the pages this image stood out as being too awesome to keep under wraps until issue one is released, so we decided to throw it out there.
It shows two of the orbital rail gun platforms that orbit Earth used to safe guard it from asteroids, they are very big and very powerful. Enjoy

The latest illustration for the MMORTS game Novus Aeterno. Having spent the last month or 2 working on ship concepts and skins it was nice to break loose and paint another huge space battle. Since we have new models for just about everything now it made sense to paint an updated image.
The foreground ships consist of some Dreadnoughts (the tall big things) a few Battleships (Smaller vertical ships with an angled lower section) 2 Basilisk Capitol ships (the 2 giant things in the top left and bottom right corners) and a Laminar Capitol ship (the large ship just above the massive explosion firing off a lot of rounds)

That big explosion was caused by a rather well placed shot by the top left Basilisk right down the barrel of an enemy Basilisk, the resulting explosion was pretty big. The other Capitol ship in the right lower corner was quite lucky compared, a distant Manticore Capitol ship, which is a huge prototype laser cannon with engines, just grazed the ships sides, melting away layers of hull and ripping the shield.

Enjoy

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A new piece commissioned by *atomskmaster6, my 5th for him surrounding his Generals exploits.

This time a cluster of asteroids are headed for Earth, and when your giant naval fleet can't get the job done it's time to hop in the trusty fighter and go to work

(also, why settle for one color choice in your scifi when you can have all 3 at once!)

Commissioned by *Dimsdale00. A painting to go with his kitbash model of the same design.

I was looking forward to working on this piece. While it's not much like my personal design style I've always been interested in retro ships that have the modular feel of our modern space stations.

My process for this piece started with a 3D base model on the ships (as I do with most vehicles) and 2 photos of mars for the planet, tons of paintover and sore fingers following

Commissioned by ~b8factor. I was excited to work on a painting of one of my favorite games back when Homeworld2 released. While I haven't played it in years, the game has a huge impact on how I paint space scenes, and influences how I design ships. Few space or RTS games to date have left such a mark on me.

Under the shadow of colossal Progenitor derelicts, a Captain watches as special cargo is transported by frigate to another battlecruiser. Escort frigates and fighters screen the area. For anyone with the privilege of looking out a window the remnants of the galaxies past on a nebulan horizon would be quite the view.

Map in the glass reflection by ~Norsehound

A commissioned illustration for the 'OMEN RPG' rulebook.
Check all the details on www.omenrpg.com

Had fun with this, hope you like.
I know the lighting in space looks different, I took some artistic liberties.
I just can't sleep peacefully without my daily dose of ambient light!

PS 5.5

Heya from New York

Had to hold this back for a while, finally able to post it.
It was a marketing poster for a little private project called Star Fall by two 3D guys, Louis Boka and Ferdinand Reginensi.
They have websites where they show some of the work for this. Not sure about progress and scope of all this really. I provided some concept art is all. Check it out! Some pretty awesome renders there.

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yeeha, thanks for the DD,

another 40 mins sketch!

I was painting action scenes for a future videogame and in the mean time I created this just for fun, maybe I will use this composition in one of this future marketing piece. Have fun!

ahh and maybe I will create a new tutorial

this concept was not approved. I like this idea.

Another concept for Section 8 prejudice. I hope you like it.

BOOM
started of as a doddle became abit more, needed to do some sort of carrier to.
inspired by my Favorite games homeworld and metal gear solid

cheers for looking!

been having lots of fun adding stuff to the hardware universe so heres a quick one, a high orbit cargo aircraft dropping some glider troops who are about to secure a shipwreck


i have been massive fan of the homeworld games which have been very influential to me, so when i heard of the new title being made "Hardware" by alot of the great devs of homeworld one of which is the brilliant rob cunningham and awsome art by Cody Kenworthy [link] i was instantly interested. i havent been this excited in a project in a long long time so decided to design some stuff in the Hardware universe [link]
tried to simplify my design style a bit

cheers for looking

a simple redesign of some old concepts from over 2 years ago with a more contemporary design aesthetic
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cheers for looking

Now that Galaxies is officially defunct, I thought it safe to post some of my favourite illustrations here for posterity sake..!

Working on this franchise for close to 2 years really helped me grow as a creative and allowed me to explore many aspects of the craft-- its not often you get to play the role of illustrator, story-teller and designer within a single commission. It was truly rewarding in hindsight and more often that not, a very humbling experience when you witness the sheer quality and passion of other fellow creatives working on the same project, really inspires you to stretch yourself beyond the usual bounds!
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© LECL & LFL and SOE.

Hard to see where you're going in a firefight with those blinders for a visor... Still love scout troopers all the same.

Now that Galaxies is officially defunct, I thought it safe to post some of my favourite illustrations here for posterity sake..!

Working on this franchise for close to 2 years really helped me grow as a creative and allowed me to explore many aspects of the craft-- its not often you get to play the role of illustrator, story-teller and designer within a single commission. It was truly rewarding in hindsight and more often that not, a very humbling experience when you witness the sheer quality and passion of other fellow creatives working on the same project, really inspires you to stretch yourself beyond the usual bounds!
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© LECL & LFL and SOE.

I was asked to edit out the body parts in the background.. (Note the unofficial indirect-fire wrist rockets being deployed)

The brief was to paint a white shiny hero mobile suit flying off. First thing came to mind was the opportunity to channel some good ol' Yoshiuki Takani Powerdolls illustrations which I find mindblowing to no end...

Illustration © Applibot

Cover for Tripwire, a Traveller suppliment, Mongoose Games.

These are old concept designs, just playing around. I felt the need for a change of subject matter on the page so here it is.

These are old concept designs, just playing around. I felt the need for a change of subject matter on the page so here it is.

This is one of ten pieces I did for the new Star Wars Essential Guide to Warfare. I had a blast working on it and I'm excited that I am able to contribute to the Star Wars universe.

I will be posting them in the order of sequence as it appears in the book. Hope you guys enjoy them!

Of the ten pieces I did for Warfare I think this is my favorite one. This scene takes place at the Battle of Kashyyyk during the Second Galactic Civil War where Galactic Alliance forces clash with Confederate forces made up of Bothans, Wookies, Hapans and the Jedi Order. The battle rages around the Anakin Solo, commanded by Jacen Solo (secretly Darth Cadeus), as she bombards the planet surface of Kashyyyk from orbit with her forward long-range turbolasers.

Other things to note in this piece is the never-before-seen Wookie Owool Interceptors making attack runs on the Anakin Solo and the Stealth X fighters flown by Jaina Solo and the Jedis in the foreground. There are also some XJ3/XJ5 X-wings flying about and for those who are wondering about the Mon Calamari Cruiser, yes, it is an MC90 class.

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Published by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.

You can get the book here >> [link]

This is one of ten pieces I did for the new Star Wars Essential Guide to Warfare. I had a blast working on it and I'm excited that I am able to contribute to the Star Wars universe.

I will be posting them in the order of sequence as it appears in the book. Hope you guys enjoy them!

This is one of my favorite pieces from the Galactic Civil War era. This battle, which took place after the destruction of the first Death Star but before the events of Empire Strikes Back, was an elaborate ambush set by Vader and the Empire to destroy the Alliance leadership along with its fleet. Under overwhelming odds the Rebels would've fled to a designated location where they would regroup, but had they done that they would have found another Imperial fleet waiting for them. The fleet instead dispersed and made random jumps to avoid being completely annihilated. The Alliance almost lost the entire fleet from this battle but enough survived to carry on the fight and eventually make a comeback at the Battle of Endor.

This battle is recounted in the Star War comic "Rebellion: My Brother, My Enemy".

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Published by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.

You can get the book here >> [link]

This is one of ten pieces I did for the new Star Wars Essential Guide to Warfare. I had a blast working on it and I'm excited that I am able to contribute to the Star Wars universe.

I will be posting them in the order of sequence as it appears in the book. Hope you guys enjoy them!

The first one is a battle between the Lusankya of the New Republic Forces under the command of Wedge Antilles and the Reaper, commanded by Gilad Pellaeon of the Imperial Remnant. The two SSDs hammer each other while the wreckage of the fleet carrier Endurance goes down in flames.

Copyright of Lucasfilm Ltd.
Published by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.

You can get the book here >> [link]

Copyrights belong to Applibot. Please check out the game and the art work at [link]

Copyrights belong to Applibot. Please check out the game and the art work at [link]

Copyrights belong to Applibot. Please check out the game and the art work at [link]

trying to make this helmet by clay this term. lots of fun, but I still hate clay...its a black hole that will eat out your time

panzer walker. process video: [link]

patrol mech