Bluestick Anatomy
High resolution for Patreon! Not the final layout, just nice poster version ;)
2020-01-27 15:56:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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Bluestick Hive
Little VERY EARLY WIP of the home of the tiny flyers.
2020-01-26 17:10:25 +0000 UTC View PostFlyer
Work on concepts for the tiny flying creatures that inhabit the river valley.
2020-01-26 16:36:07 +0000 UTC View PostPiggyback
Little WIP of the matriarch giving the little one a ride.
2020-01-22 16:12:35 +0000 UTC View PostTree - Infographics WIP
Putting together the elements explaining this 'tree', and the two organisms that it consists of. This doesn't represent final formatting or anything, but rather elements that can be used later for the book.
2020-01-19 17:01:48 +0000 UTC View PostCutaway
Working on the internal details of a large tree for the birrin book.
2020-01-17 16:14:31 +0000 UTC View Post(Almost) Final
Just need to add access points and a few tweaks to the Reclamation Rig. You can see their symbol at the top of the drill head.
2020-01-13 05:53:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe Rig WIP
Further work on the rig and its surrounds at the dry upper sections of the inlet: the plants are composite species, the round base a tough organism that can extract nutrients and water from the ground, while the stems are a separate symbiote producing food for bother partners.
2020-01-10 16:43:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe Rig
Testing compositions for a Reclamation Rig. Need to add the birrin for scale: which works for you?
2020-01-09 19:36:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe Rig
Early WIP exploring a prospecting rig of the Reclamation, further up the inlet.
2020-01-05 15:04:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe Inlet - Red or Green
Trying to find the ideal vegetation color.
2020-01-03 17:34:01 +0000 UTC View PostSisters
Further work on the two sisters exploring the inlet: something about this composition bothers me and so experiments are in order!
2020-01-03 04:27:48 +0000 UTC View PostBook Test Chapter Art
Some of the work so far on the test chapter, which will be the third in the book, introducing the young characters to the wonders of their home valley.
2019-12-24 07:07:34 +0000 UTC View PostNew Content Tomorrow
I know its been a long wait, faithful fans. Tomorrow the new rewards system and the first batch of art for the book test chapter shall be released. Stay tuned.
2019-12-23 16:30:41 +0000 UTC View PostNew Reward System
Hey folks,
Production art is now underway on the birrin book. I would like to drastically simplify the rewards system.
I am thinking of just going a single tier, and everyone who donates gets access to artworks, and people are only charged if I upload that month.
How...
2019-12-20 17:06:03 +0000 UTC View PostLandscape Progress
Experimenting with landscapes for the book. Early stages: going to spend a little time studying landscape techniques as I am rather rusty!
2019-09-25 14:15:24 +0000 UTC View PostBreaking Ink
Work has begun on the book: this is pre-production on Capital Inlet, where a river meets the ocean near our character's home.
Statues are simple placeholders imported from my old Kaybor Gate piece. Next step will be giving these monuments a proper design pass.
2019-09-19 15:21:56 +0000 UTC View PostBook Update
My loyal friendos: I have been working hard getting a first pass done of the book. I will be creating the art for a full chapter to learn the skills and time management I shall need.
Much of my progress can be followed on twitter if you wish to follow developments more closely. Milestone ar...
2019-09-09 15:14:58 +0000 UTC View PostBirrin Families.
I am working on the ancestral birrin family unit for the book. Matriarch-led polyandrous packs is the current thinking! Females tend to be larger and stronger, whiles males are lighter but far more nimble. Males are depicted with their display wings raised.
2019-06-30 15:40:43 +0000 UTC View PostFarm Concepts
Visual development to get my head around how birrin agriculture might work in the river valley.
2019-06-17 16:40:16 +0000 UTC View Post'Oyster' Farm
Working on ideas for birrin aquaculture in the river valley: these cages would be placed in the estuary to grow delicious and high value filter feeding organisms.
2019-06-05 13:08:49 +0000 UTC View PostBirrin Book - Test 1
While I work on the NEXT style test, which is somewhat more formalized: here is my first pass at what a birrin book might look like.
2019-05-25 15:37:56 +0000 UTC View PostRelaunch
The last month I reverted my Patreon to a supporter-only so that you lovely folks wouldn't be billed: I wasn't working on anything that could be shown!
To simplify things I have changed back to a Per Creation payment method. You will ONLY be charged when I actually upload that month.
2019-05-12 02:59:52 +0000 UTC View PostBack to Work
Storyboarding resumes, now that I finally have a system worked out!
Using the art-boards in Photoshop, which taxes my system but is very flexible.
2019-04-17 14:40:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe Horror of 3D
I am FORCING myself to learn zBrush.
3D techniques have long intimidated me, but they are so useful as a part of the painting process I am diving right in.
2019-04-04 15:38:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe Dance: FINAL
" Slender and nimble male birrin try their best to impress the powerful females with energetic dances and vivid displays of their membranous wings.
Females are not easily wooed, and he must choose his moment carefully. Though exceptionally rare in the modern era, a male with insuff...
2019-03-29 03:33:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Dance WIP
Sorting out skin texture and pose: based largely on whale skin!
2019-03-24 17:05:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Future of this Patreon
Hey folks,
While I am working for Unknown Worlds, I need to both thank patrons that have stuck with me, but also advise that I am no longer financially dependent on Patreon.
If you want to stick around to see exclusive stuff that is much appreciated! You wont be...
2019-03-14 14:44:54 +0000 UTC View Post