Unreal 2 Concept Art

[conceptacon]

This is a concept that i did for unreal 2 it was never used but it was my favorite...im just testing to see if this works.....this is my first time posting...bare with me if i screw this up :)

ant :) http://www.hawkprey.com/aida(revised).jpg

[mcotie]

can't see it, Ant. You must fix it !!!!!!

Mitch

[egerie]

You're Hawkprey.. ? ? *suscpicious look*

[//SGT.SKINNER\\]

Can't see the image!

:(

[jmascho]

*edit* Haha, I thought this was a joke, now that I see the pics...damn. Nice work.

[Killer Napkins]

You're Hawkprey.. ? ? *suscpicious look*

yeaa.. same question goes for me :confused: heh.. but yea cant see ur pic even when i put it in the address bar

[hawkprey]

Sorry fellas, we are testing here.......... Ant is using my server to post his stuff. He hasnt done this before and I have been bugging him for weeks to share.

Wait till you see all his stuff..... amazing

http://www.hawkprey.com/aida1.jpg

[conceptacon]

http://www.hawkprey.com/zarian.jpg

hope this will work

ant

[conceptacon]

ok i seem to have the hang of this now....lets try anotherhttp://www.hawkprey.com/light_armored_draak.jpg

[conceptacon]

http://www.hawkprey.com/M07exterior.jpg

[conceptacon]

...and yet another...

http://www.hawkprey.com/leechgun.jpg

[conceptacon]

this is too much fun.....hawk you were right its addicting :D

http://www.hawkprey.com/med_armor.jpg

[conceptacon]

http://www.hawkprey.com/medfemmerc.jpg

ok last one for today...:D


ant

[DustinTrimble]

Nice stuff Ant! I really like the pencil shading you do. about how long did the (guy) merc character sheet take you to do? The Drakk design looks really interesting, I like the energy orb.

[Killer Napkins]

holy shiznit.. shizzle my nizzle on the dizzle fo rizzle.. thats grea stuff ant u and hawkprey are like thje best artists i know!

so these are all just pencil stuffs?.. they are very nice

[//SGT.SKINNER\\]

Originally posted by conceptacon
http://www.hawkprey.com/zarian.jpg

hope this will work

ant


Is this an early version of the Izarian? I can see possible hints that point to the final version...no? Regardless, absolutely badass work as always.

[mcotie]

ladies and gentelmen, you now know what it means to be skooled.

excellent stuff, Ant!!


mitch

[hawkprey]

Bear witness to ANT.

Let me tell you all.... I kinda took Ants concept position here at Legend, when he moved on last year. When I got here and saw all his concepts for Unreal II I almost crapped myself. I really had a case of the cold sweats for like two weeks. Try as I might, I could never match his level of detail or render quality.

Not only is he a master of the pencil but the shapes he comes up with hurt my brain.

I had to convince the guys here that they would have to live with my style and just let Ant go..... let it go man....

Thanks for the cold sweats Ant. I am better for it.

Jay

ps you need to move this stuff the the "finally finished" forum. You are going to piss people off calling these sketches and doodles. ahahahahahah

[Killer Napkins]

what a coincidence.. i crapped myself too when i saw all his art.. geez.. by the way.. how old r u guys anyway.. u know just curious..:rolleyes:

[J.Peckham]

oh my god...pencil?

[gasmask]

This stuff is so good it makes me wanna kick myself in the face and give up art cause i cant imagine being that good, thats ridiculous, i love it!!

[gasmask]

Ohhhh i had a few questions conceptacon.....whats your educational background and how often did you have to draw to get to this level of skill?

[Jeff Gran]

:shocked:
holy smokes. Ant you are a great artist. these are amazing. I can't imagine coming up with that stuff in my head and just putting it down... I found myself wondering if you'd made some of them in 3d first and then did the drawings. hah. post some more.:thumbsup:

[conceptacon]

hey guys .....glad you are diggin some of this stuff..look how old it is tho some of these are 3 years old...yeesh seems like only yesterday ....

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I found myself wondering if you'd made some of them in 3d first and then did the drawings.

No 3d here ....these are all done by hand...i learned perspective in art school...I come from a comic book background

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oh my god...pencil

YeP :)

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Is this an early version of the Izarian? I can see possible hints that point to the final version...no? Regardless, absolutely badass work as always

Hi Sgt skinner...i remember you from the unreal forums...this is one of teh four designs i did for the izarian.....he was not picked they thought he was too skinny :)....ill post up teh others a bit later

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whats your educational background and how often did you have to draw to get to this level of skill

I went to a little trade school in new jersy "The Kubert School of Art" its all i could afford at the time .....i draw a lot ....if i feel like something is not looking good in my work i keep at it till i fix it or break myself trying to perfect it.....

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I'll put up a couple more later

thanks guys,

ant

[conceptacon]

http://www.hawkprey.com/shotgun.jpg

[conceptacon]

http://www.hawkprey.com/Tshirt_final.jpg

[conceptacon]

last one for today.....next time i post ill put them in the finished art section.......i thought sketches and doodles go here:D

http://www.hawkprey.com/draakBmdlsht.jpg

[Ant4d]

YAY!
Eyecandy!
thanks for sharing.

Regards,
Anton

[Killer Napkins]

hey ant great great stuff u just posted .. i was wondering. .what kind of pencil do u use? cuz whenever i try to shade like u do i can never get to many different levels of shade like u and most concept artists .. great stuff . keep posting!!:D :D

[leroy]

it's great to see you post, i've been familiar with your work for quite a while. the way you handle a pencil has been very inspirational. i hope to achieve the control you have over textures.

one thing that has always struck me though is that allthough you seem perfect in the technical stuff, your anatomical stuff is sometimes flawed.
in my opinion the arms for the merc armor seem to short. that could be the way you wanted it, but it strikes me that way. if i could give advise to improve on then it would be: perfect your anatomy.
great job, hope to see more from you

[killing.people]

quake's better! :p ahhhhhhhhhhhh! *runs away!*

a big just kidding.

dude .................

awesome work!
l-l-loving the leech gun! and her:
http://www.hawkprey.com/medfemmerc.jpg
how exciting it must be to work on such an amazing project!

[alti]

*spills coffe on pants*

dam, SKETCHES !!!

*alti's confidence gets smacked down* :bash:

[metalwinds]

damn good stuff dude. cant wait to see more

[egerie]

Sorry for the suscpicious look back there ;) Thanks conceptacon and Hawkprey for managing to put this online and sharing it with us.
conceptacon, how much time does it takes you (average) to come up with a design and piece like this ? I'm curious :)

ege

[conceptacon]

this particular piece was two days of work....this was a simple design....there are things that i do that are a bit more complicated that take a bit longer....model sheets if they are fully rendered take the longest.....Ill post a model sheet that took me 3 days to do.

[conceptacon]

this one took 3 days....http://www.hawkprey.com/marinemdlsht.jpg

[conceptacon]

...this was two and a half days...i had to stop and work on something else so i had to let it go and not finish it.....http://www.hawkprey.com/tosc.jpg

[conceptacon]

this one was a day and a half.....the shapes on this guy are very simple not much involved here...

http://www.hawkprey.com/hvymarine.jpg

[poly_cube]

Freaking amazing! Did you throw out any female concept sketchs ? similar to the mech ones because those are bloody gorgeous!

thanks for shareing!

[//SGT.SKINNER\\]

Stunning work Ant. Wow. :cool:

Continue your excellence. It's really inspiring to see your work.

Let us know when/if you get a site up. I would love to see some of your other work.

[softdrawer]

looks damn nice !

[egerie]

Oh wow thank you.. We're spoiled :):)

[Hardcore]

Ant !

Hey big fan of your work !! Loved your stuff on Unreal ! Your concepts are so tight it's friggen mind blowing !! What are you doing these days ?? Still in games I hope :D

[GhostofMacbeth]

Very nice work

[conceptacon]

Did you throw out any female concept sketchs ?

Yeah there were a few of the other aida sketches that were not shown....ill post those up later so you guys can see them side by side :)

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What are you doing these days ?? Still in games I hope

Yeah workin for scion studios...an epic start up company...

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Im gonna have to take it easy with the posting for a while im taking up too much of jayhawks web space with my junk...he is too cool to let me do this...I have to get a web site at some time ...dont know when tho...im so freekin busy these days :) Thanks for all the positive feedback guys...it means a lot.. :)

ant

[MindCandyMan]

dang these are awesome...wow...this is truly great concept art...clear and precise and so so so good

[conceptacon]

these were the aida concepts for those of you who are familliar with the unreal 2 characters......you know which one they picked :)http://www.hawkprey.com/aidas.jpg

[conceptacon]

this is the engineer issak....i had a blast with this onehttp://www.hawkprey.com/issak.jpg

[Killer Napkins]

great stuff man.. ur my idol.. besides chris farley and jack black.. but ur in there as well..ha

[OrangeCatNinja]

Originally posted by conceptacon
this one was a day and a half.....the shapes on this guy are very simple not much involved here...

http://www.hawkprey.com/hvymarine.jpg

wow....


i am speechless. what did you do this one in? pencil? pen?

also, on those aida concepts, i love the one on the right (they all kick ass tho)

[Hardcore]

Hey ANT here is the solution for you !!! I use this all the time

http://www.superimagehost.com/index.php

Unlimited image hosting and bandwidth for 5 per month and you dont need a website it just hosts the images ...people at ebay use sites like this :chug:

[TARGETE]

Hey Hawkie, I can see why you were sweatin at replacing this guy, he is kick ass, those renderings are sweet, my favs are the mechs and weapons. Excellent control with pencil, do you prefer pencil over Marker work? since pencil takes longer? would love to see any marker work you have since I love both pencil and marker.

J.P.

[conceptacon]

here are a few marker pieces....i have more but i cant show those yet :)

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what did you do this one in? pencil? pen?

This marine was pencil, and white gouache....I used a .05 tech. pencil with a H lead..and then 2b and 4b for the dark cammo pieces....

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thanks for the heads up hardcore...ill check it

ant


http://www.hawkprey.com/markers.jpg

[cos]

Great stuff man, your rendering is by far the craziest. Awesome level of realism in the marker pieces. Look forward to more :)

[Samurai D]

Fantastic stuff! The latest one looks like Gene Hackman.

[Killer Napkins]

damn.. the admin got to slap a professional sign under ur name man

[Titan]

(jaw drops)
damn dude
I quit......I'm gonna go back to my menial exhistence as a wannabe artist...
I have pro concept work, freelance, but I think you just made me feel like a joke..I 'm gonna trash my entire portfolio and give up my dreams of being a concept guy..I'll never be able to compete with this..
:(

Hawk usually keeps me motivated, if not intimidated..but hes a really encouraging guy...but your stuff just makes me want to cry...

great work

[leroy]

this might have allready been asked, but what size of paper do you favour to work on?

[Kress]

Wow man thanks so much for sharing these. Not only are they inspiring and a lot to take in, but it's always great to see what goes into actual products that we're all familiar with. The art is great, and it's really good to know companies are keeping standards high for concept art and that they push that part of the process. What this also shows me (which is a good thing) is that there are companies out there that can take detailed, enriched concept art and use it to it's fullest potential. It must be a great working environment.
Like I said, thanks for sharing these. Great drawings and very inspiring. I'm always juiced at proof that a concept artist can go nuts and have the art be respected. Can't wait to see the next release.
:cool:

[conceptacon]

this might have allready been asked, but what size of paper do you favour to work on?

I work on photocopy paper 11x17 ...the brand i use is called Great White its a 140 pound paper weight ...that just means its a bit thicker than most......the nice thing i like about this brand is that one side of it is a bit slick to the touch...that side is great for marker comps it smoothes out your stroks a lot ....makes your work look a lot sleeker .


ant

[Axionite]

And.. any commercial dealers sell the paper? Oh, and awesome work man! omg! I am utterly speachless!! Makes me feel like a grap compared to you, a watermelon that weighs a ton, lol.

[Vaarok]

Huh. I was underwhelmed with U2:tA, but now it's just criminal. The game felt like there was a bunch of discarded depth, and to see all these concepts it just makes it feel like there's a lotta cool stuff we missed out on because it got cut.

And the rightmost Aida concept is incredibly hot.

Shame they used the halter-Aida in the game. I kept thinking to myself "Holy hell, what's the freakin' polycount?" rather than admiring the scenery with the model they used.

This is great stuff, anyway.

[behemot5]

:eek:

[bizarre]

how come the concept art looks sooooo mcuh cooler than the in-game art?

awesome work... kids, this man can show you a lot of things you can do with a pencil. I, however, can show you how to render a person unconscious by providing someone with another windpipe via insertion of the HB pencil... me is teh leet green beret! i can kill you with a pencil! haha!

but seriously, this thread deserves a few more pages of replies, and... uhm... to be bumped to the top!!!!!1!

[MER]

Darn you and your elite pencil skills!! *laughs* j/k

*_____* You make me feel like drawing right now.

[CENOBITE]

*Sheesh* Your work aint bad... great attention to detail.

You say you find somthing you need to work on, and you perfect it. I guess the only thing you need to 'perfect' would be the human aspects, I.E. faces. You have mastered a graphic technique to a T. Recently tho, I have found it can cramp the brain when it comes to the human form (Geoff Darrow's brain must hurt. Big time.). You should take a day off here and there and not create any mechanical objects and focus on just the human form. Dont get too close to the paper...stay loose... dirty and messy is the key. It 'refreshes' you and helps the next day when you go back and work on your tight mechanical work. Keeping this balance is what artists like Da Vinci and ol' Michelangelo did on a regular basis and can be likened to mental 'aerobics and weightlifting'.

[leroy]

Originally posted by conceptacon
this might have allready been asked, but what size of paper do you favour to work on?

I work on photocopy paper 11x17 ...the brand i use is called Great White its a 140 pound paper weight ...that just means its a bit thicker than most......the nice thing i like about this brand is that one side of it is a bit slick to the touch...that side is great for marker comps it smoothes out your stroks a lot ....makes your work look a lot sleeker .


ant

wow, that is smaller than i thought, considering the great ammount of detail in your work. it's funny how i use sort of the same materials. i use a 0.5 mm mechanical pencil often on 11" x 17" strathmore comicbook paper. it's just that i find the strahtmore paper a little too course. making it harder to create smooth surfaces and adding in detail. little too much texture. i ofthen prefer windsor & newton sketchbooks because of the paper they use. great texture, really white paper, and heavy.
i added normal pencils ot my repetoir as well, because i do find that mechanical and normal make a difference.

[da_milkman]

Hey Ant,

Are you available for concept art work? We are looking for a concept artist.

I think your stuff looks great!

[conceptacon]

Hey Ant,

Are you available for concept art work? We are looking for a concept artist.

I think your stuff looks great!

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send me details to my e-mail adress Conceptacon@hotmail.com

I'll let you know what my schedule is like.

ant