Benjamin BrinckmannNext assignment in my Blender course is done! An adventurers table. Looking forward to doing a similar composition but with items for #Snailriders instead.
After that I decided to have another go at making #Snailriders into a prototype digital boardgame, which turned out to be really complex actually. Still very rough though. I'm particularly proud of the tile system that I created, which I think became quite an elegant system using dictionaries to store tilegrid coordinates, turned into global coordinates and where the players position is iterated through to know the properties of the current tile and its surrounding tiles.
#GameDev #Godot 4/7
#GameDev #Godot 4/7
Finally some art to show! A toll collecting troll, illustration for an npc-encounter in my #Snailriders boardgame. I started this piece for over 1,5 years and than suddenly life went into overdrive... However, back than I didn't have the skill to finish it anyway, I've come a long way since. Also I've learned something extremely important about myself as an artist, read more in the thread below.
#GameDev #BoardgameDevelopment #FantasyArt #Troll #MastoArt #Art #DigitalArt #NoAI
Hi everyone, it's been a long time since you've heard from me. Basically because I needed to fight through an art block, but I finally did it! I finished an artwork! It's going to be my new banner and is a promotional piece for #Snailriders titled "traversing the deepwoods". Check out the followup timelapse because it is wild to see this struggle. But, man, did I learn alot...
#FantasyArt #MastoArt #boardgames #BoardgameDevelopment #GameDev #DigitalArt #Forest #Snail #NoAI
I wanted to make a piece for #Snailriders, the Magpie Dragons. First I sculpted a reference in #Blender3D and started painting from there.
But sometimes a painting just feels off, often expressing itself through a lack of excitement for achieving the final result. I often think that I might fix it later on, but if the rough version doesn't feel good yet, than it won't really be fixed by painting more details. So I'm back to drawing thumbnails until one of them screams at me to get painted :)
Apparantly it's #PortfolioDay so I'll finally join it for once! I'm Benjamin Brinckmann, a dutch digital artist living in Norway. I specialize in illustration with a classical art style, often involving nature and fantastical creatures. FOSS enthusiast, so I work with #Krita and #Blender3D. I'm also developing a boardgame called #Snailriders.
I'm looking for work within the (board)game/movie industry, so if you have any tips let me know!
I'm looking for work within the (board)game/movie industry, so if you have any tips let me know!
Couple of weeks ago I made a quick concept sketch for a Fire salamander, an NPC your Giant Snail might be confronted with in #Snailriders. Your snail can handle him, but the precious cargo you are transporting might suffer the consequences if you are carrying flamable items...
Just a proof of concept, not a finalized illustration. I'll have to experiment more with the colors and pose.
#GameDev #BoardgameDevelopment #Boardgames #FantasyArt #GameArt #MastoArt #Art #Salamander #Amphibian
4/4 All in all, this image has been such a struggle, but man did I learn much... I could only work in my sparetime on it. Even though learning so much about Blender took a long time, it really payed off in the end. I think I spent about 6 hours divided in 4 sessions on the illustration itself, which really is much faster than before. I'm really excited where this is going to lead me next! I'm definitively going to put all this practice to good use in the illustrations for #Snailriders.
And here is the timelapse of Magpie Dragon for my #Snailriders boardgame.
A bit more background lore: Magpie dragons are too large to take off from the ground. The claws on their wings and feet are solely used for climbing up large trees and rock faces, much like bats. They build their nests high up from where they can take flight, but where they also hoard their treasures.
#boardgames #gamedev #ConceptArt #Fantasy #Art #MastoArt #birds #dragons #magpies
I've been painting again and decided to make a concept piece for my #Snailriders #boardgame of Magpie Dragon. Do I need detailed concepts like this? No, but I want to use this as an opportunity to build up a creature concept portfolio.
Magpie dragons despise anything more shiny than their own feathers. Especially during the mating season. Snailriders have to be careful about what items they use when in their vicinity.
#Art #MastoArt #FantasyArt #CreatureConcept #Dragon #Magpie #GameDev #Krita
