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Klingon

Beastie is done!

Snowstalker

Another of the fellows, for Subnautica.

Fancy Boi

Going to be releasing more Subnautica things! :D

Unused Subnautica Thingies

Little rainbow bugs! Unused, perhaps for obvious reasons :P

Mixed Nuts - Subnautica

More early works!

Asteroid Miner

Attached are files showing the development of this peice.

Subnautica Critter

A little oddball for the Subnautica DLC, one of the first sketches I did for them.

Subnautica: Shard

An unused Subnautica concept: a small deep sea creature that hunts along the sea floor in a vertical posture.

Pinnicarid

More Subnautica DLC art!

Bruteshark

A critter for the upcoming Subnautica DLC!

Account now Monthly + Reward Changes

Hello faithful Patrons!

I have finally switched this account to monthly, which will allow me to upload in-progress works, legacy art and commissions while also developingthe Birrin book.

If a month goes by with no content at all, I will simply refund Patrons their contribution for that time period.

I tweaked the rewards to be more in line with how I currently work: The 'Custom Brushes' reward was removed as I largely use variations on standard PS brushes. I also removed the 'Q&...

...or the more traditional pose.

Klingon Progress

Work continues...

Starfleet

Started adding in a Starfleet Officer buddy/scale reference.

Klingon!

A WIP of a Klingon design exploration I am having fun with.

Swamp Hunter

A creature from the floating forrests. Its long limbs can search for food in the lake mud while the body floats among surface vegetation, wary for predators.

Floatplane Concepts

Pre-production art for the book; the lead character uses a floatplane to trade. Top has a parasol wing, the lower line art version is the current leading design.

Giants (And Patreon Changes)

[An announcement regarding this Patreon. As the book has begun, and pre-production art is being produced, I will be switching Patreon to monthly starting June. More info in a follow up post]

The giants of Chriirah are powerful omnivorous beings possessing a sophisticated intelligence. The smaller birrin with their linguistic and tool using abilities dominate their shared planet, and the two species have had a varied past together.

Giants have been beasts of burden to the birrin as well a...

There were giants

Working on some character and creature designs to get warmed up for the book!

Book Update

Hey folks!

Not charging or switching to monthly until I have something to show, but thought I would let ya'll know what I am up to.

1. Researching real life history on themes the birrin book is exploring.

2. Written several treatments of narratives for the book.

I have a solid idea going foward. Once I complete the current research materials over the next week or so I can refine the treatment. I will start pre-production art within the next few days.

Birrin Book and Patreon

I have decided to develop the first book set on the Birrin world.

This poses an interesting question; how should Patreon feature into this development? I am open to your feedback, but the following options come to mind:

1: Nothing is changed, but my Patreon essentially goes dormant while the book is created. Artworks developed for the book will need to be kept secret for the most part, and I will have limited time for unrelated art. 

2: This Patreon is changed to Monthly, whic...

Complete!

 “A birrin pilot and her ground operator scramble to launch a Loyal Sky strike aircraft in defense of a forward Reclamation base being hammered by insurgent mortars and drones.”

Background

The Kiln, once a semi-habitable region of intense heat and storms on Chriirah, was rendered a baked and heavily eroded wasteland in the aftermath of the fall of an earlier global birrin civilization.

High carbon industry pushed temperatures up around 60-70 degrees C, making aver...

Loadout

Help me pick the warload y'all!

Almost

Not far to go now...

Focusing next on the sky and correcting the lighting in the dark wheel-wells and landing gear design

Kiln Dust

Spinning up...

Mirror

...and flipped because I still quite like it ;)

Progress

Not too much to do now. With the design of the plane almost complete I can duplicate and modify it for the second plane.

Next I will add dust kicked up from the props, the second prop ring will be depicted spinning up.

CSV progress

Working on the Crew Service Vehicle

Got a seriesof air conditioners and power generators on its flatbed. Might ultimately give it a military color scheme.

Choices

I have my own views... but which basic composition do you folk respond to most?

WIP Update

Adding details, and spending a little time on the background.