Pauls Concepts

Character sketch diaper dude

2009-12-02T11:55:00.000-08:00

Just to keep it going...

Funeral procession float ideations.

2009-10-03T01:37:00.000-07:00

Afro Samurai concepts showin some thumbnails in the left corner. It was fun to draw.

Take a look at my soul

2009-09-08T22:32:00.000-07:00

Don't usually do art as a form of self expression. I guess a lot of people do, and it makes them feel better. I want to be able to let go and not worry so much about what it looks like to other people sometimes. This one was an exercise in that. Just a quick piece maybe 30 min to 1 hr. didn't think much just let go. Though there are hints of meaning in there for me. I was really frustrated at the time and painted it instead of wrote it down or talking about it.

The Art of Games Italy

2009-06-11T21:05:00.000-07:00

Here's one pic from a recent group show I was a part of In Valle D Aosta Italy, which is about a 2 hour drive west of Milan. Close to the border of France. From Left to right: Mattias Hogvall, Barontieri, Nick Oroc, Jason Felix, the guy who printed our stuff whose name I cant remember, Jim Murray, Daniel Dociu, Politician guy, Me, Allesandro Tiani, Valentina Marchetti and some other guys involved in various capacities. This was an amazing experience and I feel extremely thankful to have been a part of it. I was lucky to have the opportunity to meet and exhibit my art next to some of the most talented people in the games industry today. There are definitely more amazing talents out there that I'm sure we'll see more of in the future as video game and film development work gets more recognition in the rest of the world.
I am so thankful to have met these other guys, their work is amazing and they're great people which makes me like thier work more. I was looking forward to meeting some more of the artists involved Like Craig Mullins, Stephan Martiniere, Kekai Kotaki among others, but unfortunately only 7 of the 13 were able to make it out at the same time.

Thanks to everyone who made this possible!

I'm going to post some pics on flikr soon, just need to find time to set up an account and stuff.
For a full list of Artists go to http://theartofgames.eu and click the artists link. So keep checking back!

Lobster ship

2009-06-06T19:04:00.000-07:00

A speed painting that started with a brush experiment. It's a little different for me, and that's what I was going for. Trying to challenge myself when I have time, to design things differently than I would normally.
I couldn't decide which palette I like best so I'll put em both up. Lemme know which one you think is better.

Daimyo Armory

2009-06-03T11:49:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to change it up a bit. The last few things I put up here are in a different style and I don't want to give the impression to all the non scroller downers that this is all I've done. I had fun with this piece and wanted to share. I will be adding it to my website along with more unseen stuff soon.
And I just got back from Italy for the Art of Games Show that I was included in. I will post a few pics in the next few days or so... promise.

Happy Easter!

2009-04-10T13:59:00.000-07:00

In the spirit of easter this year, I gave this dude some bunny ears. Another image that I'm hoping to sell limited edition Giclee prints of at the Gallery opening.

Midnight Snack

2009-03-31T10:51:00.000-07:00

This sketch isn't finished either, I am working on another one to accompany it. I'll upload that later. That blue light is from the refrigerator door being left open. mmmmmmhmhmhmhmm num nom nom.

2009-03-26T20:05:00.000-07:00

This is an in progress sketch, that I'm hoping to be selling prints of among others in The Art of Games show, at Valle d'Aosta Italy. I'll blog more about that later but for now look at the Sketch inspired by one of my favorite movies "King Kong" with a twist. This isn't finished, I'll post it again when it is.

2009-03-09T13:38:00.000-07:00

Clan Design sketches

2009-02-19T14:37:00.000-08:00

Some character clan ideas for Afro Samurai. Some of them made it in and for some of them they didn't have time to include them. In order from top to bottom the different clan names are, the furious five, the fighting nine and the pole cats. I had fun with these. I guess I haven't normally done group shots like this in the past. But it's really good to develop ideas together and see how they work compared to each other.

Afro Shipped today!

2009-01-27T13:37:00.000-08:00

Today Afro Samurai slices through shelves! This was one of the most fulfilling experiences I've had so far professionally, I really enjoyed working on this project. I'm really excited and hope this one does well because the team on this project was amazing! Everyone really worked hard to get this project finished and even harder when they wanted to include that little something extra that they felt would make it even more bad ass! Everyone on this team was truly passionate about it and that's why they worked so hard and put in so many extra hours to get it done. We had a small team of really competent people and I am honored that they let me contribute and be a part of it! I have nothing but good things to say about this team and I could go on, but if you're here, you probably just want to look at pictures anyway... And check out the site! bloodisbeautiful.com

Arctic Sea

2009-01-12T17:15:00.000-08:00

Underwater, quick paintings for TRU. I'm playin this part in the game and remembered that I did these pieces so I was inspired to post em.

Underworld Character designs

2008-12-31T18:41:00.000-08:00

Alright, the last entry of '08 Some Tomb Raider Character Designs. Hope y'all dig em! Hopefully '09 will bring new and improved... everything! The top left one is an early concept of what the Doppleganger was going to look like. and the other is Alister.

Quick enviro sketch

2008-03-16T14:06:00.000-07:00

So I decided to jump on the ol bloggin bandwagon.
Just messin around... practicing, in the hopes that one day I will figure out how to paint. I spent around 10-15 min. on this one.

sunset color study

2008-03-17T00:13:00.000-07:00

This is a random sunset color study I did from the ol noggin. Trying to get a good palette and stuff...
Just for fun.

Zombies!

2008-03-17T00:35:00.000-07:00

These were for a game pitch back in the day, it was 2 weeks workin on zombies and then BAM! no more zombies... just like that... sigh

Afro Samurai Concepts

2008-03-17T21:49:00.001-07:00

This is a sneak peek of some Afro Samurai concept art, that was released for publication in the February issue of PLAY magazine. Copyright Namco Bandai Games America.

Lunch time sketches

2008-03-31T23:58:00.001-07:00

I did these last year when I was working on the Tomb Raider projects. I used to go out at lunch and sketch trees with my friends Ben and Shao Wei, and I think Seamas went once or twice. It was a nice way to get fresh air and inspiration.

More Lunch time sketching.

2008-04-01T23:11:00.001-07:00

Here's some more lunch time sketches from back at Crystal D. The first one is a brush pen painting. And the second was just pencil, and an exercise to try and show a separation of the trees, where there wasn't much of an obvious separation.

Figure studies old and new

2008-04-07T17:01:00.000-07:00

I went to San Jose State to sit in on a figure drawing class a few weeks back. They only wanted the do fives so there wasn't much of an opportunity to put any detail and value. The bottom two images are from that and the top ones are a little older like '05 ish. And those pages are composed of 1's to 15's I think. I need to go more often to keep it fresh. But I love Figure drawing, the study of anatomy and the human figure has always been a great passion of mine.

Card Illustration

2008-04-21T15:04:00.000-07:00

He failed his test...

It's ok. dood, we've all been there. Copyright Paullmark cards 2007

Tomb Raider Concept re-visited

2008-04-25T21:13:00.000-07:00

I've always wanted to do something to this piece to finish it off because it never quite felt finished. So I decided to paint a little more on it, I might keep going with it but as it stands now I guess I like it better than I did before.
I did this one for Tomb Raider Anniversary. It was supposed to be the final boss battle of the game, all crazy and stuff. But we cut it due to time constraints.

Monument Valley

2008-04-28T09:56:00.000-07:00

Some environments I did for the Afterburner Black Falcon game. They wanted kinda saturated colors. The top one I think I spent a few hours on then the other two took me around 30 min of painting after each sketch was finished. At this point, I was going through some difficulty grasping how I get digital painting to look the way I wanted it to. I was still kinda experimenting with my approach and thought process. Which is still an ongoing thing that varies from painting to painting. But it's getting a little bit smoother I think.

More Afro

2008-04-29T20:02:00.000-07:00

These mood pieces were done for the Afro Samurai project I'm currently working on at Namco Bandai Games. They were recently released on the web so I thought it would be kosher to post em here. I've been itchin to actually post the stuff I am currently working on so this is a taste of some of that stuff.

I've been havin a lot of fun working on this project... All images copyright Paul Sullivan and Namco Bandai Games America.