Concept art ahoy

[Chordsy]

I thought I'd share some of the older stuff with you guys in this thread... some of you may have seen some of these. Hope they're largely new for the majority of you, however:



More to come..!

[FritzyBeat]

Wow, these all look really awesome!
I love looking at and studying concept art a lot, Just looking at the structuring of locations and characters without all the colour overtop is something that I've always found very intersting, and this is some great stuff indeed!
I esspecially love the location designs, and the facial expression info will be most helpful if when I draw my own fanart of the series.
I look forward to seeing more :mrgreen:

[Chordsy]

Why thank you! Definitely going to have more..!

[Night the Cat]

I love this. Concept art is one of my favorite parts of any project or game. :)

[Chordsy]

I love this. Concept art is one of my favorite parts of any project or game. :)

Excellent! Here's s'more:

[Aelius]

It's neat to see how the designs and style evolves through development. Cool material here!

[FritzyBeat]

I love the expressions you put on Xixa in those sketches.
I must say, of all the characters I've seen so far, Xixa has by far been the most interesting for me. I mean, A god-like being who knows everything thats ever happened and everything that will happen, who's also a little spacey and doesn't take her "job" seriously? Awesome, I'm also a big fan of non logical plans, and that design is just so awesome!

[Night the Cat]

I love the idea of floating islands. They just look so cool. I also like Halcyon's design, especially in the test page. He almost looks more like a gargoyle than a bird with the way his beak is shaped.

[Chordsy]

I love the expressions you put on Xixa in those sketches.
I must say, of all the characters I've seen so far, Xixa has by far been the most interesting for me. I mean, A god-like being who knows everything thats ever happened and everything that will happen, who's also a little spacey and doesn't take her "job" seriously? Awesome, I'm also a big fan of non logical plans, and that design is just so awesome!

Haha! That's great!

I know it's not only unfair of me to choose a favorite character here, but it also may be impossible... I will say that Xixa has been one of my favorite character types to write. She's insanely complex and you don't get to delve into that until you see a few brief shining moments of how seriously she actually does take things. Needless to say, her history plays a HUGE part in the story. More than what you'd initially think/we've given away, even. :)

I love the idea of floating islands. They just look so cool. I also like Halcyon's design, especially in the test page. He almost looks more like a gargoyle than a bird with the way his beak is shaped.

I thought it'd be interesting if the planet didn't adhere to typical physics, like you'd find on Earth. I got the idea of doing a world that had levels: floating islands, a middle-ground, and an underground. Really shows through on that last sketch. As for Hal's face -- he's definitely one of my favorite to draw for that reason and I'm glad you dig it!

[Night the Cat]

I'm glad you decided not to adhere to regular physics. Normalcy is so overrated. XD Seriously though, think you could do some sketches of the underground next? I'd like to see some of the underground avian citadel.

[CaleTheCat]

These are amazing, Chordsy! I just love concepts, especially-

Hang on... That mask... It's... Kinda familiar...

:!:

I got it!

Spoiler: show

Coincidence? Or inspiration?

Night: That's one awesome dragon!

[Speedlion]

These are amazing, Chordsy! I just love concepts, especially-

Hang on... That mask... It's... Kinda familiar...

:!:

I got it!

Spoiler: show

Coincidence? Or inspiration?

Night: That's one awesome dragon!

That's why I thought that mask looked familiar!

Though I doubt that's done intentionally... more like a coincidence...

[Chordsy]

These are amazing, Chordsy! I just love concepts, especially-

Hang on... That mask... It's... Kinda familiar...

:!:

I got it!

Spoiler: show

Coincidence? Or inspiration?

Night: That's one awesome dragon!

That's why I thought that mask looked familiar!

Though I doubt that's done intentionally... more like a coincidence...

Haha! Coincidence!
My original inspiration came from Noh theatre masks and the cloak style from Iria the Animation. :)

[Night the Cat]

Night: That's one awesome dragon!

Thanks. ^^ It was a Water Dragon. I didn't design it, but I did hatch it. Now I'm working on another one. :)

Hey Chordsy that pic up there is of Jaide right?

[Chordsy]

Night: That's one awesome dragon!

Thanks. ^^ It was a Water Dragon. I didn't design it, but I did hatch it. Now I'm working on another one. :)

Hey Chordsy that pic up there is of Jaide right?

'tis, yes :)