The Rising Tempest

Late last year I was approached by the good folks at Fantasy Flight Games to help out on the newest supplement for the Deathwatch RPG, The Rising Tempest. They needed a new monster for the Warhammer 40K universe designed and I was put to the task. I am always happy to be able to design a new monster for a project. To make this more interesting the assignment called for me to produce drawings as the final art (a bonus!). The drawings were to be rough and sketchy as if done as field notes with some spot art elements to be added in. I handed over the elements and the design team at FFG put them all together. The book arrived in the mail on Friday so I can now share it with you! Here is my contribution to The Rising Tempest, the Ghanathaar...

Ghanathaar (disguised)

© 2012 Fantasy Flight Games

Ghanathaar (revealed)

© 2012 Fantasy Flight Games

These were the the two main creature designs that I was asked to produce. After these were all set I did some quick detail spot art elements that would be added in to make a sketchbook/field note book type graphic...

Ghanathaar (spot art elements)

© 2012 Fantasy Flight Games

The wild scribblings of a deranged madman? Here is how the final pieces all came together in the book...

Ghanathaar art as it appears in the book

© 2012 Fantasy Flight Games

Here are the early sketches that I submitted for the approval process. It was nice to be only producing drawings for the assignment, though it was a little weird since they had to be rough and sketchy. But I was drawing, so it was all okay in the end! 

Ghanathaar sletches

© 2012 Fantasy Flight Games

 
That is all for an exciting Monday on the blog, see you back here on Wednesday to see the first test of something new! Until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com