HO HO RAWR!
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Showing posts with label icetromper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label icetromper. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
HO HO RAWR!
Happiest of holiday wishes from me to you. I hope that whichever winter festival or celebration you participate in that it brings you fulfillment, happiness, and time with family and loved ones. On Hoth they celebrate them all... because it is winter year round... RAWR!
That is all for today, see you back here on Friday! Until then...
For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com
That is all for today, see you back here on Friday! Until then...
For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Icetromper - Process
Today I have for you a look at the process and steps that went in the Icetromper that I shared with you back in March. You might remember that the Icetromper was part of the Desolation of Hoth expansion for the Star Wars card game. Before we get things started let's have a look at the final Icetromper to refresh our memories...
This process should be familiar with anyone who frequents the blog, but with each painting there are unique events and unexpected... um, hiccups(?) along the way. The Icetromper is no different and had a rather interesting hiccup in production, but I will get to that in time.
I am very knowledgeable of the Star Wars Universe, but I can't know about everything. Case in point... the Icetromper. I have not played the video game for which they were created for so this was a new critter to become familiar with. After a little research I felt comfortable with what these beasts look like and I was ready to get started. As always, I started with thumbnails...
Now that the arrangement and placement was all worked out and approved I got stated on the final drawing. The drawing was really straight forward and since so much of the image was to be the frozen desolation of Hoth there was not a lot to draw besides the Icetromper...
The drawing was approved quickly and I got started on the final. It came together fairly quickly and I turned it in confident in the image...
Wow! That was quick and painless. Done and done! ... huh? Wait, what?
So, there was a little revision note on the final after I turned it in... They just needed the image rotated... juuuuuuuust a little bit. This is when I am SO thankful to be working digitally. They sent me back a visual guide so that I was aware of how much needed to be adjusted...
So I got to work filling in all that red space. Here is a look at the process of the Icetromper including the final revision so you can get a feel of what was all involved with that level of revision to the final...
I should count myself lucky. Most of what I had to fill in and deal with was sky... not figures, heavily detailed creature, or architecture. And of course I was not working traditionally which would have required a digital fix or heavy modification. I got through it and the painting was finished and approved. Here again is how the piece final piece turned out as well as the final production trading card...
That is all for another exciting Wednesday on the blog, see you back here on Friday! Until then...
For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com
Icetromper
© 2013 Fantasy Flight Games
This process should be familiar with anyone who frequents the blog, but with each painting there are unique events and unexpected... um, hiccups(?) along the way. The Icetromper is no different and had a rather interesting hiccup in production, but I will get to that in time.
I am very knowledgeable of the Star Wars Universe, but I can't know about everything. Case in point... the Icetromper. I have not played the video game for which they were created for so this was a new critter to become familiar with. After a little research I felt comfortable with what these beasts look like and I was ready to get started. As always, I started with thumbnails...
Icetromper - Thumbnails
© 2013 Fantasy Flight Games
Thumbnail "B" was picked. There was some evolution with the card layout, chrome, and proportions for the art in the early stages of the SW card game. The Icetromper was one of those transition pieces for me... from the templates I had been using to the templates I am using now. Production sent back to me the chosen thumbnail in the template to show me what I needed to be aware of as I moved forward with the drawing...
Icetromper - Selected thumbnail in template
© 2013 Fantasy Flight Games
Now that the arrangement and placement was all worked out and approved I got stated on the final drawing. The drawing was really straight forward and since so much of the image was to be the frozen desolation of Hoth there was not a lot to draw besides the Icetromper...
Icetromper - Drawing
© 2013 Fantasy Flight Games
The drawing was approved quickly and I got started on the final. It came together fairly quickly and I turned it in confident in the image...
Icetromper - Final... or so I thought
© 2013 Fantasy Flight Games
Wow! That was quick and painless. Done and done! ... huh? Wait, what?
So, there was a little revision note on the final after I turned it in... They just needed the image rotated... juuuuuuuust a little bit. This is when I am SO thankful to be working digitally. They sent me back a visual guide so that I was aware of how much needed to be adjusted...
Icetromper - Final revision requests
© 2013 Fantasy Flight Games
So I got to work filling in all that red space. Here is a look at the process of the Icetromper including the final revision so you can get a feel of what was all involved with that level of revision to the final...
Icetromper - Process
© 2013 Fantasy Flight Games
I should count myself lucky. Most of what I had to fill in and deal with was sky... not figures, heavily detailed creature, or architecture. And of course I was not working traditionally which would have required a digital fix or heavy modification. I got through it and the painting was finished and approved. Here again is how the piece final piece turned out as well as the final production trading card...
Icetromper
© 2013 Fantasy Flight Games
Icetromper in handy card form
That is all for another exciting Wednesday on the blog, see you back here on Friday! Until then...
For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com
Monday, March 25, 2013
Icetromper - Star Wars: Desolation of Hoth
The first expansion of the Fantasy Flight Games Star Wars card game, Desolation of Hoth, is now out and I am happy to have a card in this expansion. Though you might recognize it at first this is in fact a animal that lives on the frozen world of Hoth (they first appeared in the Star Wars: The Old Republic game). I present you with the mighty Icetromper...
I tried to capture the Icetromper in mid "RAWR!". Though this is my second Star Wars piece to be released it was not the second piece I created. Due to product release schedules changing and various other reason this piece has trickled to the top much earlier then expected - not that I am complaining. It was a fun one that came together very quickly all things considered. I took the assignment just before Gen Con last year and had to get it out the door before I left for the convention. Here is how the final Icetromper card turned out...
When I was contacted about working on a Hoth themed set I first thought of Wampas and Tauntauns, so the Icetromper was a pit of a surprise. But is all worked out fine in the end! Thanks goes out to Mike Linnemann for including me on the project, always fun to work on Star Wars. In the coming weeks I will have a post about production of the piece since it went through some changes both before and after the piece was painted.
That is all for another exciting Star Wars Monday on the blog, see you back here on Wednesday! Until then...
For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com
Icetromper
© 2013 Fantasy Flight Games
I tried to capture the Icetromper in mid "RAWR!". Though this is my second Star Wars piece to be released it was not the second piece I created. Due to product release schedules changing and various other reason this piece has trickled to the top much earlier then expected - not that I am complaining. It was a fun one that came together very quickly all things considered. I took the assignment just before Gen Con last year and had to get it out the door before I left for the convention. Here is how the final Icetromper card turned out...
Icetromper in handy card form
When I was contacted about working on a Hoth themed set I first thought of Wampas and Tauntauns, so the Icetromper was a pit of a surprise. But is all worked out fine in the end! Thanks goes out to Mike Linnemann for including me on the project, always fun to work on Star Wars. In the coming weeks I will have a post about production of the piece since it went through some changes both before and after the piece was painted.
That is all for another exciting Star Wars Monday on the blog, see you back here on Wednesday! Until then...
For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com
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