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Ramon Hernandez
Art Creation
Western Creatures Concept Art
In this Directed Focus Study , my goal was to create three-character concept art pieces . The main theme for this project was western creatures , which I selected because I am a big fan of the western genre . I chose a concept art project because it is my goal to become a character concept artist in my career . This was also the main reason I wanted to come to SMU Guildhall , as I wanted to improve and learn new ways of creating concept art .
This project took about nine weeks to complete . I started the process by sketching out 60 thumbnails and chose the top ten designs that I found most interesting to refine into sketches .
I proceeded to create a detail breakdown , paint over , and light values of the top three designs . Lastly , I created three final concept art pieces for the Octopus Gunslinger , Ranger Buffalo , and Sombrero Dodo , plus a variant of each .
Overall , this project was very beneficial to me , as it taught me the industry process of creating concept art . I was challenged during the development of this project , and it helped me to learn new tools and ways to create concept art . I will take the knowledge that I gained in this project to further improve my skills as an artist and to make my dream of becoming a concept artist a reality .
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