Back in 2014 I was brought in by The Coalition to work on some visual development and creature concept for the upcoming GEARS OF WAR 4 Xbox One game. I started with a series of early explorations for the games new creatures, The Swarm.
Early designs played off new body shapes and details to set them off from the games original Locust characters. These head passes above were starting to go in the right direction with the plated armor on the face and body.
The next head pass I did introduced a couple design elements that would carry over to the final design, including the forehead / double nasal cavity and plated segmented jaw.
After more iterations working with the studio art director, this was my final pass for the Locust based Swarm. I also did some exploration for other creatures in the game too, below is an early unused concept for the “Pouncer”.
It was a wonderful project and team to get to be part of (not to mention a great fun game to play!) You can see a couple other of my early concepts along with the final designs for the entire game by The Coalition Studios amazing team in the new Art of Gears 4 book!
In the new “Buddy’s Book” episode of Rebecca Sugar’s wonderful Cartoon Network show, STEVEN UNIVERSE~ I got a surprise to see my early concept designs for the Crystal Gems temple pop up in the background as Steven and Connie visit the library!
Below are the original concepts I did back in 2012 during early pre-production of the show~ and you can see more of the designs over at the Steven Crewniverse tumblr too!
Vampire Spawn The various vampiric species reproduce exclusively by siring of living hosts. Both male and female vampires are barren and or impotent upon the transition. Though there is a very rare exception to the case. A pregnant woman who is turned can continue to bare young depending on the spontaneous mutation of the vampiric strain. Male vampires are sexually sterile leaving female vampires, who retain their fertility, to seek out living male “fathers”. It is believed that this behavior is where the myth of the Succubus originates. The Succubus being the very rare fertile female vampire.
These blasphemous spawn grow incredibly fast with no two looking alike. A single litter can possess offspring that could pass as human to the purely demonic in appearance. These children are regarded with much distain within vampire society as they are primal, animalistic and savage in nature. They are seen as nothing more than golems of the vampire world. While not immortal, like their mothers, they can live incredibly long lives and will live to serve their queen. Many are equipped with blood sacs, which they engorge and use to carry blood back and feed their queen.
Fertile females are both highly prized and feared in the vampire world do to the sheer power she can possess in numbers and therefore territory. Because of this, fertile mothers are regularly hunted and or held captive by their own kin.
