Children's book character design

 Some more older work I did for the book series "The league of Elder" by Ren Garcia. This time the job was a children's book. I was working with pre existing characters in the book series. That I got to redesign in my style.

I designed the old lady character that was supposed to resemble a mole. 

I redesigned the outfit of the little girl character to better suit the story. 

The process can be viewed on my website here

Bullet spaceship and fish necklace

More older work I did back in 2018 that I didn't post. This was also work I did for the book series "The league of Elder" by Ren Garcia.

In this piece I was commissioned to design a spaceship that looks like a bullet. It was challenging as the piece was too simple and I had to add some landing gear and wings to make it look like a space ship. 

 

I worked up the background a bit to make for a more interesting scene. 

Below I was tasked with creating a golden fish pendent that looks kind of cartoony. The size variations were upon the client's request. 

Mysterious circle

An older piece I did back in 2018 that I didn't post. This was also work I did for the book series "The league of Elder" by Ren Garcia. This was to show a mysterious council of people in the distance where their identities are unknown. 

 

The environment was supposed to be mysterious and out worldly as well. So I added some blur and distortion. Along with some textures to balance and ground the foreground where the main character is. 

Cathedral Scene

 This scene was an older commission for the book series "The League of Elder" by Ren Garcia. 

This is my process working the scene up with the 1 point perspective and the characters. Starting off rough then gradually building up the details.

 

Starting with a rough flat colors that best represent the scene and mood between the two characters. 

While also playing up the textures and shadows. Since this is a mostly dark scene. 

At the end I ended up with different variations of the scene with clothing details that fit the story, as this scene is from a novel. 

Character design, two sisters

This was another older commission I did for the book series "The League of Elder" by Ren Garcia. In this character design I had to show two very different characters with one being more elegant and the other more casual. As well as the dynamic between them. 

Space Ship model in progress

So here is my current space ship model. This ship is for a George Brown college student film called Shipped! This is my current progress.

This is my original concept for the ship to show for comparison.

I've added some extra details since and still tweaking some parts like the two jets in the back.

As for the front, I will have spinning gears and moving parts that I will rig behind the class on the top.

I have a scale reference here on the size of the ship

I will be adding landing gear at the bottom and aligning the shapes a bit more. The circle pattern inside the central back jet will act as a propeller with individually spinning circles. Will update my progress next week so stay tuned!

My whole process can be seen on my website Here

 

Spaceship design concepts

Space ship project part 1
Ewelina Dolzycka

So for my VFX project, I am designing a space ship. I knew from the beginning that I wanted my
spaceship to have a unique, out-worldly, celestial feel. At first I was inspired by the classic UFOs flying saucer shape. I also took reference from the intricate patterns of the kaleidoscope and the designs of an astronomy and navigation device called an astrolabe.

I really like the idea of symmetric moving parts used for powering and navigation in the ship. Along with the combination with a flying saucer. I came up with something like this for my first design

I like this design. Though I started to feel that I could create a more interesting shape. So I came up
with this.

I though this design may add some more visual interest in the overall silhouette. I still liked the
previous one. I had the idea to combine them. Here is what I got.

My idea with this is to have the ship serve as a base for the UFO.That is able to separate from the rest of the ship when it needs to descend onto a planet. I find this makes the ship more interesting. Along with creating lots of moving parts for the rigging process. It has been a challenge with the technology because I didn't want my alien space craft to be powered by human looking jets or motors and looking like a generic spaceship. So I did some research and I've always been interested by the golden ratio and sacred geometry. Which are basically mathematical
patterns that are reoccurring in nature. I found a video on how vibration and frequency are used to
manipulate sand partials.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtjxYpQZs6g&t=0s&index=353&list=WL

This made me think of the kind of technology that aliens and being from other dimensions would use
for propelling their vessels. There is something satisfying about looking at symmetrical geometric
patterns so I wanted to incorporate them into my design and functions of the space ship. I imagined
some kind of ethereal light or lazes emitting from my ship creating patterns in time and space that can
manipulate matter.

 

Lastly I was also really inspired by fancy watches that are beautifully crafted by master artisans. I want my ship to have that same feel. So I looked some up.

the the watch gears are going to be interesting to rig. Still perfecting my model. Will post when finished :)





(Please note: I do not own any of the reference images, They are just used for research purposes. The only images I own are myspace ship concept art)

My whole process can be seen on my website Here

Some concept art prop designs

These are some prop designs for the 11th book of the series The League of Elder by Ren Garcia. Did a bit of playing around with Photoshop textures with these!

Swan spaceship concept art

Its been a while since I've done space ships so this is a nice refresher. This spaceship was a challenge as it was supposed to resemble a swan. This is "The Seeker" for book series "League of Elder" by Ren Garcia

Pretty gun design

Concept art for a gun design. Was fun drawing such a pretty weapon:)

Have my process here from roughs, inks to color.

The Angry Miser concept art

Some more concept art. This one is called "The Angry Miser" it functions like a trap to overcome. From the book series "The League of Elder" by Ren Garcia.

Alien and fairies, some personal work

An alien form the crystalian race.they are  psychic and use crystals as their energy source.

a quick painting of a dark forest were fairies make there home in a tree stump