Class 8 - Concept Art

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What is Concept Art?

Today I worked in the real physical world, yes... people still do that.
So I spent a good chunk of my time drawing some pictures in my sketch book.
"But Jake? How is that InfoTech blog worthy?" Says the voice in Jake's head. 
"Well its worthy of the blog in my opinion because its not just any artwork, its concept art" Types Jake to himself, like a crazy person.

Concept Art is a very useful tool I have used in the past. And if you have an artists eye you can often spot out the potential. The whole point of the Concept art is to just make a bunch of low quality pictures of different ideas, then pick the one you like best and further develop it. Now your probably wondering where I have used Concept art in the past... and well it was the Dragger. Believe it or not I didn't just create the Dragger out of thin air. I first started with sketching various creatures and picture the one I liked the most.
Anyways back to today's concept art.
I started by playing around with the Idea Bandits.

My Concept Art

This first Draft more or less just looks like a homeless person with a shotgun, which works for our game. But I wanted to be more creative with the design of our Bandits.
But who knows, this homeless man could come back in the future.    

The second iteration is a little less homeless and looks a little bit more organized. This version seems to have more character despite not having a face.

The last iteration of the Bandit is the most detailed one, for sure. His clothing is the same as version two, but he has added pieces of armour. This version also has a ski-mask and a helmet, giving him more of a menacing feel. Not to mention his kitchen knife bayonet.

And as you can see in the bottom of this image, there is one more picture. A new Dragger type.

This is the new Dragger Concept, that may or may not find its way into our game. Currently it still doesn't have a official name, so I will just call it Mr.Crawly.
fast, fast, fast, fast, fast. FAST. Basically that's all that's going to be different about Mr.Crawly. Obviously his speed is significantly better then every other Dragger because he moves on all fours. And has a smaller frame. And I will make him more of a pasty white instead of the pinkish flesh colour of normal Draggers. Basically this is the last stage of the disease.