30 minute concept sketches. 11/13/2020 (Elite Dangerous fan-sketches)
This is the first day of my attempt to practice producing concept art on paper within a constricted timeframe. This is already fairly challenging for me as I'm very accustomed to using Photoshop's line tools and grid to establish perspective on complex objects.
There will be (Are) many mistakes that I had to forego trying to fix in order to meet my time of 30 minutes per picture. I am not erasing anything, but rather drawing over my mistakes when possible.
In these sketches, I'm following a basic formula of sketching the general form with a charcoal pencil, then inking over it with a brush pen.
I am new to both of these utensils.
This is a 21.6x28cm soft-white micro perforated sketch book.
Disclaimer: I am NOT currently affiliated with Frontier Developments or the Elite: Dangerous team. This is purely for my own practice as I love the art style of Elite Dangerous, and the game as a concept.
4th 30 minute drawing of the day.
I've always wanted an alternative to SRV's, an armored combat suit in Odyssey would be a fun thing to drop off in a dropship and just go ham on some poor pirates' base.
3rd 30 minute sketch of the day.
This started out as a second attempt at making a mining drone carrier, but it quickly became more of a personal habitat installation.
Perhaps a temporary office for players establishing themselves in a new solar system?
Of course if players are going to establish a permanent or semi-permanent presence in a star system, they're going to need to own and maintain some type of space station for themselves to facilitate living space and management of the system.
This is my first sketch of the day. I want to try to establish the general aesthetic of a deployable mining drone hub.