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A Wizard of Earthspace

This is the rough version of the main character of my FINAL SCHOOL PROJECT (OMG). The project was to redesign an existing story. I chose Ursula le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea but I chose to set it in ... wait for it... SPACE! (Hence, Earthspace). This is following my favourite design theme, technology as magic. Technomagic. Technomancy?

Here is Sparrowhawk (Aka., Ged) , the Technomancer.





















Also, if you haven't, go read A Wizard of Earthsea! It's my favourite book.

Siege Tower

District 9 Heavy weapon

School project, design a weapon or prop in the style of a movie or videogame, I chose district 9.

Props

Here is a semi-futuristic security gate metal scanner device I designed recently.

The Malignaut

Desert Skimmer

Technomagic

"Cartographer of the Physical and Chemical Laws, the prodigal young Princess Ray'kor now sailed in seas that even the High Scientists of the Imperium floundered in."

Inspiration for this piece: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -Arthur C. Clarke (author of 2001: A Space Odyssey)

Book Wyrm

"Book wyrms, or bibliodraconus, rely so heavily on the heat of their life-sustaining candles that they often become entombed within the wax. It's a wonder their species hasn't been snuffed out."

Alchemical Shocktrooper

"The humans hid behind their Gods... the orcs were fueled by Science. Guess who won."

Pencil Sketches

Champion of the Old One

Small but deadly...

Terror of the Wastes

Commander Elia

"Half woman, half machine, she was exactly what we needed to win. Her decisions as cold and sure as a glacier, her empathy as warm and uplifting as an embrace. A leader like her had never been seen before, and never would be seen again."

Swamp Demon

"The barbarians of the North had long lived in great peril from the Old Beasts, such was their way. One such creature took the form of a swamp wyrm, slithering from the muck to prey upon the villages of the Northerners. Many a warrior sought to slay the Demon, but none returned."

Undead Titan

"The Titans were once benevolent protectors of those in need. They were mysterious, gentle, and mute. No one knew from whence they came but the Titans themselves. They lived in harmony with mankind, appearing suddenly and mysteriously where injustice was found. But when the proud nations of Humanity sought to bend the Titans' will to their own, the Titans resisted. Each Titan that fell in those years was born again, no longer as a protector, but as an unstoppable juggernaut seeking only the destruction of their Human oppressors."

Laser Projector

Environment Design

And a render from my 3d environment (maya, PS):

Portraiture

Life Drawing

Welcome

Welcome to my blog. Here are a few pieces to start it off!