Bright Lights, New Beginnings
I recorded a video with the help of Alper Markov of Concepts & Legends, and his Magic the Gathering themed Podcast. Which a truncated version exists on his YouTube Channel. Wherein lies a timelapse vid of the demo in the Conceptual Process that I gave and the birthplace of "Floppy & Flappy Bolas" =}.. Hahahahaha!!! Check it out, it's good fun, watch for the awesome 8bit creations of Ryan Gomez, like and subscribe, but also -- Keep your peepers peeled for more upcoming news about an 8 Week Mentorship program I've been cooking up !! It may be open to anyone online, it may be dedicated to a more exclusive 4-5 folks who are here in Portland area and can meet up physically? -- However it may manifest, it will contain all of the lectures from my Character Design course of 10 years, along with all the tips and tricks I've developed over those years to help anyone, more effectively and inventively, conjure up Creatures and Characters the likes the Sphere has never seen before !! Stay Tuned !!
Kathryn has always had the editorial ability to capture a character for whatever the article or show requests into wonderfully economic marks. I can still remember an Illo involving a Tiger filled with water.. wickedly inventive! Here the Genesis Generator prompted associations from Cactus forms with a similar membranous Wave. Check her work out at - https://kniftykat.com/ - Dani on the other hand couldn't be more of a gaming illustrator conceptual artist !! So happy with this Zebra Moray/Caterpillar combo!! The shape language and it's brilliant mixings of patterns and realism!? Absolutely fascinating to see Dani earn these kind of conceptual chops over the years. Check her work out - https://www.dasconceptart.com/ - you'll thank me!
Dmitry Burmak and his Wife Kate are a Power Couple to be reckoned with !! Such amazing work they both do for Magic and a host of other clients. ..but this combo of Dmitry's is something I rarely see done so well, and it speaks to his years of being a quick and effective Conceptual Designer. He took on more than three variables in terms of Content, they all can be recognized and they all have brought a brand new association to the world that no one has ever seen before !! Amazing !! 
Tony has always been skilled with his Characters! This Aztec Froggy Dr. sorta reminds me ofsomeone from Guardians of the Galaxy. Although, where Tony really shines is with his Environments and Interiors! Check out his work on ArtStation - https://www.artstation.com/tonyzhang _
David created a whole Demon Librarian scene from the Occupation Game andthere's some really nice storytelling going on in this sketch ! Thank you both !
I went to college with Eric Rossbach at CCS in Detroit, MI. Eric does the most wickedly fun sculptures and this Genesis Generator born creation is no different !! I'm getting a kind of brilliantly R.Crumb / Wolverton 70's - 80's counter culture vibe with this illustration that Eric is so very good at.Don Higgins created a character from the CuteBrüt Game, which finds it's origins in the Archetypes - Adult-like Child & Child-like Adult - Of which we have the later here with a seemingly "rough" characterization depicted as cutting the strings of his more Puppet-like cuteness.. =) Don did a vid of this process and does a Podcast on FasaGames twitch stream! Check him on out !! https://www.twitch.tv/fasagamesofficial - https://donhigginsillustration.com
I liked one of Scott Okumura's recent drawings so much (a haunting picture of an Owl) that we exchanged Genesis Generator born drawings for it! OMG, I think Scott did such an inventive mixing in that blunderbuss weapon, and I could see that same concept playing out in a 90's MarioCart style platform.. Peas rolling across the screen, weapon smoking through the pod !! If one can tap into that same kind of creative flow when associating with the randomized words, it can be truly Magical !!
Steven Millage used a lot of words here with his contribution, but I think it worked out great in it's complexity !! Gives me 80's Metal vibes.. or perhaps a movie poster for a Kaiju Film. So, cool !!
Sydney has been one of my most skilled former students in her Creature Design ! She's studied with Terryl Whitlach before her time at the PNCA, and her mixing here of a hooved mammalian and feathery owl is nothing short of genius!! You can tell the transitions in surface anatomy, and that extra step of realism can often make or break any concept.. Do yourself a favor and check Sydney's work out at her Artstation - https://sydneykattine.artstation.com/
Last but certainly not least, Comic artist now Magic the Gathering compadre' Michael Walsh agreed to contribute this awesomely hilarious Rocket Riding Astro-Froggy!! Excellent pairing and making multiple elements of Content play out in a splendidly serendipitous Design!! Thank you, Michael !!
As did former Student and incredibly skilled Comics and Editorial illustrator, Character designer, Nicole Sagal contribute. I love when things come full circle, so I included Nicole's first Challenge from class along with this awesome From the very beginning Nicole has had a very distinct combo of expressive character techniques, including a digital line quality that has grown so very nicely over the years. - https://www.qiorno.com/
Thank you all for your continued support and thank you even more for all the brilliant contributions to my madcap adventures in serendipitous Character Creation and Word Association via The Genesis Generator !! Please keep in touch, especially if you have a couple Genesis Generator born Creations to share, and I'll keep posting them here when time allows. Now that the Generator looks up Photos while the wig bubbler is bubbling, there's all sorts of new and inventive imagery that can form !!
