SUPER BATTLE TACTICS -DeNA (iOS/Android)

SUPER  BATTLE TACTICS   (iOS/Android)  

When I was at DeNA, we had another title : SBT- SUPER  BATTLE TACTICS, a game with over the top 'TANK vehicles'. A title that was similar in gameplay to the MILITARY MASTERS and Transformers Battle Tactics. The lead artist of that title asked me to create concepts for two new classes of fighting vehicles, A ‘Spider-TANK’ and ‘VTOL’. I created the concepts and the final artwork. These ‘vehicles’ were even animated and were about to be put into production, but the company closed its doors and stopped further development on the title.  But I had great time creating the new concepts and the artwork. So here is the Spider ‘TANK’ that I created. 

Ashish Joshi - SBT Megalodon - VTOL

Ashish Joshi - SBT WIDOW - Spider 'TANK'

    

MILITARY MASTERS (iOS/Android)

MILITARY MASTERS    (iOS/Android)   

Worked as a senior concept artist on the title and I Loved every minute of it. Finally after 2+ years working at DeNA, I was able to work on a project that I had a great degree of control and freedom over.  A distinct departure from doing characters, I got to design Tanks, Battleships and Fighter Jets!  

I loved working on this project, as I got to give a huge say in the design aspect of the game. I got to choose which military vehicles to design, which era and.... got to name  every single unit !  :)

© 2015 DeNA Studios Canada Ltd.  All related characters are trademarks of DeNA and are used with permission. © 2015 

Land Military Vehicle - Concepts 

Air Military Vehicle - Concepts 

Sea Military Vehicle - Concepts 

Characters and Design

I am trying to exercise my character design muscles. .

These are a few recent attempts from my nerdy brain, Guys and gals with big-guns and big-ass swords, with the occasional lame ass Mage and Orc thrown in.

Magnus the Unicorn Hunter.

Assignment: take a movie star and turn them into a character, I got inspired by Bruce Willis to draw this: Magnus-the Last Unicorn Hunter. 

Yep, yep.

Go to museum, draw gazillion year old fossil, bring said fossil to life, active DnD powers by throwing a 12-sided dice.... assignment complete.

I give you Mageasaurous: Lvl 25 mage, with a staff made of whale bones.

While others draw cutesy characters that would not be out of place in 'my little pony'. I activate nerd powers. 

  

Gunette 1

Gunette 2

'Gunettes', I figured I never drew the cliched girls with a big guns, so here are my takes of girl with a big-ass guns, one inspired by Mass Effect, the other Steam-punk.

Oh, and for some reason I love drawing at the back of drawing pads, the texture is just fantastic.

These started when I finally got my mediums and tools right. I draw with a 0.9 pencil with Red or blue lead on marker paper, then inked over with Pigma-markers, with photoshop colouring.

 I started two years ago and now it has become my method /medium of choice. 

I tried to draw/design non-human characters. I mixed three or more animal to create these fuzzy critters. But my style is more realistic and  gritty, so drawing these was a pain. I had stand-up comedy on radio all the time that I was trying to create these as a source of inspiration.

But drawing cutesy creatures in an animation/cartoonish style can damage a guy's head, cure ? Listen to Megadeth for an hour after said drawing(s).

You are welcome.

Adventures in character design. ;)

Minataurs and other Mishaps

It was one of those things that I wanted to get out of my system. The usual Minotaurs, Werewolves and other assortment of creatures mixed with humans. 

Oxataurs, Liontaurs, Tigertaurs and Buffalotaurs. Yup, yup.

Again , just sketches and doodles that I had fun doing.

Studio Stuff- clothed figure 6

Some classes are good, some classes are great. This was one of them, I loved the class and did some of my best studio work I have ever done. I got comfortable enough to let go and stopped using an eraser for the entire duration of the semester. I wish I could draw/teach figure drawing for a living.

Studio Stuff- Pastels ( drawings and sketches)

These are some of my in-class studio works.
I took a class with the great Bill Maughan and started to think in terms of colour and form instead of line...and it made my head hurt. This class changed the way I started to draw and paint.

Three-five hours, soft pastels on coloured paper.

This was an ok drawing, but the model absolutely loved it, so much so, she took several pictures of it. Kinda got a kick out of it.