Realms Unreel Update: Dom & Ava in Progress

These in-progress designs are starting to get a little closer to how Dom & Ava will be shaped, as well as the basic colors they would have.  I'll be finishing up this design pass on them shortly and moving into other designs (Serapin & Emmie) as well as experimenting with ZBrush illustration effects for the book using a character sculpt that I've been making for a separate project (hopefully will post here sometime soon!).

Ava's final design is going to start to feature a more dramatic fabric draped over her shoulder, and the face/hair will most closely approximate the center top drawing.  Dom is going to be getting slimmed down a bit into a more Ancient Greek ideal sort of body, though this was a solid round of exploring the boundaries of character shapes and sizes.

Realms Unreel: Early Sketches

Kicking off the Kickstarter!  Audrey and I have started drafting out some designs for the characters you'll see in the Illustrated version of Realms Unreel.  In the coming month, these designs will be refined and I'll be exploring the potential of using ZBrush to achieve a unique look.

For now, enjoy some early sketches!  All of these drawings, mostly ballpoint pen, are going to evolve quite a bit before we commit to building the final illustrations.  Audrey and I are getting into the habit of checking in and sharing reference and sketches to start the conversation as to how the Realms Unreel characters and world will take shape.  Thanks again to our supporters; I'm looking forward to bringing you a lot of cool imagery this year as we get to know Dulai and near future Silicon Valley!

Last Week for Realms Unreel Kickstarter!

 

We're so close to reaching our goal!  Audrey and I started going over some initial sketches (see above) in starting to explore the main characters, and it's been great fun to play with early impressions of where they will go.

 

This is the *last week* of our Kickstarter effort to raise interest in a first run of the illustrated book, so if you'd like to be part of Realms Unreel now's the time to make a pledge!  As a bonus, expect some very cool new gift additions to show up on the page in the next couple of days.

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Hope you'll consider supporting the project!