2029 - Church of Skulls

2029 - CHURCH OF SKULLS

This is a concept and idea I have been working on for a few years and this will be where I will share stories and updates on my development with the personal project. Here is the first image of my idea turned in to a graphic novel style. Below we can see a naked female and she is strong and in control, she fears nothing and nothing will stop her from her mission. The man you can see is a pleb and at the will of the female as are all males in 2029 - Church of Skulls. Why? What is in the females sack? who is in the Cabin? Why is the female naked? Where are we?

Church of Skulls has character motives and story that is messed up with a shocking twist.

This has been a fun project to work on over the years and can not wait to work on the first pages over the next 24 months.

original Pencil Drawing "Female"

Original Pencil Drawing "Background"

Original Pencil Drawing "Background"

Screen Shots of basic colour and lighting (WIP) 

Concept Designs for Alien Planets - July Exercises

Making time to upskill in areas I need to is not easy to do. I think I always want to get better no matter what I do / have done, I've always wanted a to be the best I could be. Even when I flipped burgers for 10 years at the golden archers. I wanted to flip the best and wrap the best and serve the best. It's who I am. So when I started doing art again after not drawing more than a few skulls in 15 years and at school only. I took on a challenge. 7 years ago I just wanted to do the best I could and better than yesterday. Now I can Art whatever and whenever I want. Here are 4 paintings I have done in my spare moments in the past two weeks. This is a new record for me and keen to keep this up to get to some #blizzard#weta #nickkeller #whitecloudworlds levels of #kickass in the near future. Just do the best you can at what you do, surprise yourself. 
#art #artist#artwork #artcollective #draw #drawings #sace #alien #aliens#alieninvasion #imaginefx #digitalpainting #gateway #portals #destruction#atmosphere #imaginefx #upskilling #upskills #push #skills



01) The Place that is Unknown - My first exercise I wanted to show scale and distance and have some stars that are believable: 

 02)The Vision of Invasion - Wars may be going on in galaxies we have no idea about between species and life forms we have yet to see. War and Democracy are not friends but they are close allies no matter what side you are on.

Second time with my new brush set up and I am loving it, obviously ha ha. This is Blizzard inspired and because I am still pumped about all the details of the Warcraft universe. #warcraft #warcraftbeginning #blizzard#conceptualart #design #inavsion

03)The Larvich Alien Invasion - Earth is being invaded and nothing can be done to stop Larvich Nation and interplanetary domination. This is what two worlds look like when they are about to collide head on.

Working on some new textures and brushes in preparation for some exciting new projects I have coming up. Sky, Fire, Environment interaction and Space textures. These are brushes I have picked over the last few weeks and starting to use more of Photoshop and it's endless capabilities with fresh new approaches.

04) The Unsettling Turbid Gateways - On the planet Grududor is a gateway/wormhole to other galaxies. But as humans we can never go or see it because the elements are far to harsh for most things within our galaxy. This is the forth addition to my set of conceptual design and artwork. It has been so beneficial doing these exercises to push my skills to the next level digitally. 

WONKY HUT - from scan to colour

The Wonky Hut - By Mr Leon Taylor
This was the finished piece.

Line work scanned it, drawn in INK to make the lines super black

SCREENSHOTS AND WORK IN PROGRESS

WITCH RITUAL : IN THE NAME OV

 WITCH RITUAL : IN THE NAME OV

By Mr Leon Taylor - 18/05/16

06/05/16:

My idea of a Witch is terrifying and there is NO pointy hats or broomsticks. They are powerful and willing to sacrifice anything for the cause. Even the moments in rituals and spells when there is herniated body parts and disease rids their body. Nothing will stop the 
Work in Progress : Witch Ritual - In the name Ov.

It was an Photoshop exercise for me to be able to use a colour palate I was not used to but have adored for a long time. The Dark, realism of Carravagio I have been studying for a while now and was excited to apply it to something. I want to move away from using my linework so much and aim to make things feel more real. 

Witch. ‪#‎rough‬ ‪#‎drawing‬ ‪#‎art‬‪#‎artist‬ ‪#‎mrleontaylor‬ ‪#‎design‬ ‪#‎gore‬ ‪#‎witch‬ ‪#‎witches‬ #. ‪#‎gross‬ #design ‪#‎metal‬ ‪#‎grindcore‬ ‪#‎deathmetal‬ ‪#‎brutal‬ ‪#‎disgusting‬ ‪


Close up details on the body to draw focus on a few parts the black veins with small blood stained skin. Also added the bloody like elbows that show to me she has done some things for hours to make this ritual happen.

Close up on Witch head, Her tears run black and Her neck has a growth on it and is throbbing as The Witch conjures the almighty Beast,  

 From afar the clothing is sacred to her and has a life of it's own and will always protect any Witch.

01/05/16:  The ORIGINAL rough thumbnail and composition for WITCH RITUAL idea.

10/05/16

Few more last details to really make the Witch feel a little Putrid as the Ritual is reaching the peak in this scene and it is about to get very dangerous if you are within 5km of the area.

15/05/16 :

Adding the elements to give it depths and make the scene more animated, working on both the foreground and the background as I want people too be drawn to Her eyes then the spell in her hand then the overall painting , then Her gross details. As looking at any art to me should be some what of a cool journey.

Final screen shot:

WITCH RITUAL : IN THE NAME OV
By Mr Leon Taylor

Dream Tarot Cards - Personal project -

I wanted to make an exercise that could start with drawing skills and end with photoshop skills. So make it almost like and endless Personal Project I went with the Idea of "Dream Tarot Cards". These are all from the idea that they are different from other everyday Tarots and even more truthful.

Here is THE ID - You inner most desires and motives behind your existence.

Face them or die by them, it is up to you how you narrate your time on earth. But tread carefully, because even living to 100 will still feel too short. 

Mr Leon Taylor

Otentacle Supreme - 2015 - Mr Leon Taylor - 30 second TIMELAPSE VIDEO

Mr Leon Taylor

Otentacle Supreme - 
What does it mean to you? Colour will makes this very intense. So it is always rad to hear your thoughts before. This is the scanned in drawing from my time-lapse video I made and then later coloured in photoshop.Timelapse VIDEO - Pencil rules everything around me.

BASIC COLOUR - before the textures are applied.

LINEWORK

READY FOR COLOURING

The Twisted Holy slate pit: Creation process - Visual Diary -7 major steps

Mr Leon Taylor

The Twisted Holy slate pit:

Concept art/ Game art/ Album artwork : I wanted to challenge myself doing more underworld painting. All are based on a number of thumbnails I drew one morning that I had to get out of my head. The most exciting part is texturing them. Thumbnails are quick and help get the light source sorted. I tried to stick to a more simple colour palette compared to ' Eternal rotting root of Doom '. But making it feel more Alien, but just as organic

1) Thumbnail - and made in layers to know what layer I am texturing BG, FG MG.


2) I then start cutting out the pieces I need from my thumbnail sketch and throw some coulor and texture with photoshop brushes. Then rough out the root that will climb the slate.

3) Worked on the lightsource more, fine details, added some textures.

4) Add the area I have imagined the lightsource has come from above. like a sharp beam of light. 

5) I work to make the light source to feel animated and then add a few layers to make the light source closer to the shot. I add natural pillars, that were roughed out with the textures.

6) Add more roof and general room bounce light. adding a few mist layers playing with contrasts and opacity.

7) The finished result. 

The Ninja of Vehemence- THE DEADFLEASHCULT - Textured speed paint.

I really wanted to make a super group of characters with the idea behind it taking Japanese style prints of actors. My love for things that tend to rot and a new way of attacking the digital painting side of things. I use a technique I adopted from learning 3D animation and "texturing" my concept. This makes the skin appear more legitimate and overall. More rotten. Here is my second character The Ninja of Vehemence.

THE NINJA OF VEHEMENCE