CHARACTERS · CREATURES · ENVIRONMENTS

Jack Ray.

Concept art for characters, creatures, and the places they haunt.

View full size: Environment concept: a ruined gothic chapel shown as a cutaway, with lancet windows, a loft of shelves, a ladder, and a pentagram on the tiled floor
Chapel RuinsENVIRONMENT CUTAWAY · DIGITAL

Illustration at SCAD, focused on concept art for games, film, and animation. Every line drawn by hand, traditional and digital.

OPEN TO INTERNSHIPS · Summer 2027

01 — THE CAST

One character, three poses.

Each sheet is one character drawn in three poses, with the silhouette studies laid out underneath. Open a sheet to see it full size.

CHARACTER NAMES ARE WORKING TITLES · [TODO: Jack's real names]

02 — LINE TO COLOR

One knight, three palettes.

The flail knight, taken from line design to three colorways. [TODO: Jack — one line on which palette won and why.]

A · LINE
View full size: The flail knight in three colorways: oxblood and teal, lavender and gold, and cyan with magenta plumes
B · COLORWAY EXPLORATION, THREE SCHEMES

03 — WORLDS

Rooms with a story.

CHAPEL RUINS · LAB · CAVERN

THE LAB · ENVIRONMENT · DIGITAL[WORKING TITLE]
A · SPECIMEN TANK
B · CONTROL CONSOLE
C · THE THING IN THE CAVE
THE CAVERN · ENVIRONMENT · GRAPHITE[WORKING TITLE]

04 — KEY ART

Finished frames.

DIGITAL PAINTING

Suppressing FireKEY ART · [WORKING TITLE]
The Red Saint[WORKING TITLE]
Demon Rider[WORKING TITLE]
Forest Hunter[WORKING TITLE]
Blade Frame[WORKING TITLE]

05 — FROM THE BONES OUT

Every figure is built.

Gesture, then boxes, then muscle, then skin. The construction under every character above.

View full size: Five-stage figure build-up of a standing man: gesture line, construction forms, color-coded muscle map, and two rendered stages
GESTURE → FORM → MUSCLE → SKINDIGITAL
View full size: Four-stage build-up of a figure with one foot on a stool, with labeled muscle groups
SEATED POSE, LABELED MUSCULATURE
FACIAL MUSCLE MAP

Studies from life and reference.

CHARCOAL · GRAPHITE · COLORED PENCIL · DIGITAL

Skeletal study · Charcoal
Portrait · Digital · [TODO: Jack — subject/title; self-portrait?]
The Globe Bearer · Graphite · [WORKING TITLE]
Kratos study · Colored pencil · Fan art; character from God of War, © Santa Monica Studio

06 — UP CLOSE

Skulls, hands, and fire.

GRAPHITE · INK · DIGITAL

View full size: Graphite drawing of a grinning skull inside a helmet with a chin strap, against a black ground
Helmeted SkullGRAPHITE
View full size: Painted study of a fist gripping a lit lighter, the flame glowing against black
HAND + FLAME · DIGITAL
View full size: Painted study of a hand gripping a worn dagger
GRIP · DIGITAL
View full size: Ink and charcoal study of two hands and a draped sleeve
HANDS + DRAPERY · INK, CHARCOAL
View full size: Light pencil sketch page of hands in several gestures
HAND GESTURES · PENCIL

07 — SKETCHBOOK & ILLUSTRATION

Things with teeth, and stranger.

GOUACHE · INK · GRAPHITE · DIGITAL

Desert swordsman · Digital line
The Machine · Ink · [WORKING TITLE]
Doorway Creature · Gouache, acrylic, colored pencil · [WORKING TITLE]
Tentacle Bear · Gouache, ink, colored pencil · [WORKING TITLE]
The Masked Company · Digital · [WORKING TITLE]
Guitarist · Digital
Moon Dragon · Graphite · [WORKING TITLE]