More Battle of the Bands Concepts!

So everyone out there is enjoying their copy of Battle of the Bands right? :)

Well the game has been getting some pretty decent reviews. Average review is about 70% which I can live with. It is a casual party game and not that deep, so I can understand why the hardcore gaming press isn't that crazy about it... plus with Grand Theft Auto IV (Meh) coming out on Tuesday I'm sure excitment (amongst the hardcore) is directed elsewhere...

Anyway... here is more artwork from the Battle of the Bands development...

Battle of the Bands!!!

So Battle of the Bands is in stores today! As many of you know I am insanly proud of this title. The work the team put into it is nothing short of amazing.

So far we seem to be receaving pretty positive reviews. We're averaging a 70%. I can accept that. It is above average.

So I got permission to post up my concepts and artwork from the project! As there are tons I will be slowly showing them as the week goes on. So here is the the first batch which includes the very first sketches done on the project.

The game has a pretty cool website as well!

Battle of the Bands Website





We also have TV commercials! They are being shown on MTV, MTV2, VH1 and USA, at night in programs like Real World, Flavor of Love etc

This is the first time I've ever worked on a project that has actual TV marketing...which in the video game world is HUGE.


The TV spots are really funny and well done.

If you see it let me know!

Pistolas Gigantes!!!

So THQ (Publisher of Battle of the Bands) held a press event yesterday and there is a bunch of new videos and screen shots coming out for the game.

This one features Pistolas Gigantes! The Outlaw Mariachi band that I modeled and textured. I also came up with the midget luchador character and the huge sombraro character.





You can check out more videos here:
IGN Videos of Battle of the Bands

Crap indeed....

2 posts in 2 days!? Madness! I wish I had something better to show, but frankly I got bored of this piece and therefore didn't give it the extra layer of polish it needs. But whatever. It was supposed to be my concept for the Dominance War challenge, which to the uninformed is this massive art competition. I wanted to stray away from the super textured space marine look that seems to dominate high res 3d artwork these days. I'm in love with the art style of Team Fortress 2 and The Incredibles so I was hoping to try and model him in that style... I may still do so... we'll see.

Silence Asylum

So the latest Game Informer is on newstands now, but if you're too lazy or cheap to go out and buy a copy ;) here is a scan from my copy... which Myu (my cat has already torn).

So the goth band is very near and dear to me as they were almost cut from the game. I worked overtime (voluntary) to get them modeled out and in the game.

The concept for the Vampire Faust is mine and so is the witch, although she was illustrated by Thomas my art lead. I hope I can put up the original concept before long.

The screen shots Game Informer used are pretty old and the game is much better looking than what is represented here...

New, Old ART!!!

So I finally got permission to show the concepts I did on the PSP game AfterBurner: Black Falcon!

Basically these isometrics were meant for our outsourcing partners. We had separate 3d chunks that each had a basic theme. On top of that there were separate levels, like one based on the Middle East, or South East Asia and so on...

New Art

Well things at work are a bit crazy, I've been working overtime trying to get this game out the door. I hope we may be able to announce it soon.

Anyway I had some time to squeeze in a conceptart.org weekly challenge piece. The brief was "Herald of the Queen"

I went with a robot look.