Stations and Starships TTRPG - Illustration and Concept Art
These images are for a TTRPG called, "Stations and Starships," which is a 5E, no-magic sci-fi setting within a homebrew world. All of these images are designed to be set within species descriptions within the book layout. Discussion of the concepts is done live on twitch.tv/runesael, under the guidance of the writers and lead producer of the project.
I am presently the art director of this project, as well as a concept artist and illustrator.
The Mine Alu'ar, elegant and refined, from a planet of delights and mystery.
The Yardnard, a small, clever species with a keen eye for business and trade.
The Humans, resourceful and daring refugees of a broken world, adopted by the Alu'ar into the Galactic Federation.
The Nelde Al'uar, hard workers and fierce fighters from a forested world.
The Atta Alu'ar, technologically brilliant and ahead of their time.
The Estwani, a fox-like species of builders and engineers.
Some of the Yardnard exploratory sketches.
Colour passes for the Yardnard. We ended up combining two of the colour choices to make the final version.
I had a pretty decent idea of what I wanted this character to look like when I started sketching them. This is the first image I used my own 3D sculpted references for the face / head.
Sculpts of character heads to solidify geometry and lighting. Figuring out how to use 3D to keep consistent likenesses has been very helpful.
The original Nelde Alu'ar (wood elves) were a little more wild looking. We ended up toning the archetype down for the final image. I didn't bother sketching full figures - they're humanoids.
An example of a very specific reference that was easier to quickly mock up in 3D rather than searching for a bunch of images.
In-world graphic elements - some band logos, specific stickers, graphic elements for clothing and a logo for a militia group.
