D_Rogue Game Art Project

Red sky at night, sailor's delight.  Red sky  in the morning, sailor's warning. I love the idea of this foreboding premonition sign as a narrative tool and using  the latter half of this classic saying fit perfectly. The phrase comes from millennia of weather forecasting and is a well-known meteorological prediction by judging the glow of evening or morning clouds relating to nearby storms; the changing of weather systems flowing from west to  east . This foreboding event will be the very beginning of the storyline...the calm before the storm. All seems well, but hell is unknowingly on the horizon.                                                                                                                                           Jason Bartlett © Here is my first visualisation of the red sky in the morning.  A speed painting taking around three hours using Photoshop and a handful of photo references. It was great getting back into seascape paint

After creating   the first set of  character designs and enjoying the line art process,  I set about making the next sheet for the deckhand crew of the F/V Scully.                                                                                                                                           Jason Bartlett © This sheet, of three  deckhand   members, completes the crew of six (see here for previous post). Here we have the Engineer (Left), Deckhand #1 (Middle) and Deckhand #2 (Right). In each character, I hope to convey their roles; while describing what sort of personality they have. For example,  Deckhand #1  is wearing oversized baggy clothing, a headband and sporting a big grin. Hopefully, this translates to the viewer, the character to be somewhat laid back but a pleasant chap; or somewhere along those lines.                                                                                                                                           Jason Bar