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Formagon is the God of elements worshiped by the people of Alkaion. When he materializes the energy within the four holy stones is activated and harnessed by the mystic scientist of Alkaion.

Came in 6th place in DW V ]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:15:17 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/1025010

Model Sheet for Formagon.
Formagon is the God of elements worshiped by the people of Alkaion. When he materializes the energy within the four holy stones is activated and harnessed by the mystic scientist of Alkaion. ]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:17:51 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/999208

Portrait for the new Steampunk Holmes book coming out for the iPad.
http://theclevermonkey.blogspot.com/ ]]> Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:27:36 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/999200

Here are some portraits of the new Steampunk Holmes that will be coming out for the iPad. This is the first time I have ever had to re imagine a well known character and it was a bit harder then I had anticipated. Hope you like it.
If you are interested in reading more about this project visit here: http://theclevermonkey.blogspot.com/]]> Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:54:43 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/999202

Portrait of Watson for the new Steampunk Holmes book coming out for the iPad.
http://theclevermonkey.blogspot.com/ ]]> Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:00:32 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/999206

Concept sketches for Steampunk Holmes]]> Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:08:38 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/964407

This is the first time I tried integrating Zbrush into my workflow, and there was a learning curve, but I was surprised how easy it was to get a hang of the software and how well PS and Zbrush interact.
I’m addicted!
]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:17:13 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/957757

Moe: Is a exceptional mechanic. She rigs bikes for gang members and is simply the best in the business. Most of the time she stays out of local gang disputes, but sometimes she has a hard time getting paid for her work.

PS: This was done for Character Forge at CGHub, we had to develop characters inside the Akira universe.
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This is my entry for the mini DW V. I wish CG society all the best! This is a little story I wrote to help me find design solutions, and come up with what I hope will be interesting characters.


Far and wide across the galaxy, from the old and wise to the young and fair, all have sung the tales of the prowess, might, strength, and good fortune of General Pozzo di Borgo VI.
But tragically, as often happens with powerful men, the high council turned their purpose to the Shadow, and allied with the ever deceitful Corrupted.
General Borgo was betrayed, and his death sealed, when he was sent with his brave army of 50 thousand into an ambush. In his date with death the general and his men fought valiantly for many days, until he alone was left standing. Then, when all was lost and his demise was certain, a slicing light came from the shadows, vanquishing all foes in its path. Chi of the Death Reaper Society came to make a last stand by the general she loved.
]]> Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:37:18 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/900251

This is a card for "War Squared" I forgot to post. I have always had a hard time capturing natural looking motion, and not something that looks like a pose, so this was a challenge, I hope it’s believable enough.
As far as the story I was imagining something like the last guy to make it to the finish line gets shot at by a firing squad at the end of the race, so all the runners are missing limbs...a little dramatic 
All the best to the wonderful people out there
Dan
]]> Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:54:32 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/899626

This is my last card of the 20 card batch for “War Squared”, and it’s one of my favorite. They let me come up with whatever I wanted for this last card (thanks guys!). I had never seen a Mongolian-cowboy type character on a griffin before, so I hope you enjoy it.
Big hug to all.
Dan
]]> Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:31:49 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/898330

Project description: A guy with a mechanical boa constrictor snake around his neck as a necklace proudly displaying his invention: a mechanized snake.
The guys at “War Squared” give me a lot of creative freedom, so it’s always a lot of fun working with them on this card game. With this piece I was trying to capture the majestic nature of this mighty enchanter, the contrast between his destructive power and inner calm. Making these images read well in a small size is also a challenge, so I’m always trying to perfect my use of value contrast.
Hope you like it.
Dan

]]> Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:03:51 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/896185

This is another card for the “War Squared” steam punk card game. On this card I wanted to try and play more with the lighting and color to draw the viewer’s eye. The dimensions I have to work with make it a little difficult to ad other story telling elements, and this images get printed real small, so those are some of the challenges when working with these kind of cards.
Anyhow, hope to hear your thoughts, and all the best to you wonderful people!
Dan
]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:36:03 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/890292

Here is another “Steam Punk” card. With this card I tried to stay away from over rendering everything and spend that time to figure out a interesting composition and help the eye move around the image more than in past illustrations. Hope it worked.
All the best to you great people.
Dan
Client description: A researcher lowering what seems to be a mechanical brain/device into a vat of oil shaped like a human silhouette
]]> Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:19:43 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/888673

This was made for a steam punk card game. About 10hrs and a lot of fun, hope you enjoy imagining a story to go with it. If you have any C&Cs they are more than welcome.
Dan
]]> Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:33:47 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/868523

This took about 18 hours and I normally just paint with values to get started, but this time I started off with line work and I think it helped get a little more of a dynamic feel.
I made this for “War Squared”. Its a steam punk card game that looks promising. There are still 6 more cards to come so stay tuned.
All comments are more than welcome…have a great day.
Dan
]]> Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:17:19 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/859715

Here are more cards I made for the "War Squared" card game, it's a new card game being developed by some guys at MIT.
Big hug and lots of love 2 all.
Dan]]> Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:09:05 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/859220

This is some of my work for “War Squared”, it’s a new Steam Punk card game. I was given the liberty to explore and try different things out, so it’s not really so Steam Punk after all, but I had fun. There are more coming soon, so stay tuned.
Thanks for taking a look, please feel free to give any C&C’s.
Dan
]]> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:18:16 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/859346

This was done for a Steam Punk card game. ]]> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:31:01 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/876965

This is another concept for the preproduction for “Samson the Nazarite” graphic novel. Our objective was to divide his sorry into two parts. His story starts at the age of 17 and the second part of the story is when he’s gone through difficult times. Hope you like it.
Dan
]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:27:02 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/862578

These are some of main characters for graphic novel about the life of Samson; if you are interested in participating in the development of this project, please visit our thread:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=31&t=860114
All the best
Dan
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:44:39 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/862577

These are the main characters for graphic novel about the life of Samson; if you are interested in participating in the development of this project, please visit our thread:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=31&t=860114
All the best
Dan
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:41:13 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/890301

Poster for the Sunz of Liberty game]]> Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:39:57 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/876990

Character development for a new game called Sunz of Liberty. She is a little bot that belongs to a geek and makes great coffee. ]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:17:46 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/876972

Character development for a new game called Sunz of Liberty. ]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:46:34 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/890296

Concept super heroes]]> Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:31:19 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/859336

This is my entry to DWIV, I want to dedicate it to all the Cg society members who helped me during the whole comp. The collaboration made a huge difference, and partly thanks to their inspiration, and everything I learned during the comp, now I'm working as a full time artist.
So thanks to all, and big hug.
Dan
IF your interested here is the thread:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=282&t=742284]]> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:49:43 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/891246

I’m not what you would call a matte painter, but a job came up and I jumped in, but it would have been a disaster without the great Gnomon workshops from Dylan Cole. Hope to do more matte paintings in the future; it was a lot of fun.

Here is the client description:
Chiriqui is a word in the indigenous language, which in English means "valley of the moon". We want fantasy art that conveys a feeling of intrigue, beauty, lushness, and a desire to come and see it.
A moon, not necessarily full, just rising above jungle covered mountains, shining down on a lush tropical valley rain forest. Elements: Mountains, jungles, clouds, waterfalls, exotic birds, river etc. Still daylight to get vivid colors.
]]> Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:14:59 +0000 http://danielcortes.cgsociety.org/gallery/859345

This is a sample I made for a gaming company who wanted to try me out, and it was fun because I normally don't get to work on environments. ]]> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:28:24 +0000