Lore: Environments

Hey all!

Here's some work for an original project I'm currently developing called "Lore".  It is part of something larger I am working on with Stephen Chang and Randy Bantog at Magnus Rex.  It's been an exciting process and I'll be sharing more work soon!

Hope you enjoy!

The Success Of Failure

Hey all-

Great article at CNN on the role of "failure" in creativity can be found here.
Check out this quote.

"Successful people -- creative people -- fail every day, just like everybody else. Except they don't view failure as a verdict. They view it as an opportunity. Indeed, it's failure that paves the way for creativity."

Give it a read, you won't be sorry.

-Derick

The Name Of The Wind

Hey all-

I've been listening to tons of audiobooks recently while working and discovered a great novel that's been out for a few years.  The book is "The Name Of The Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss.  It's a story about a poor young wizard (not like "Harry Potter") making his way through The University and all the challenges he faces.  Rothfuss has beautiful prose and incredible insight into personal relationships, education and especially the different tiers of society.  It's a great read (and listen), you won't be disappointed.

-Derick

A Storm Of Swords

Hey all-

I honestly believe "A Storm Of Swords" is the best book in "The Song Of Ice & Fire" series. I've experienced this book multiple times and it still touches me deeply. "Game Of Thrones" is an amazing show but check out the books, they will blow you away!  I especially recommend the audiobook ready by Roy Dotrice, the amount of voices that man can do is amazing.

Enjoy!

Derick

Musika

Hey all!

Here is the first entry in Musika, a personal project I've been developing for a while.
It's exciting to finally get going on it, more to come!

-Derick

Deity: Exploratory Design

Lara Croft & The Guardian Of Light

Here is keyframe art created at Magnus Rex for Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light.  These pieces were used to determine the look and feel of major moments in the game cinematics.  

You can view the whole project here.

Enjoy!

-Derick

Duels

I worked on this project for over 3 years and worked with a team to design scores of characters for the MMORPG "Duels".  This project has a special place in my heart becasue it was one of the first projects I landed to start my studio, Magnus Rex.

The objective was to design character sets, which is to take one central design and alter small elements to create multiple variations on a theme.  It was a really fun exercise because each character set essentially became its own mini-culture.

Below are some samples of the character sets created for the game.

Enjoy!

-Derick

Asian Warrior Set

 

Roman Warrior Set 

 

Persian Warrior Set