Leander Miranda - The Rookie Awards 2024 (Concept Art)

Hello my name is Leander. I recently finished my advanced concept art course at CG Spectrum. This is my submission for the rookie awards 2024, I hope you enjoy.

These are thumbnails for my creature called Bemon. I took inspiration from various living creatures such as snakes, bees and spiders as well as from anime like Pokemon. 

Some information about Bemon.

Bemon is an alien species from the far planet off planet known as melliferiosa. Bemon is similar to bees in that they live in a hive and have a queen. Bemon also secrete a a honey like liquid which is safe for them but could be poisonous to many other creatures including humans. Bemon are ferocious, especially when people enter their territory. Bemon capture beings from other planets in order to study them  and learn about the life and natural resources of the planets that they are from. If the Bemon like a planet they will colonize it. There are many Bemon colonies scattered  across the universe.

Character sheet for Bemon.

Different lighting schemes and eyes. I went with the first one as I wanted a scarier look.

The final piece.

Thumbnail sketches for the astronaut who unfortunately stumbled across the Bemon.

Some information about the astronaut.

His name Marco and he is a human who has always dreamed of exploring deep space ever since he was a little kid. He is 21 and recently graduated from a space program. He was just sent on his first mission to Pluto and that's where he encountered the Bemon.

Character sheet for Marco. 

The final piece.

I have used some copyright free texture for the backgrounds from Texturelabs.

Finally here are some tools I designed for an assignment for my course in CG Spectrum.

We were given some basic 3d models by the school and told create  our  own weapons based off it. I have also used some royalty free textures from unsplash.

And that's it. I would like to thank my mentor Eric Wilkerson for his help with these projects and my family and friends who had given me suggestions and tips. I hope you have enjoyed.