Art301 - Concept Art - SciFi Project - Alien Aggressor - Ships

Fighter concepts for the aggressor race in Ark of Solaris.  I wanted to keep the idea of organic shapes, and radial and spiral patterns, since the aliens are octopus-snails.  The theme of calciferous shells and bio-organic shapes is a recurring theme for this race's concepts.  The spiral arms of the fighter spin as it flies and it fires its guns in a helix pattern.

Bomber ship thumbs and feeling out how the arms of this ship move and curve through space

Art301 - Concept Art - SciFi Project - Human Prop Development

Thumbs for props for the human faction.  Magnetic boots and a firearm

Art301 - Concept Art - SciFi Project - Alien Protector Development

 

Working with pure silhouette, using only india ink and brush.  I find this helps me move faster on concepting out an idea for silhouette value.

 

Rough concept of the a soldier class from the Protector race.  I wanted them to look noble, intimidating and technologically advanced

Art301 - Concept Art - SciFi Project - Human Faction Development

  

I wanted the feel of humanity back in the 1800's, frontier like.  The basic story was that humans had destroyed Earth (again) and the last of civilization was in this enormous ship called "the Ark".  I felt a look of the cowboy and rough and tumble explorers of the frontier back in the 19th century would be appropriate.  At the bottom right are the ideas that got used for further development.

 

Rough concept work for a soldier-class in the human faction.  Still needs some work.

Art301 - Concept Art - SciFi Project - Alien Aggressor Development

 

Preliminary Thumbs and Development

Playing with shapes and silhouettes

 

Going with more robotic designs.  The snail in the bottom is 

actually the seed of what would become the final idea.

Preliminary Thumbs and Development

I like some of these

 Getting to the final idea that I ended up using.