Under The Clouds
High up in the sky, above a never ending sea of clouds, lives on majestics and feathering creatures of all sizes. Hunting, preying, flying upon all else. And as Mankind needed their abilities in order to survive, they domesticated them, bonded with each other, wrote them as living legends and myths.
Time passed, and humans, still knowing their place in the food chain, constructed their villages, towns and cities, protected , hidden from predators. Setting aside their desires of exploration and themselves for a quiet life.
Our story takes place in the peaceful village of Lhasa, where Jinpa & Tseten live alongside their mother, Nele. Until one day, when she disappeared with her bird Tara.
The Characters
Props
The Birds
They were the initial thrust for the project, and they embody the feelings of freedom, exploration and adventure that I love so much, but with the possibility to play with their cute and stupid side.
Storytelling Attitudes
Seeing how the characters, think, act and react to each other in a given situation may be the part where I take the most pleasure lately. Like little windows overlooking their world, I felt like adding some quick context and dialogues was necessary in order to bring them to life.
Additional Researches
Even if the project was mainly about designing Tseten, Jinpa and their birds, world building and storytelling occupy a big place in my heart when it comes to sketching.
Here's a mix of every other researches that helped me build the project from scraps.
Thank you for your time !
PORTFOLIO
Samuel Amar
Hi, you can call me Sam, I'm a concept artist specializing in character design and world building. I have had a great passion for of video games and animated movies since my childhood, and more recently with storytelling, which led me to combine those and start mastering for roleplaying games.
And that's pretty much the direction I'm trying to achieve with my art, focusing on mood and storytelling, describing epic scenery but also the quiet slice of life moment, the Weird and the Cute.
I'm looking forward to work with a team and invest myself in future projects.
Elixir
Project done for the game art section at New3dge with the goal of creating a video game showcase. The brief was about creating the characters for a stylized fantasy project about an alchemist (Luka) trying to find a potion that his little familiar snitch out of his laboratory. Problem is, the potion is one that makes everything it spray grow out of proportion. Therefore Luka will wander in the forest shaped by his potion, trying to find him, until he does.
Noam
Those concept were done for the VFX section at New3dge with the aim of producing a short animation movie. The story is about Noam, a young man who can manipulate lapis lazuli but lack the experience to control it, putting the ones he loves at risk and making him a paria among his city.
Thanks again !
Thanks to all the amazing teachers I had at New3dge, especially Lucile MEUNIER, Jens CLAESSENS and Nils CARSTENS that were a bless for my final project. (Also Wokkie)
Thanks to Fabien ROUMAZEILLES and Aurélien FOURNIER who created an amazing class at New3dge
And thanks to all my classmates who have made these last 2 years an unforgettable experience.
Love you guys.
