Pencils

Long before my career in the gaming industry, my passion for art began with pencil drawings. I did some of the detailed drawings below when I was only 10 years old. Later I drew anything from detailed architectural sketches and elegant car showrooms to lifelike portraits and pet illustrations, I honed my craft through a wide range of subjects. 

My early work even led to commissioned pieces, including drawings displayed in a Staedtler pencil factory boardroom, where my attention to detail and creative expression caught the eye of directors. 

This collection of early pencil drawings represents the foundation of my artistic journey, showcasing the skills that would later evolve into a successful career in digital 2D and 3D art.

I was born in May 1963 and I did the images above in 1973, I lived near a big country farm. The images below are two of 100's.

Most of my early work was featured in newspaper advertisements, like the one below. Due to the printing process, the quality of the newspaper was much lower, but the true detail of the drawing is evident in the standalone image of the car shown below.

Below is a drawing of a local home, one of the hundreds I completed in the 1980s. I would draw wherever I found myself, capturing scenes in remarkable detail. This piece was created using a range of pencils from H1 to 6B, allowing me to achieve the tonal values (dynamic range) necessary to make the drawing resemble a black-and-white photograph.

Later in my career, I shifted to designing levels using quick pencil perspective drawings like those shown below. These sketches are just a few from the game Starlancer, a project developed by Microsoft and Warthog Games in the 1990s.

Below I will show life drawings and other work when I find the images.