Thomas Scholes

the early evolution of an RPG prototype,

- watercolors done for the heck of it, one of many
- watercolors scanned and used as a kit for a store interior
- rinse repeat step 2 to learn it's limits
- borrow textures from props to prototype floors and walls and quickly assemble a more complete scene!

the early evolution of an RPG prototype,

- watercolors done for the heck of it, one of many
- watercolors scanned and used as a kit for a store interior
- rinse repeat step 2 to learn it's limits
- borrow textures from props to prototype floors and walls and quickly assemble a more complete scene!

Concept work from one of my all time favorite projects done for Kabam for this week's throwback!

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Indie devs, if you need help with art direction, you could not ask for a better partner than @scholes.bsky.social

You probably know him from his beautiful concept art but trust me when I say that is just the tip of the iceberg.

I have special rates for Indies and would love love love it if this became a core part of my business! Send me an email!

I had a blast working with Dave and the team at Trellis. We set up some firm foundations together for Art Direction and Concepts and I can't wait to see where they take it!

a tiny tiny love letter to carrots,
thank you for your crunch and color <3

3"x4" graphite, watercolor and colored pencil

Concept work from one of my all time favorite projects done for Kabam for this week's throwback!

Freelance Schedule is currently OPEN!

Just the expanded kits on their own for this week's post!

Freelance Concept Art, Creative and Art Direction Schedule now OPEN!

Glad to hear it! It's pencils scanned but painted digitally. Main goal of the project however was to emulate watercolor, which was fun but maybe not as much fun as watercolor itself! :)

Okay, I can't resist showing the final results~!

Okay, I can't resist showing the final results~!

Thank you! For clarity that first image is a breakdown of this one! But the overall method is all about breaking things down into smaller things and then reassembling so the comment makes sense no matter what :)

Just the expanded kits on their own for this week's post!

Freelance Concept Art, Creative and Art Direction Schedule now OPEN!

Give it a go and show me if you'd like! Would love to see!

Pretty much! There's a lot of ways to work with a kit but I do find it's best to start strong with more complete designs and then break them into pieces - that said I really enjoy starting with pieces too! Doors, windows -etc.

I have special rates for Indies and would love love love it if this became a core part of my business! Send me an email!

I had a blast working with Dave and the team at Trellis. We set up some firm foundations together for Art Direction and Concepts and I can't wait to see where they take it!

Freelance Schedule now OPEN!

Very sorry to hear development of Battle Aces has ended but happy I can at least share a little bluesky exploration done early on in it's development. Many many thanks to Luke Mancini for bringing me on!

Full project on my website! (reposting post holiday)

a tiny tiny love letter to onions,

thank you for lending your flavor and aroma to just about any meal <3
(guest starring other alliums i.e. garlic, leeks etc.)

3"x4" graphite, watercolor and colored pencil

An embroidery landscape depicting an aerial view of an equestrian farm. Green fields cut through with light paths and red farm houses, complete with a woodland and wild meadow area in the top.

A past embroidery commission I forgot to share on here... an aerial view of an equestrian farm somewhere in America! This was such a lovely landscape is embroider: the horse fields and red farm houses are so pleasing :) such a soothing green landscape 💚

some of the kit

Painting of a boar in a sweater with a mushroom basket, holding and smelling a mushroom.

Day 27 of #septempera - the connoisseur.

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Personal practice for this week's throwback:

up close, then really really up close

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Personal practice for this week's throwback:

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Existential Dredd “AM I THE LAW?”

One of my favorite poems since childhood, and a poem I share every #autumnequinox.
By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands.
Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid.
“My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”

Big fan of things organized neatly and I think the 8bit vibe might be about tilesets! Also hi Anna! Offer to try out any of my kits is open to you too! :)

Makes sense and hopefully I can give some of these some frames :) Thank you!

Thanks so much, that's helpful to hear! Have you ever tried it out?