Daniel McGarry @danielmcgarry

YouTube video by Daniel McGarry - Concept Art Making of: Zakaar - Concept Art Process/Breakdown

Just wanted to share this process video I made for YouTube! Very laid back and unedited breakdown of one of my projects: Zakaar. Hopefully useful for someone 😁

youtu.be/5qw8TSkj6Ko?...

20.06.2025 15:48 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

GRAD [ Sea Wall Turrets ] 2/2

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GRAD [ Sea Wall Turrets ] 1/2

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🙏🙏🙏

02.05.2025 20:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Up for you to decide! I do write down narratives and briefs for these worlds when I make them but I usually tend not to share them - I really just think it’s much more interesting to let everyone imagine their own narratives. Everyone gets their own mind movie 😁

30.04.2025 23:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Latest project - Zakaar.

Had a lot of fun putting this together and you can find the full thing up on ArtStation if you’re curious! #conceptart

30.04.2025 10:02 — 👍 203 🔁 31 💬 4 📌 0

Had a crack at one of the old Keyframe Challenges me and Rhys Griffiths used to write.

Red car is the one I did tonight in 3 1/2 hours the other I did in 2020 over multiple days xD

18.04.2025 23:15 — 👍 37 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Space Factory - made for an upcoming indie game in production!

10.04.2025 14:12 — 👍 98 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0

Final part of the Deity Labs project - more new work coming soon !!!

02.04.2025 16:01 — 👍 111 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

Invaders

29.03.2025 18:34 — 👍 76 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0

Deity Labs - new work!

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Looks awesome !

13.03.2025 22:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Diamond Sky #conceptart

10.03.2025 15:58 — 👍 75 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 0

Arge Bam - fantasy city based on the historical site located in Iran.

04.03.2025 12:49 — 👍 30 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Maybe one day - space pirate world would definitely be fun to design :))

20.02.2025 23:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There’s a bit more to the project on my ArtStation !

20.02.2025 23:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cheers Carl - totally agree - more ramming and violence in space xD

20.02.2025 12:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Shaun :))

20.02.2025 12:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Red Spear - Space pirates ⚔️🏴‍☠️

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The best defence is a good offense…

16.02.2025 13:42 — 👍 62 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

Killer work Shaun 🔥

14.02.2025 17:15 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Stuff!

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More architecture sketches ✍️

13.02.2025 21:35 — 👍 72 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0

One of the set designs I worked on from Quiet Place: Day One. This image was used in an ILM article you can find below. This image was one of many that we used to develop this location - hopefully one day I can show the rest!

www.ilm.com/quiet-place-...

11.02.2025 20:07 — 👍 33 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

teletubbies glow up

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LAPD exterior design - always wanted to design an exterior set but haven’t had the chance - yet!

09.02.2025 11:30 — 👍 53 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

They’re designs based on reference - so very much based in certain real world things but combined in ways that I think are interesting.

08.02.2025 12:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yep totally agree - perspective and accuracy are always going to help sell the idea. I’d really recommend looking at Scott Robertson’s books and then once you have a good grasp on the techniques using a little 3D as a base to just speed up the process 👍

08.02.2025 12:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks - I’d love to hear the stuff you were taught I’m sure it’ll be useful :))

08.02.2025 12:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Upping my architecture game ✌️

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