complete the posters, i used and orthogonal view for the main artwork in front of the set at each end on a background. Ive done two versions, one with a checkerboard background and one with a rendered one, i prefer the later just not sure if it can be submitted as the render was not done on illustrator, anyway here they are

couldent help my self so i took the pieces over to sketchup, made a quick model and rendered them using vray, they turned out nicely and i think they work really well as a set.

Pieces, 2d

So from my sketches ive designed the pieces from front on in illustrator, each piece represents the way it moves on the board and is very simple yet i think effective in design

Inspiration

So ive been thinking about what ill do for a chess piece and have ahd no ideas until i actually played a game. Ive decided on basing each chess piece on how it moves on the board. So here are some initial sketeches to get me going and to illustrate what i mean, sort of like a beginners chess set.

so i found two pieces i liked form the olden days. This first one is of a european queen form 12th century spain. Its a good piece just because of the detail, i looks like a sculpture just by itself.

This next one is my favourite because it looks like a modenr interpretation of a chess piece yet it is actually and ancient one depicting a king on elephant back.

New Brief

So this new brief is basically to design a new set of chess pieces and use them to create a black and white poster. Should be interesting, will start with some research

Mandala Complete

Heres my mandala finished, happy with final result, time for next project!

here are the rest of the characters, im trying to capture the pixelated effect of the original super mario bros, now its time to turn these into a pattern...

these are some of the elements of the mandala ive outlined today, i stuck to the original colour palette except for mario because his original red overalls and brown shirt looked crap compared to the more well known blue overalls and red jumper, enjoy

block

just starting making elements for my mandala, started off simple with a block from original mario, here it is... the old school pixelated look is maybe an aesthetic i can use to tie together my mandala..