Samma van Klaarbergen
Illustrator and concept artist
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Remini township

I found a really old drawing I did when I was young. This drawing had a crazy amount of little guys and buildings with little wooden beams and such. It was back when I was a big fan of the videogame Knights and Merchants. I wanted to revisit it with my current skillset and this is what came out of it

Closeup 1

Closeup 1

Closeup 2

Closeup 2

Some inspiration I used to find a fitting mood and certain shapes

Some inspiration I used to find a fitting mood and certain shapes

Building blocks. Using sketchup to make a model, seeing what might work for the picture and early development. I then used different renders such as ambient, shadow and separate lines to get the blocks shaded. This saved a lot of time.

Building blocks. Using sketchup to make a model, seeing what might work for the picture and early development. I then used different renders such as ambient, shadow and separate lines to get the blocks shaded. This saved a lot of time.

Process Gif. Here are the steps I took to get where I wanted. Pretty straightforward. Kept it relatively focused throughout.

Process Gif. Here are the steps I took to get where I wanted. Pretty straightforward. Kept it relatively focused throughout.

Original old drawing (by request :) )

Original old drawing (by request :) )