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Joshua Keyes

Raise your hammer to the storm!

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  • Daily Sketch – Mage

      This is a pencil sketch I did while I was at work.  I just started by sketching some fun curves, and let it lead me to something interesting.  

  • The Heart of a Man

    This was another practice of listening to a specific song on repeat the entire time that I work on a piece.  The track is then used for the background music in the speedpainting.  The hope is that the piece really reflects something in the music, and it forces a lot of creativity from me even…

  • Running with Fusion can be Dangerous…

      My study/work in progress vlog   I have spent the last couple of days studying run cycles for an indie game that I have been working on.  I have done a lot of work animating in the past, and in particular the run cycle.  For me it’s a hard thing to wrap your head…

  • Encounter in the Deep – Speedpainting

    I put this song my brother made on repeat until I had a decent digital sketch. Then I uploaded the speed painting along with the song.  This was about four hours of work.   Encounter in the Deep Speed Painting

  • Pixel Interpretations: Castlevania 3

      A new series of speed painting videos called, "Pixel Interpretations" show me rendering out game pixel-ized images producing an outcome of how I imagine the subject to be. The following are all Interpretations of Castlevania 3’s Intro sequence.   Joshua Keyes Video redux of Intro to Castlevania 3 Click the more button to see…

  • Daily Sketches–nShadowninja & A Tree

    This sketch was of a aggressive ninja ready for an attack!   I don’t often draw environment subjects, but since I have begun work on my Indie gaming project I have become much more interested in scenery.  This tree formed from some fun curves that I sketched on a paper while doodling one day.

  • SC Concept Sketching

    I have been working on some sketches over the last week.  They are inspired by watching some Starcraft 2 games on GOMtv.  The concepts are for possible T-Shirt ideas, or otherwise just fun imagery related to the game play and culture.  

  • WCR Cartography Art: Thief in the Night

  • Today’s Sketches

    Drawing is fun!  today I decided to make a couple of cartoon like characters inspired by RTS gaming.  The first is a nerdy kid trying to be a blademaster.  He is very eager to begin leveling up, he has a long way to go though… The second image is of the ‘PandaBearGuy” in a power…