In 2008, I finished reading a book called Old Man’s War by John Scalzi, about the consciousness of the elderly placed in genetically younger versions of themselves, fighting a galactic war to save humanity. Between 2008 and 2011, I had been working on a personal project trying to concept out the characters, weapons, vehicles and aliens within the book. I even went as far as project managing OMW in a program called SG Project to make sure I did not fall off schedule.
This project taught me a tough lesson: Don’t bite off more than you can chew. I had restarted this project four times between 2008 and 2011, because I could not decide on an art style, and would change my visuals depending on my mood or just sheer boredom. I had become a concept artist, art director and producer all at once, and to be honest with the scope of the project growing along with the art inconsistencies, it easily became overwhelming. So with a heavy heart I decided to post what I liked from the work that I had, (which isn’t much) and shelve the project indefinitely.
Included here are teaser images, rough thumbnails of weapons, and character studies of who I wanted to cast in my version of the story. I found out that they are working on a live-action movie and am hoping that they keep the green skin, which might not float too well in Hollywood. In any case, Old Man’s War is still one of my favorite science fiction books and is a great entertaining read.
I think what bothers me most is that I only barely scratched the surface on these characters and worlds within this story, and that someday I may revisit it when I can find an art style that I think suits the story that I visualized in my head and at the same time retain my own interest in the project.
She was quite the looker, much more so than Aphrodite, IMO.
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