The Legend of Dragoon - Redesign Project
Decided to redesign a favorite ps1 classic of mine. Casted various actors for each of the characters and attributed some real world cultures to the aesthetics.
A redesign of Meru from The Legend of Dragoon. Wanted to go with a slightly more older and mature Meru that has cultural references grounded in Greece and the Mediterranean cultures surrounding it.
Redesign of Dart from The Legend of Dragoon. With humans being a more new race in the world, I tied their aesthetic with the later Roman empire and Byzantine empire to contrast the Winglies. I wanted to keep his iconic red armor, but replaced the modified muscle cuirass with a lorica.
Actress: Natalie Dormer
Actor: Louis Hofmann
Actress: Victoria Loke
The Lord of the Rings - Reimagined Sequel Project
A what if scenario following all of Tolkien’s writing. I figured that time and culture would progress forward a bit and leaned into Elves settling into the Elizabethan period.
Following Dagor Dagorath, Middle Earth rebuilds and enters the 16th century. I decided to create an elvish inventor who brings the brewing of coffee to Middle Earth. Using Dutch motifs like the lion sigil and braids, I focused on creating someone that would be part of an Elizabethan court with Baroque stylings.
Arthurian Tales - Personal Project
My rendition of the many characters featured in the classic King Arthur stories.
Palamedes adorned in Questing Beast armor from the Arthurian legends. The Questing Beast was originally thought to have the head of a snake, leopard body, lions haunches, and deer's feet. Supposedly, this was just a medieval description of a giraffe. Whether it was or wasn't, here's my take on Palamedes slaying it and more or less becoming it, as an homage to Aleister Crowley's version of the story. Now, roaming the terrain of what remains of Arthur’s Camelot, Palamedes absorbed by spectral Malice, challenges those in search of the Grail.
Often depicted as a chaotic witch, Morgan’s real claim to fame was her healing waters saving King Arthur and ushering him to Avalon. For this rendition, I focused on emphasizing her water magic as a sorceress by giving her a twin fish-Pisces familiar, and maintained her fairy roots by having an orbiting wisp (using a feline skull inside, as an homage to her first familiar as a fledgling witch in training.) By continuing under the tutelage of Merlin, Morgan studies to hone her water sorcery and eventually moves on away from Camelot to discover tomes capable of teaching her how to summon larger beasts. Here she stands in her realm that she uses to punish unfaithful knights.
Known as the right hand of King Arthur, Bedivere was also described as the one handed great warrior, Bedwyr Bedrydant. Tasked with returning Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake after the final battle, Bedivere served his King well. Wiglaf played a very similar role to Beowulf and also accompanied him in his final battle. While fighting the dragon, Wiglaf’s arm was badly burned and he too was tasked with moving Beowulf’s equipment to his funeral pyre. For this version of Bedivere, I wanted to reward him with his great service by having the Lake gift him Beowulf’s large sword, Naegling. Due to the large nature of the sword, the Lake also gifted him with Wiglaf’s burned arm, adorned with Beowulf’s jewelry. After Arthur’s passing, his dog Cavall would also find his way to Bedivere, due to how close they were during the hunt of the wild boar. Uncertain of his future, Bedivere would then venture outwards beyond distant lands to find purpose.
Barely surviving being crushed by Tristan’s arms in his final moments, Iseult lives on to exact revenge. With Tristan’s harp in her hand, and her arm between the grip of his bones, she moves on as he is unable to. ‘The Wilted Maiden of Ruin’ seeks her maid that betrayed her, specifically referencing Wagner’s play “Tristan and Isolde.” Both her and King Mark will pay for the role they played in her story. I crafted Iseult’s outfit by using a traditional celtic dress, along with mourning funeral attire, and the regality of being an Irish princess.
Always looking over his shoulder, back and forth, Lancelot’s thorough routine was a ritual whenever it crossed his mind. The ‘Cruel Child of the Lake’ is what they called him. A victim of childhood circumstance was not enough to atone for his crimes and behavior. Two women fell in love with him over the course of his life and died of unrequited, sorrowful love. The golden French Marigolds, found abroad in a foreign land, attracted the spirits for him to ensnare them. Both follow him, bound and chained to his existence; imbued into his mystical ring that the Lady of the Lake gifted him. After setting foot in his birthright, Joyeuse Gard, Lancelot’s paranoia and arrogance hit a new level. He regularly walks straight through the courtyard flowerbed to show power to his spare souls. With the holy sword Arondight at his hip, and the realm’s favor at his side, nothing exterior will stand in Lancelot’s way, only himself.
