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Here are some of the sketches that became the a few of the final designs in Shadow Rift .
Of these designs above, only 2 became final designs [4th one in the top row and last one in the bottom row]. But that's the fun of concept art: you get to explore a bunch of directions and ideas for things like spaceships, environments, buildings, etc. Some might not work, but that's why you have to draw them: to find out what will work and what won't.
You also have to adhere to set archetypes for what people perceive ships to be. Small and fast-looking craft are seen as fighters. Big, bulky ships tend to look slow and work well as cargo ships or cruisers. Keeping things like wings help people to relate to what it's supposed to be. Even if it's in space, where aerodynamics don't really matter.
It was a ton of fun working on these; I gotta do more.

Description

Here are some of the sketches that became the a few of the final designs in Shadow Rift .
Of these designs above, only 2 became final designs [4th one in the top row and last one in the bottom row]. But that's the fun of concept art: you get to explore a bunch of directions and ideas for things like spaceships, environments, buildings, etc. Some might not work, but that's why you have to draw them: to find out what will work and what won't.
You also have to adhere to set archetypes for what people perceive ships to be. Small and fast-looking craft are seen as fighters. Big, bulky ships tend to look slow and work well as cargo ships or cruisers. Keeping things like wings help people to relate to what it's supposed to be. Even if it's in space, where aerodynamics don't really matter.
It was a ton of fun working on these; I gotta do more.