Designing Characters from the Ground Up is where Van Ong Shines
His grasp of the general pipeline process surrounding character creation at ever stage makes him an incredible asset to have on hand when you are looking for a new critter in your project.
This was an artist that I was pretty excited to do an Artist of the Week article on, he has an amazing range of style that implies that there is a ton of art that is within his scope that we just have not had a chance to see yet. Jumping between character explorations, light and shadow studies and into full blown creature illustrations makes moving through his portfolio pretty exciting.
Van Ong currently works as a Senior Character Artist at BigBoxVR. He had previously worked on the game Chronicles of Elyria over at Soulbound Studios. He has worked at various other studios over the last ten years, consistently practicing his skills in a professional setting and it shows.
His most recent work is actually some of my favorites, some rough sketches of fantastic creatures and situations. I say rough as in their style not in their execution, they have a delightful raw quality where you can see his focus is on a capturing a specific emotion of mood. With him working at BigboxVR it makes me pretty excited to see if I can pick out the characters he helps build as they roll out in games he has had a hand in.
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