Concept Art

Welcome to Concept Art page! Here you can find assorted inspirations, previous iterations, and various related imagery relating to the Capstone Portfolio designs.

Rishi Patolla

This was the first Mascot I tried to make, and as such, it served as a base for most of the other projects. While he might look different from the characters in the later parts of the project, I think I hold him in special regard for being one of the first I came up with. Rishi Patolla cited Red Barrel's OUTLAST as a source, which was used as an inspiration for my design.

Angelica Gallegos

When Angelica told me that her project was going to be a pet shelter, I immediately imagined a dog wearing a kennel on its body in my mind. I wanted the design to be cartoonish, so I used Charles Schulz' Snoopy as a reference image.

Hernan Moreno

As stated earlier, Hernan Moreno's character was inspired by gross and grubby children that are seen at public entertainment areas. The face was inspired by the Void Boss from Masahiro Sakurai's Kirby Star Allies.

Anthony Mendoza

BTS was a large inspiration for Anthony's character design. Anthony's project revolves around K-Pop, and as such, BTS, being one of the most popular and well known K-Pop groups, was a major influence on the design in both clothing, hairstyle, as well as the reason for the mascot having sunglasses.

Cinthia Cuevas

The design for Cinthia was inspired by the trope of curious small doll characters. Since Cinthia was making a pottery project, I decided it would be best to make a ceramic themed doll character for it, with the typical long doll nose.

Aliya Lee

Originally I wanted to make Aliya's mascot more fun and charming, but I ended up having to redesign it to be more rough and high-fantasy due to peer feedback. I still think this version possesses a charm that the newer one doesn't. The eye makes this design feel less cold and stoic, but was removed from the second version to make the design feel more intimidating.

Sophi Cuevas

This was a test sketch I did for Sophi's character Leon originally. However, I didn't like how it was turning out, and instead came up with the idea to make a bat form for him instead, since he's supposed to be a vampire.

Saree Castaneda

This picture here was drawn by Saree Castaneda. Saree's character "Crust Mama" is a cool grandma who rides a wheelchair like a sports vehicle. I tried to match the energy she had with the cat mascot I made as a sidekick to her, due to how grandmothers will often be seen with pet cats.

Kristine Bray

Kristine's color palette was based on the bus seats on public transportation due to how her project was focused on making a podcast to shed light and bring awareness to public transportation issues. Ironically, the patterned fabric of these seats were engineered to hide stains, while Kristine's podcast focuses on uncovering truths.