Hassler

The Medium - Henry’s Mind (cell design) 

Thank you so much! Just for the record- the main monster, The Maw was designed by Michal Motulewicz (https://www.artstation.com/michalm). Just saying, because when people tell me they liked some ghost/monster I suspect they think about that one. When it comes to characters from the spirit world, I did Sadness, Jack, spirit Marianne, The Hound, and a little bit of Childeater (his face).  Although Beksinski’s art was a big influence on the artstyle of the game, I was someone who looked for inspiration outside of that. Beksinski’s art was here mainly for the atmosphere for me, but when it came to all little details I looked at basically everything, not only his art. The Hound was hugely inspired by a Münchmeyer disease and... Bloodborne in some way (The One Reborn), while Sadness... I had a soft spot for creepy porcelain masks since I was a kid drawing stuff on oekaki boards. Also, those wavy elements where her arm should be? That was inspired by a certain sculpture. Contemporary sculpture and contemporary art is a great source of inspiration in general. 

The Medium - Marianne

The Medium - Niwa Massacre

I use photoshop, sometimes 3d software as a base (perspective and stuff) but some people now use 3d software for it (like Blender) from the start to finish, like, almost no drawing involved. And I’m not a fan of it, because now some people expect concept artists to be 3d artists as well which is stupid. I want to draw, dammit! And I love mixing techniques.   How long- difficult to tell, it depends on how much time I have, but usually 2-3 days I think? Or several sketches during these 2-3 days. I don’t know, usually, I’m jumping from task to task.

Some concepts of Jack

The Medium: East Wing

Haha I’m not surprised, he’s great and he’s my favorite! I have some concepts, but those are old concepts of him, with different clothes. (will post them next week probably) Then redesign happened and I was busy redesigning Marianne, so another concept artist took over this task- Damian Żukowski, but I’m looking at his Artstation page and he still didn’t upload that design. What do you mean by “info”? What do you want to know specifically? Ask away :)  

Lots of designs of Sadness I did for The Medium https://www.artstation.com/hassler

So, I will start some concept art spam from a project I’ve been working on for more than three years. If you’re wondering why I stopped making dbh art here’s the answer. I had to sacrifice something, because concept art is my true passion. Been working so hard on this game and I’m super proud of my team. Another reason I stopped with dbh art is that one day one game developer asked me if I really like my work because I have a lot of dbh art and for him it looks like I enjoy making dbh art more than concept art. No. Way. That was just a hobby, but it started to be dangerous it seems. 

More concepts from The Medium! Jack’s apartment, it was an absolute blast to make! More at www.artstation.com/hassler

The Medium concepts! Lily, the very first character we see in the game. Jesus, I have a lot of stuff to post. It will take days.  More at my artstation www.artstation.com/hassler

The Medium keyart I did recently! Yeah, I’m not very active, because work. 

Marianne, main protagonist for the Medium, game I'm working on. I just wanted to make a simple animation of her. Her appearance changes depending on which world she's in, real or spiritual.