The Art of Jeff Murchie: 2016

Skylanders Imaginators: King Pen Sensei Toy Concept

This is my final concept for King Pen. He was one of the first characters that I designed for Skylanders Imaginators and he was one of the first to be approved as a Sensei toy! He is one of my personal favorites because he is my first character toy design but also because he was chosen to be featured in the Skylanders Imaginators starter pack along with the Golden Queen.

Here are a few pose exploration sketches. After the final design for each toy was approved we needed to establish a dynamic pose that was not only eye catching but able to fit into packaging. King Pen was chosen to be in the starter pack for a couple reasons. First, he is clearly a strong heroic character which is important to communicate.

Dec

Skylanders Imaginators Sensei Toy Concepts

Here are a few of the "Sensei" characters I designed for "Skylanders Imaginators." In order from top below are, "Chopscotch," "Ambush," "Ember" and "Tri Tip."

I had the priviledge to work on the toy concepts with I-Wei Huang and Blake Lyons, two fantastic conceptual artists. I learned a lot from them and our process was very open and it was great to work with two individuals who are humble and open to any idea that will work to raise the level of creativity.

Nov

Another Doomlander Concept for Skylanders Imaginators

Yet another Doomlander concept from Skylanders Imaginators. There are more Doomlanders to come! I particularly loved how he turned out in game.

Nov

Doomlander Smasher Class

This is the concept for the Doomlander "Smasher Class" in Skylanders Imaginators. I really had a lot of fun with these guys. I feel like these are characters I would have been drawing in middle school. If you're half interested in Skylanders this is the game to pick up. It's really a fun experience.

Nov

"DOOMLANDER!!" Bazooka Class

This is one of the Doomlander Boss Concepts I designed for Skylanders Imaginators. Each Doomlander has a different weapon class. This is the Bazooka Class Doomlander. The fun part is that as you fight you can knock off parts of his armor that you can then use to as parts to create your own Skylander. Ed General modeled the in game character.

Nov

The BRAIN!!!!

Here is the concept for the Brain character in Skylanders Imaginators. He was a fun character to work on and I enjoyed creating these little facial expression guides for the animators. He is used in a lot of the story cinematics so it was important to convey the personality through these sketches. The animators did a great job with him and I loved watching Kaos interact with him.

Oct

Tube Shark!!:)

This bad boy is an enemy from Skylanders Imaginators. He's in a water/ocean themed level and he's basically a tube shark. He suck objects in from one end and shoots them out the other. He can also munch on you if you're not careful. He was a fun character to work on with the design team at Toys for Bob.

Oct

Doomlander "Sentinel" Concept for Skylanders Imaginators

This is my Doomlander concept for the "Sentinel" class. He is one of my personal favorites that I worked on for the Doomlander boss characters.

Oct

ROPE-A-DOPE!!! Skylanders Imaginators Enemy Design

Here are a couple of enemies I created for Imaginators. They both appear in the nature level. The first is one of my favorite designs. I don't think he has an official name but I lovingly refer to him as "Rope-A-Dope." I was trying hard to think of a strange method of attack and I came up with this one! I just liked the idea of his arms attaching as a jumprope.

Apr

Alien Dignitary Personal Concept

Here is a new personal concept I created of an alien dignitary similar to something you may see in a Star Wars film.

The Art of Jeff Murchie

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