Stella Salas' Art

Animal studies on paper, graphite.  I tried to catch their movement, paying attention to the overall movement and of how their bodies work, like the wolf's paws for example. Bears bones structure and proportions, and how different are grizzly bear skulls compared to a panda.

Character Design. Mixed media. Turns on my original character Piggie. Wacom Intuos tablet and Adobe Photoshop. Five basic expressions of the character Piggie. Adobe Photoshop and Wacom Intuos tablet. Design for the main character of MiniBat the video game, a PC runner that me and my team di as final project in the vocational Degree Game & Level Design, at the University Paris XIII. I was in charge of the Art Direction and working closely with the Game Designer. Wacom Intuos tablet and Adobe Photoshop Turns of MiniBat to simplify the animation. Sketch in Adobe Photoshop, Wacom Intuos tablet First sketches for the character Ramon. Graphite on paper Preliminary sketches and color tests. Adobe Photoshop, Wacom Intuos tablet GIF in Adobe Animate showing the three basic emotions of the character Ramon Preliminary sketches and color tests. Adobe Photoshop, Wacom Intuos tablet GIF showing the three basic emotions of the character. Adobe Anima...

Human anatomy studies and figure drawing on live seances. Mixed media.  Study of the human's back bones. Red / blue Prima pencil colours Human head anatomy studies. Red / blue Prisma pencil colours Atelier of figure drawing with a model. Red / blue Prisma pencil colours, graphite. Atelier of figure drawing with a model. Red / blue Prisma pencil colours, graphite.  Atelier of figure drawing with a model. Graphite. Da Vinci' sketches studies. Red / blue Prisma pencil colours Portrait heads studies. Graphite and white charcoal on grey paper Observational drawing of my room. Graphite.

I was inspired by Albert Camus' book "Le myth de Sisysphe". He inferred that the irrationality, the human nostalgia and the absurd are the 3 characters of the drama that would finish all logic in the human existence. I represented them as some inner demons / ghosts. Graphite, micron pens, ball point pen and black markers on sketchbook moleskin. "Every horror is an illusion in our minds", trying to represent it by looking into the mirror, I could imagine another dimension and maybe another self. I got inspiration from the ukiyo-e painting's folklore monsters. Faber Castell colors, white charcoal, graphite, Micron pens and paper stump for shadings on grey paper sketchbook. Octopus and Girl had been a subject very common in my drawings. She represents the fearless and proud side that I wish to project.   Micron pens, graphite, white charcoal, black markers and paper stump for shading on grey paper sketchbook Bakemono: Monster cats that are sa...

Digital illustrations. Adobe Photoshop and Wacom Intuos tablet Cover for MiniBat the video game (University Paris XIII final project)   From a photo reference: I take angles and create imaginary lines. Grey values and light/shadow casting observation Portrait exaggerating some facial features like the ears  Skin colour study Different outfits for character (digital sketches)

Basic modeling in 3Ds Max. Renders were made in VRay for 3Ds Max 2016. Street with a basic light and the Wireframe render Modeling of a cartoon face and the Wireframe render

 Backgrounds for MiniBat, the video game.Adobe Photoshop and Wacom Intuos tablet As the final project for my vocational Degree in Game & Level Design, my team and I made a PC video game runner called Mini Bat. I was in charge with the graphics and Art Direction.   1st scenario; the city Divided in layers so it can be integrated on the video game Mock up of the second scenario: the jungle Also it was separated in layers

  From Concept Art to Final results.  In order to finish the vocational Degree in Game & Level Design, I was on a 4 months internship for Ooblada, a mobile video game studio based in Paris.   I was in charge of the characters / backgrounds for the new worlds at the Football Touch 2014 game. Working closely with the Game Designer and the Art Director, I did preliminary sketches with my ideas / propositions and once they were approved, I moved onto doing them in the game' style which was Pixel Art.   New characters and Zombie world unlocked / locked in the map From sketches to real assets in-game From sketch propositions to the new worlds in the map