Leather Wings Patreon

Hello Everyone!

A personal project that I’ve dedicated most of my time to is called Leather Wings!  It’s a project that pulls in my passion for concept design, storytelling and world building and compresses it all into a tale of an old man and young girl who travel the world to together to bring humanity back from the brink of extinction. 

Through the process of creating the world I want to share its development with you.  I’ll be showing you development diary videos, sharing concept art and documentation.  But more importantly I’m going to be sharing with you as much as I possibly can.  

Follow the the Leather Wings journey on Patreon at,

www.patreon.com/laminillustration

Black Angel

Black Angel is a soon to be released feature fantasy film in which I worked as the concept artist for the Black Angel character.

Director/Art Director Roger Christian tells the story of a knights journey deep into the dark underworld with the daughter of a rival king, to meet the face of evil itself and fight the Black Angel in combat.  Full of drama, action and heroism, pure light is pitted against eternal darkness and damnation.

Below you can take a look at the Black Angel himself and using the link HERE!.


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Nightfall Mysteries: Haunted by the Past

Nightfall Mysteries: Haunted by the Past is a hidden object puzzle game for PC and MAC developed developed by Vast Studios and distributed through Big Fish Games in which I was a concept designer.  It was one of the many great projects that I worked on where I was responsible for sketching the backgrounds and prop designs that were subsequently used as a guide for the matte painters to follow.  You can take a look at some of the design work below or visit our Professional Work page HERE!

Heroes Reborn

NBC's Heroes Reborn is the newest chapter in creator Tim Kring's superhero saga.  This highly anticipated 13-episode miniseries will reconnect with the basic elements of the show's first season where ordinary people wake up to the fact that they have extraordinary abilities where Lamin Illustration & Design was contacted by the production to work on character designs.  We're very excited to see our design come to life on the small screen and we'll keep you posted once images become available! 

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Fire & Axe Cover

Here is the process for the weary and weathered viking warrior cover image that I completed for Fire & Axe, the newest board game from Pandasaurus Games and IDW Games.  

Fire & Axe

Fire & Axe is a classic board game that goes for more than $200 second hand online if you can find it.  It's been out of print for years but, do to popular demand, it's returning with a brand new deluxe edition and Lamin Illustration & Design is pleased to announce that our latest illustration work will grace the cover of Fire & Axe, the newest board game release from Pandasaurus Games and IDW Games coming this May. 

Forgotten Kingdom's: Dream of Ruin

Forgotten Kingdom’s: Dream of Ruin is a hidden object puzzle game for PC and MAC developed developed by Vast Studios and distributed through Big Fish Games in which I was a concept designer.  It was a wonderful project to work on where I was responsible for sketching out all of the characters, backgrounds and prop designs that were subsequently used was the guide for the matte painters to follow.  You can take a look at some of the design work below or visit our Professional Work page HERE!

Modernity District

Story:

This district is a glass and steel monument of watchful control and order for all looking to cultivate their lives among the world's greatest artists in the world's greatest economy.

Inspiration:

"Blade Runner" is an iconic movie that the science fiction genre still pulls inspiration from.  With that in mind I put together a "Blade Runner" inspired city that I wanted to have the feeling of being futuristic, ominous and dark.  The cityscape was a design combination of two of the most densely populated cities in the world, New York and Tokyo.  This reference point lead my painting and design process through my initial idea of a city a little too dark and sparse; to something too industrialized and factory-like to, finally, a large dense metropolis illuminated by street lights and office windows.

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Little Darling

Story:

"From me to you Little one, know that I will always watch over you, I will always protect you and I will always love you.  Carry my example onto your children and you will make me proud."

Inspiration:

To me dragons have always been majestic, wise and loving creatures.  With the idea that they are very family oriented I decided to come up with an image of a mother caring for her baby while walking through a forest.  I really wanted to focus on the warmth of the lighting to parallel the warmth of a mother's love for her child.

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Pixels (2015)

Summer is filled with film production work turning the city of Toronto into a fantasy land of movie magic.  Lamin Illustration & Design was contacted by the dream making powers that be to do illustration work for the upcoming Chris Columbus feature film, Pixels, starring Adam Sandler, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Ashley Benson, Josh Gad and Kevin James.  We were extremely excited to contribute to the project and once the film is released in 2015 we'll be posting some of our illustration work for you to see!

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Charon

Story:

The rise and fall of the waters parallel the rise of life and its subsequent decent into death.  It's a river that can be rapids or eerily calm amidst the endless hordes of lost souls who wait on its shores for the ferryman to guide them across it's murky depths . . . so long as they have their fare.

Inspiration:

In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon is the name of the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the river Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead.  

When coming up with this illustration I decided that instead of the ferryman maneuvering a boat, what if he was the boat.  Why not have the boat as an extension of his lower half and the lantern an extension of his lower jaw.  I also thought that maybe I should make the boat bigger so that more than one person can traverse the waters at one time.  But then I realized that this is a voyage on the way to Hades, and what could be more torturous than standing and waiting in line for an eternity!

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