Art of Francis Tsai

environment design, space opera

Here is a shot of the Planetary Federation outpost from which the rescue mission to retrieve Vitaly Fentonov originates. I’ve placed a few Galactic Imperium troopers in the shot for scale, but story wise they would not be present here.

environment design, sketches, space opera

sketches, space opera, vehicle design

Two of the main heroes in the story.

character design, sketches, space opera

Hm OK I’m not sure I’m calling this done. My judgment is not 100% this time of night, but here it is for now…

space opera, vehicle design

Here are some recent articles and things from ImagineFX magazine, a nice glossy publication devoted to science fiction and fantasy oriented digital art. Great resource, and not just because my stuff is in there.

character design, publications, sketches

A while back I had done these sketches for Wizards of the Coast – they needed some reference drawings for their Star Wars miniatures (I had supplied them with front and back views). I didn’t know they were going to include the drawings on these trading card things that are included with the figures.

star wars, trading card art