Nicholas Kole

Character Designer & Illustrator, Jesus Follower & Moustachier - - www.nicholaskole.art 

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little sneaky peek at what I've been up to on Lorcana lately, I was told tumblr needs to see these

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YOU. you're back.

I am.

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Hello followers!!!

There’s an amazing game project that got cancelled mere weeks before its release called Project Dragon (or Everhaven as it was to be named)

I’ve drawn some fanart of this game since learning about the project only a week ago and it has become my singular goal to bring it back into production.

I’m trying to help get a ball rolling to #BringBackProjectDragon on Twitter!!! I have no idea if it’ll work but the only way it has a chance is for more people to talk about it!!

But I think we can start that same hashtag on here too!!

If you are interested, it’s a sandbox multiplayer survival RPG fantasy video game that was inspired by both Breath of the Wild and Minecraft. A players experience would be completely unique due to a randomly generated world map and differing NPC encounters.

If you are AT ALL interested, PLEASE post #BringBackProjectDragon on your socials so that MAYBE the dev company will bring it back T-T

Here’s some posts about the game if you need more info!! https://x.com/fromhappyrock/status/1812505793520160918?s=46

THEY HAD A PLAYABLE CATFOLK RACE FOR CHRIST SAKE

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A quick sketch of what my character might have looked like in #ProjectDragon, a game that was scrapped unfortunately very close to Release! A whole Team of incredibly talented artists were layed off. It was an open world minecraft inspired builder and survival game, with multiple playable races, tons of mounts with unique skins and variations, petting animations, and a whole lot more. Here's hoping #bringbackprojectdragon takes off on twitter and the Studio that pulled its funding and layed off this talented Team realized it made a mistake 🌸✨️ people want unique, fun games that aren't just FPS or Remakes.

[kayliebeanie]

Project Dragon was a game that was in development for 3 years only to be canceled weeks from its announcement and its entire art and development team laid off by the Phoenix Labs. The game (which would have been called 'Everhaven' upon release) was intended to be a multiplayer sandbox rpg taking inspiration from both Minecraft and Breath of the Wild, with an art style similar to that of the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, which some of the team members also worked on along with Crash Bandicoot 4.

According to character design/illustrator Nicolas Kole "Our cancelled project of the last 3 years is officially, truly dead as of today (internal attempts to save it failed), and the embargo on the whole body of portfolio work has been lifted". This means that the only way the game has a chance of resuming development is by raising awareness and spreading the word of it's development. More info from Nicolas Kole and #BringBackProjectDragon Even if you're not interested in the game itself, you can find the concept art, animations, 3D models, music and all other completed pieces of work for the game being shared by the team at either of these links, and I think are worth checking out. Some mounts and NPCs

4 of the 5 playable starter races (5th being human of course)

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Oca the ocarina golem not only had a 3D model ready to go, but also some animations and even his own theme!

Animations were created by Dave Huddleston who was also lead animator on both Crash Bandicoot 4 and Spyro Reignited.

Oca's Theme was done by, Cris Velasco, who has also created music for games such as God of War, Mass Effect, Bloodborne, Resident Evil, and several other well known franchises.

More and more amazing work continues to be shared by the dev team on X and I heavily encourage any interested to check it out and maybe share it with others, as well as the work of these two artists. More from the Project Dragon art team: Nicolas Kole Cami Airborne Studios None of this is my work and will be taken down at the request of the creators. I just want to spread awareness.

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Project Dragon / Everhaven

I heard about Project Dragon aka Everhaven on Twitter/X through game artist Nicholas Kole's social media posts. It looked like a very interesting game; choosing from a variety of fictional races besides humans, taming animal mounts, building our own land and exploring the world. I was surprised by how close it was to being announced before Phoenix Labs canceled the game weeks before release.

I want to see it brought back and finished! #BringBackProjectDragon! Spread the word!

Fauns, Wyvarr, Valekin and Purrlan playable race (left to right) artwork below by @/nicholaskole!

Tameable mounts artwork by @/nicholaskole!

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Day 2, and we have over 1200 students already!! If you’d like to sign up, please us this link to support me:

https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/3952-fantasy-character-design-in-procreate/nkole

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The new character design and a peek at the process for my Domestika course that just dropped today! He was inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope photos and axolotls! To find out loads more about the process and about creating unique character designs- check out my course here:

https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/3952-fantasy-character-design-in-procreate/nkole

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Online course - Fantasy Character Design in Procreate (nkole)

Explore the depths of your imagination to develop original character designs using Procreate, from the initial concept to the final artwork

I just launched a brand new character design course with Domestika! Use the above link to sign up :))) It walks through the conceptual process from the very first sparks of an idea all the way to the finished, polished product. I poured as much as I could into this- color, volume, visual metaphor, shape flow and mind-mapping. I hope it's useful to those of you who are interested in putting your whole heart and human effort into non-ai generated art. Much love! -n

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Ghost of Christmas Past, Ebenezer Scrooge, Ghost of Christmas Present. Character design by Nicholas Kole (Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, 2022)

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It’s OUT! I had the incredible privilege of getting to design a number of characters for the new Scrooge: A Christmas Carol animated musical on Netflix, including the man himself! I’ve always loved this story deeply (some of you might remember a few of my personal designs of the ghosts from back around 2014, which actually directly helped get me the job on the film!). Getting to dig in and explore the cast was a character design dream come true, and I gather there’s been a lot of love for the old grump’s design- which makes me so happy I can’t even tell you.

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twexodus

I cannot believe I am back here, anybody else out there?? A whole lot of life happened since I was last meaningfully present around these parts- sniffing around to see if this is where my people land after twitter 

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All 4 Wingfeather Saga hardcover editions have been announced, so I can share the whole set together at last! Loved every second of working on these. You can order the first 2, and pre-order 3 & 4 

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Tag ur friends who think Raymond is hot

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BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE BE- Well, you know what I mean. It’s this guy! One of the suggestions twitter tossed me, since I decided to go another round on the whole #6fanarts thing (having a long fanart project was helping keep my mind off the current troubles). I’ll tell you a secret- I’ve never seen this movie all the way thru, never watched the cartoon, and until last night on the stream never heard the musical >_>

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So, my wife & I have been playing a LOT of Animal Crossing...we love this game so *much* Want to see our island? Chase Crossing just did tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3WZuJAnXbk

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I just posted a new tutorial on Gumroad!

https://gumroad.com/nicholaskole#dCFu

A number of folks asked to break down how I’ve been using Max Ulichney’s new watercolor brushes for Procreate on the iPad! I created a 50-minute tutorial where I break down all the steps of my process, which brushes I use and why, strategies for layers and color. I’ve even included the layered PSD for you to pick thru. Let me know what you think!