I like the idea of being "faithful" when adapting the source material (The Lord of the Rings movies is a good example). Sometimes I think that companies that don't understand what made the original good will make a bunch of UNNECESSARY changes that don't work with the central concept of the game/film. However I really liked some of the embellishments and ideas you suggested, and it is a shame that they aren't in the final game. I feel like those kinds of details can really help expand the lore and immersion of the world which was lacking in the original Spyro games I think (the sequels did better).

Great stuff, thanks for letting us mortals know this existed. Love your approach

1:16 how did you duplicate those within the same layer?

tight

Great video

Woahhh I saw Nicholas's post, I'm so happy you shared this + all of it's progress, thank you so much! It's incredibly inspiring <3

damn didnt know u also worked on this project I've seen some of Nicholas Kole's concept stuff and they are really awesome. such a shame they had to canceled this awesome project.

C'est vraiment super intéressant ! Merci pour ton tuto et bonne chance dans la création de ton studio Fireball je suivrais ça de près !

Cool process. I was just having a conversation with my brother, prior to finding, this about utilizing Magicavox/MagicaCSG + 2D.

very exciting! i never knew of this program! can those environments be exported to another 3d program to “tidy” up and use in a game engine? all the art and 3d models i seen on twitter looked very exciting, sad it wasn’t able to be completed :(

Amazing thank you so much for this. While I'm very sad I cant see this game come to life, I really appreciate seeing all this work that might have never seen the light of day. Really is all so valuable for educating myself on the concept art process and building up my next body of work. Huge fan of what you guys do at fireball studio btw, I have no idea you were one of the founders, its definitely on my list of studios I hope to one day work with.

nice tutorial dude, I'm sorry to hear that the project got canceled, I've seen most of the concept art and 3D model that been post on Twitter/X today and it's awesome, the art team have a really talented and hardworking artist, hope you guys will get another great project ASAP

I love this process! And how awesome and whimsical the result is. Thanks for sharing!

Welcome back! Shame about the project, the art I've seen looked super cool. Thanks for the tutorial, this might also be a good workflow for thumbnailing 3d environments without getting to caught up noodling with 3d tools

Ooooh ! Thank you for sharing ! I'll be sure to test this process ✨

Florian, since i saw the project dragon concepts I was wondering if you were involved into it, and of course you were! So sorry about the cancellation, the work of every artist involved is amazing. Thanks for the tutorial, this can be really useful!

This was the first game I got platinum trophy on. love the art, love the game.

pourquoi tu fais plus de vidéos tutoriel florian 😥

Awesome! I'm trying to practice my plein air and it really helps to see other artists at work! Thanks for sharing your process and your lovely work :D

Hey Florian ☺️ thanks for sharing so much great content! Where do you participate in those challenges?

I loved this video! Thank you so much for posting it!

Great advice I wish I had when I was struggling to get in. I would add, participate in LOCAL artists meetups and events. building a networking net where you already are raises your chances to find something a lot. People would always offer down opportunities to those closest to them first.

Spyro is one of my all time favorite series. Reignited trilogy was an insane treat when it was released. Every single person did a perfect job on it. I HOPE Toys For Bob makes their own original squeal.

I see a Chrono Trigger video, I immediately click the like button.

Did you work with Rafael Rosseti?

I just ordered the book. I am working on my environment portfolio and am pushing stylization, as I've felt sort of stiff, so I downloaded the Reignited trilogy. It has been so fun and a blast to have that nostalgia. The lighting and colors are so beautiful. You all did an amazing job reinvisioning the series. I think that PS1-PS2 era of cartoonish platforming gaming needs a comeback; in a landscape of scanned, mocapped, hyperreal assets being pre-made and sold on engine stores, hand-crafted and stylized design is sorely needed.

I love it! So inspiring.

You did very good job man I finished it in 2018 on PC 100% and now I'm revisting it in late 2023 I love the vibes and chills of this game it feels so good one of my favorite games of all time, Also as a 3D artist I really enjoyed that you showed some of the old game models directly inside of Maya viewport very inspiring to see :)

What's that book? Also videogames have falling dust? and other minor effects like light bugs ? can anyone advise on how to make these that and how to animate a sky box?

This is fantastic Florian, Im off to Gran Canaria in a weeks time and I'm going to try some digital plein air aswell!

I consider it an honor to finally found a video of this caliber! Your art style captures that similar charm the original PS1 classic has! Thank you.

the reignited trilogy was one of the very most games that inspired me to make games of my own of the short few years since. the visuals and the returning music that reminded me of my adolence with the psx etc i realized i could do some of what it takes to make games. i love the medium enough to know someday i'll have a game that takes us places that resonate with how this trilogy made me feel as a player and a longtime fan of spyro. thank you for all your awesome work.

recommend watching this video before playing the games. Really nice having it explained and the art in the games are really mind blowing. The most important key to this game is the dragonfly. He is always there for Spyro. Love the connection there. Animation degrees are awesome. If this video peaks your interest I'd look into something like that. Also go check out the creation of the game "Halo".

Man i really didnt expect the besaid ost from FFX x

Your concept art for Autumn Plains is *perfect,* and while I understand why they added the colored shader to it in the end I prefer the original/yours still. This was super enlightening, I understand better why straight lines were disfigured and it fits the whimsical nature better, but at least to me I feel a fair amount of them could've survived to help frame the flow of other level design parts tastefully in the fantasy. Something I do want to ask if you know about it, what was the perspective on Magic Crafters and some of it's worlds? In particular, why the darker areas were removed and the light purple touches made very white and gray typical mountains that look almost whitewashed? Also, occasional spots like the first area with the druids/hedge wizards and lighting on the walls, the area below with the blue glow of the 'lava', and the dark shadow along the mountain range because of occlusion of the sun made all the colors and lighting really pop much more for me in the original. Maybe I'm misremembering, but it's a big inspiration for magic and fantasy to me.

This is amazing!! How many hours did it take you?

As someone who’s trying to get their foot in the door as a concept artist, this video was SUPER helpful man! Thanks so much, can’t wait to see more from you! 😃

We have anticipation of a remake...sounds like it'll be announced in the next 24 hours as an HD-2D Remake.

Don't you use perspective lines when you draw props? this thing 🥺is killing my looseness drawing lines

Great! Thank you!

Great! A lot to learn for beginner. If I make it as a 3 min mark that would be an achievement! Thanks Florian!

Algorithm brought me here today. Is this a sign?

I like Spyro Reignited Trilogy too and it's really fun I'm excited for the new Spyro Reignited Trilogy 4 and the Remastered Spyro games. I like Spyro's look especially his new thumbs.

Just found this channel. Your videos are like hidden gem. High quality professional tutorial.

Lol u crush it! It definitely inspired me

Japanese RPGs are so influential it’s American RPG that should be called ARPGs to distinguish them from the normal ones :3

I dont like it. The idea of SNES scene done the way it was done was to make all the objects around the characters and the cracks - very monotonous. In terms of colour and form. It created the sense of grand, solid mountain, but still made it able to focus on the characters and their actions / reactions. What you did is a great image that tells the story of… a rock. As the characters are lost near the different forms that are also in the center of the composition. IMO, the much, much better way to work here would be to place the camera in the manner of Tarantino films, inside the rock crack, facing the characters.

This is so cool T-T

Good work but looks like another ripoff of Genshin art in the modern world of JRPGs. This 90's game artwork was crafted by Akira Toriyama and the artstyle resembles to Dragon Ball. Why not take that into account instead of just looking at how all JRPGs are done nowadays? If artists nailed that feeling, such artwork would help a possible remake of this game break sell records (There have been ports of this game, yet not a single serious remake)

This was incredible. You did a great job capturing the essence of this scene.