This month we’re featuring various works of Concept Artist Robb Waters. If you would like to learn more about Robb and his work, check out this month’s Featured Employee.
Funkenstein
Robb made this oil painting in his spare time. Art Director Nate Wells liked it so much, that he built a pinball machine in SWAT 4 inspired by the piece.
Crabby Sculpt
Robb sculpted this statue to help solidify the BioShock vision. With a small pitch document and the Crabby sculpture in hand, Ken went out to pitch BioShock to various publishers.
Freedom Force Inking
This piece was hand drawn by Robb during the development of Freedom Force. Back then, a lot more concept art was created with pencil and paper.
Freedom Force Comic Excerpt
Here’s an excerpt from the Freedom Force comic book.
Exorcism
And here’s another Freedom Force image.
perfectdarkling | February 17, 2010 6:02 pm
I love the crabby sculpt. I’m a big fan of everything Bioshock anyway, but I really love seeing the ideas behind my favorite game. Thanks for the look!
bluestar334 | November 27, 2010 3:41 pm
me too
gilbert | February 17, 2010 9:22 pm
Sweet pictures! And with some Freedom Force goodness on the side too!
Too bad about the Freedom Force comics, it looked like a perfect tribute to Jack Kirby’s style comics.
Wicked sculpture by the way. Cool!
That and only a small document? You got to be kidding me. So that’s how you guys make a sales pitch for a game. 😛
It’s always interesting to know the early inner workings of a game and how they came to be. Thanks for sharing this.
I’m sure there are still more concepts/art just waiting to be brought to life. Freedom Force 3 anyone? Hehe. 🙂
blosser | February 18, 2010 12:16 am
Nice 🙂 That excerpt about the crabby sculpt reminds me about pitching games in graduate school. Must have been fun, memorable times!
axident | February 18, 2010 2:44 am
Awesome stuff. I really liked the Freedom Force stuff and the Crabby guy. =D
nabeel | February 18, 2010 3:25 am
That sculpture is fantastic! I can’t believe you’ve never shown it to us fans before.
japanesecartoon | February 18, 2010 7:44 pm
Wow Crabby sculpture is awesome.
mcwizardry | February 19, 2010 3:19 am
Pretty cool !
remo | February 19, 2010 1:06 pm
God damn. It’s a real shame more concept art isn’t actually done on paper these days.
IG.Collin | February 19, 2010 2:40 pm
Remo! Good to see you sir! Welcome to the site.
gazzillion | February 20, 2010 5:02 pm
I love that statue.
adamthenerd | February 21, 2010 1:48 am
FF3! FF3! FF3!
stevenb1291 | February 21, 2010 8:10 am
I really appreciate you guys sharing the crabby sculpture! It is super cool…
nomardll769 | February 24, 2010 4:18 pm
Robb is truly amazing. You have to love his work.
armchair | February 24, 2010 7:18 pm
That creepy statue is positively dope.
mekcasig | February 25, 2010 3:39 pm
UAU!!! i love that Funkenstein…
freedomforce3 | March 20, 2010 11:07 am
I love Freedom Force 🙂
jasonwilliford | April 26, 2010 10:09 am
This page is a great site feature. Nice Artwork Robb.
andrewu | September 5, 2010 8:54 am
very nice stuff
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magicmaker | March 17, 2011 11:34 pm
Great stuff, love the varying styles and mediums.