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2024 - 04 - 22 | Tokyo Vending Machine Mania - "東京自動販売機マニア":

"Tokyo Vending Machine Mania" is a simulation game set in late 1980s Tokyo, where players become top vending machine operators by strategically expanding their machine networks and product lines.

2024 - 03 - 04 | AERODYNAMICS in Concept Art - "コンセプトアートにおける空気力学":

In concept art, understanding physical fundamentals in how air flow interacts with different shapes and surfaces is crucial for depicting dynamic environments and motion.

2023 - 12 - 03 | Metal Fear Final "メタル・フィアー"

After three and a half years, I have finally completed my "Metal Fear" project. Since the last update in February 2022, I have added descriptions for four additional vehicle concepts and the logo for the "Metal Fear" paramilitary group.

2023 - 11 - 19 | DANCE RIVALS: RYTHM RESONANCE "ビデオゲームのコンセプト"

"Dance Rivals: Rhythm Resonance" is a groundbreaking dance battle video game where players engage in 1:1 dance-offs, inspired by Tekken's gameplay mechanics.

2023 - 03 - 28 | Last Batch of animated vectors "スリーディーエスブイジー"

Taking the next evolutionary step with more styled 3D SVG models. This is the last phase before doing large-scale projects with this technology.

2023 - 02 - 01 | 2nd Batch of animated vectors "スリーディーエスブイジー"

I finally returned to 3D SVG. To be honest, I was planning to give up on this technology, but it helped me warm up to JavaScript, and now I can do impressive things with it.

2022 - 09 - 30 | Status Grid "ステータスグリッド"

The "Status Grid" is a graphical tool to track and visualize the status of project artifacts. The design of the status grid follows the "less is more" principle.

2022 - 05 - 29 | Cover Design "カバーデザイン"

I decided to do a CD cover design because all other ideas would accompany too much work at the moment. For saving time, I reused material from past projects.

2022 - 05 - 11 | 3d svg: animated vectors "スリーディーエスブイジー"

This page contains several experiments that I did with Zdog.js. Zdog is a 3D JavaScript engine for Canvas and SVG by Dave Desandro. Documentation can be found here: Zdog.js.

2022 - 02 - 21 | Turtok "タートック"

Turtok is a 2nd generation chain-driven Autonomous Multi-Terrain Tactical Combat Vehicle (A-MT-TCV MK2) with a dual-monolithic body structure and extreme firepower.

2022 - 02 - 17 | Hexapod "ヘキサポッド"

The Hexapod is a 1st generation multi-legged moving apparatus which serves as an All-Terrain Armed Troop Transporter (AT-ATT MK1). It is used for tactical defense operations on difficult terrain.

2021 - 11 - 24 | Milk Carton "牛乳パック"

In 1915, the US Patent Office granted John R. Van Wormer, a toy manufacturer from Ohio, USA, a patent for his waxed cardboard milk carton. Particularly, his invention addressed containers made of paper.

2021 - 11 - 11 | Stalker "ストーカー"

The Stalker is an All-Terrain Armed Scout (AT-AS) lightweight, bipedal moving apparatus. It is used for reconnaissance ground operations on difficult terrain.

2021 - 11 - 01 | DROPS OF LIFE "命の雫"

Drops of Life is a tiny collection of 9 voxel concept artworks that I made on a daily basis between October 29th and November 6th, 2021.

2021 - 08 - 25 | Calmness "落ち着き"

Calmness is the 2nd entry of the Floating Islands collection. This artwork represents a calm and peaceful place in the sky. This rocky island in the clouds is covered with dense ground vegetation.

2021 - 05 - 22 | Work Buy Consume Die 2 "仕事購入する消費する死ぬ2"

...work, buy, consume, die, inform, feed, control, feed... this is a design reload of my 1st try to adapt the original slogan and concept design of The Designers Republic from Sheffield, UK.

2021 - 04 - 24 | Neo Retro Wave "ネオ・レトロ・ウェーブ"

A proverbial "Schubumkehr (thrust reversal)" was necessary to proceed with this project. A good candidate for this project reload was the experimental project "Detonator."

2021 - 01 - 04 | JUMP'N'RUN "ジャンプアンドラン"

Three years after the first ideas popped for this project, I had a plan for a concept for designing the levels. References to old-school sprite-based games are very helpful, and by the way, why the hell...

2020 - 06 - 30 | Mech Warrior "メックウォリアー"

Within the Mech Warrior games, gamers take control of a single battle mech and combat other battle mechs, tanks, infantry, and more, from within the cockpit of their machine.

2020 - 06 - 13 | WipeOut "ワイプアウト"

The addressed problems from the 1st try were accompanied by a downscaling and optimization of the original track texture in Photoshop, followed by additional re-modeling in MagicaVoxel.

2019 - 12 - 29 | Solaris "ソラリス"

Solaris was inspired by Stanisław Lem's "Solaris" novel. The plot is about a crew of scientists on a research station who attempt to understand an extraterrestrial intelligence, which takes...

2018 - 01 - 02 | Work Buy Consume Die "仕事購入する消費する死ぬ"

Work, buy, consume, die... WTF is that? This is an anti-consumerism slogan from tDR. The Designers Republic (also tDR, and styled as The Designers Republic™) is a British graphic design studio...

2012 - 06 - 26 | MILO "マイロ"

This was the first and last time I participated in a professional industrial design competition. I designed this concept in May 2012 for the Michelin Challenge Design.

About

Hello everyone, I'm Martin aka DocMcFly. I am a self-taught concept designer with a professional background in engineering. Besides concept design I love macro photography. On this website I showcase my content. My work is influenced by 90's video games, Japanese internet pop culture and the "less is more" principle.