{"id":582448,"date":"2026-04-04T20:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/582448\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:50:16","slug":"this-game-concept-artist-explores-fantastical-ideas-in-historical-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/582448\/","title":{"rendered":"This game concept artist explores fantastical ideas in historical settings"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to personal work, Felix Ria\u00f1o is always looking for \u201chappy accidents\u201d. Born and raised in Colombia and currently working in the UK at Atomhawk<\/a>, he draws inspiration from comics, movies, and weird internet stories.<\/p>\n

Felix is a senior concept artist whose work sits at the intersection of technical precision and imaginative world-building. Specialising in environments and hard-surface design, he\u2019s shaped everything from grounded urban battlegrounds to futuristic tech demos for studios including Globant, EA and Tencent.<\/p>\n

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Below, he takes us through some of his favourite artworks, made in Blender<\/a> and using the best digital art software<\/a>, including Photoshop<\/a> and Unreal Engine<\/a>, giving us insight into how and why they were made.<\/p>\n

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See more of Felix Ria\u00f1o’s art on ArtStation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Felix Ria\u00f1o Sanchez)<\/p>\n

Grazing <\/p>\n

\u201cI had this idea of soil being carved into intricate patterns, brought it to an everyday scene and ran with it. I\u2019m happy to let the viewer come up with their own story.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Felix Ria\u00f1o Sanchez)<\/p>\n

Songs for the heron <\/p>\n

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\u201cI started by just exploring a couple of ideas. I ended up stretching some models and the whole thing started taking shape, then I added the birds.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Felix Ria\u00f1o Sanchez)<\/p>\n

The chase <\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a simple premise of bringing futuristic ideas to a historic moment, this turned into cowboys trying to rob an arriving spaceship.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Artist Pro 24 Gen2 4k Ultra HD Drawing Tablet<\/p>\n

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Designing Imaginative Environments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to personal work, Felix Ria\u00f1o is always looking for \u201chappy accidents\u201d. Born and raised in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-582448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}