Nathan Thomas Concept Art

Nathan Thomas was an artist for Creature Labs who produced concept art, 3D models and animations for several titles including Creatures 3, Docking Station, the canceled Yeren project, and an untitled Creatures game concept. Nathan very kindly provided the images from this partial archive of his portfolio from 2003 when I reached out to him a few years ago.

If you'd like to check out his current work, here's his ArtStation.

Creatures 3 & Docking Station

Nathan's portfolio notes:

Is the best project I've worked on to date. Had the priviledge of being Lead Artist on this, which meant that I could do just about whatever I wanted Style wise. Had a great time! :)

2001 @ CreatureLabs: 3D Studio Max V3.1, Photoshop 5

Capillata Tentacles
Capillata concept art - tentacles
Creatures 3 Box Art
Creatures 3 Box Art
Creatures 3 Poster
Creatures 3 Poster
Docking Station Agent Injector
Docking Station Agent injector render
Containment Chamber
Docking Station Containment Chamber
Growing the ship - a still from the Docking Station intro video
HoverDoc
HoverDoc
HoverDoc Large
HoverDoc Large
Muco the Egg Layer
Muco the Egg Layer
DS Logo Final
Docking Station Logo
DS Agent Injector
Docking Station Agent Injector
Capillata Front Render
Capillata Front - Render
Capillata Front Sketch
Capillata Front - Sketch
Capillata 3/4 Perspective Render
Capillata Top
Capillata Top-Down Render
Norn Area Sketch
Sketch of the Norn Meso
Muco The Egg Layer (Large)
Muco The Egg Layer (Large)
Environment Render
Environment render from the Docking Station intro video
Shee
Shee
Trailer Frame
A rendered frame from the Docking Station trailer

Proposed Creatures Game Concepts

Nathan's portfolio notes:

Concept sketches for proposed Creatures game which is not in development at this stage.

2002 @ CreatureLabs: Pencil, Photoshop 5, 3D Studio Max

AmphibiNorn - Sea dwelling race of Norn! Special Notes: Great in the water, pretty awful on the land, AmphibiNorns evolved to become fantastic swimmers, with the ability to hold their breath for long periods of time. Diet is largely vegetarian, though they are known to partake in the odd Helenopod when very peckish.
AmphibiNorn concept
Domestic Norn - Closest breed to original Albian Norns. Special Notes: Furry, cute and easy to look after. These norns are most like their Albian ancestors.
Domestic Norn concept
Envirodomes
Envirodomes concept
Helenopod - Ocean-going Critter. Special Notes: Nice in a light broth with a side serving of garlic bread.
Helenopod aquatic critter concept
Norn Concept Sketch
Norn head concept sketch
Norn Concept Sketch
Norn head concept sketch
Norn Concept Sketch
Norn head concept sketch
Sea Spud - Home for Helenopod. Special Notes: Symbiotic relationship with Helenopods. They eat parasites and algae that grows on the Sea Spuds' fragile outer membrane.
Sea Spuds critter(?) concept

Yeren

Nathan's portfolio notes:

as my introduction into 3D Low Poly modeling, texturing and animation. Sadly the game never saw the light of day, which is a shame as it was really very pretty! All renders on this page are of in-game models, but shadows are raytraced.

2002 @ CreatureLabs: 3D Studio Max V3.1, Photoshop 5

Dragon Bones Container
Dragon Bones Container
Golden Monkey Head
Golden Monkey head texture
Golden Monkey Walk
Golden Monkey walk cycle [VIDEO]
JinSeng Face
JinSeng character face texture
Koi Render
Low-poly Koi fish render
Nagpa Face
Nagpa character face texture
Overview Large
Environment concept sketch
Path Along The Way
Environment Render
Wolf Run
Wolf run [VIDEO]
Wolf Howl
Wolf render
Chef Character Low Poly
Chef character model render
Huts Low Poly
Huts environment render
Jinsen 2
Jinsen character model render (with t-pose)
Jinsen 1
Jinsen character model render (with face close-up)
Nagpa
Nagpa character model render
Pond
Pond environment render
Temple interior environment concept sketch
Monastery
Monastery concept sketch
Storyboard
Storyboard sketches
Temple
Temple concept sketch