Susana Garcia

Concept Art

character design

world design

catalyst card set (2023)

© Susana Garcia 2025

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Alex and Natalie variants (2024)

Updated designs and ages for Alex and Natalie. A sulky 90s girl with latent power, and a gritty ax murderer who dwells in the woods.

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Max and Hector variants (2025)

Updated designs and ages for Max and Hector. A misguided but kindhearted zealot, and a curmudgeonly hermit who's constantly followed by demons.

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Terracy and Kepler Face Designs (2022)

Face designs for characters in a tentative sci-fi project, Tales From Terracy. I focused on big, distinct shapes and bright color schemes, making sure each face looked unique and communicated a specific demeanor. Outfit design was more secondary to these exercises.

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Terracy and Kepler Character Lineup (2024)

Full primary designs for four Tales From Terracy characters. Jackie and Elias (left) are from the origin mining planet Terracy, Gabe and Waterbear (right) are from the bright hi-tech settlement on Kepler.

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Rat (2022)

Design for a dystopian protagonist, dubbed Rat. Most of their design elements were added with that name in mind. They grew up in an in-universe urban structure called a burrow, while their foil (not pictured) lives aboveground in a "hatch".

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Let's Camp! Roster (2023)

A ragtag group of friends trying to survive a zombie apocalypse in Eagle Rock Forest, NJ. This concept is loosely based on queer dynamics from my high school and amplified for a cheeky, campy (pun intended) apocalypse story.

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Avery Ref (2023)

CharDes for Avery Valentin, recipient of the CAIN hive. They're a bit of a loser, but don't worry—they're also gullible.

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CAIN Ref (2023)

CharDes for CAIN, a suspicious looking program that fell into the hands of the company's least responsible intern. It is a virtual prison for those it absorbs, and a hassle for nu tech to contain.

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CAIN Cover Pass (2024)

Comic book cover concept for CAIN, featuring Noah, the fronting consciousness of the hive, and Avery, his confused but sympathetic friend. Central theme for this story: green.

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Hilda Sheet (2024)

An old revived character, Hilda. A girl with supernatural powers raised in a family of monsters.

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Machine Concept (2024)

Prop design for a Kepler transport machine, abandoned and grown over on Terracy for the protagonist to find.

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Minepath Bus Concept (2024)

Transport design for the Terracian mine buses, a public version of mine cart transport.

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Terracian Road Concept (2024)

Environment design for a Terracian neighborhood road, based on various mine structures and Göreme's cave dwellings.

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Night Cityscape Color (2024)

Exercise in world design. Color sketch of a 2-level city based on Paris.

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Judge's Tower (2024)

Fantasy environment oil painting for project When We Live Forever. Architecture drawn from libraries and churches.

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I: The Mutagen

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II: The Rage

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III: The Fire

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IV: The Water

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V: The Self

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VI: The Mother

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VII: The Son

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VIII: The Dam

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IX: The Warmth

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X: The Break

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XI: The Fear

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XII: Hell