New Portrait series!

Well I recently decided to do a portrait of all the influential actors and characters from my child hood. The First on my list is Hwang jang lee! Anyone who grew up watching clasic late 70s kungfu movies might recognize this kungfu icon. Hwang was more then a inspiration to me as a kid and its an honor to do a portrait of him. This current shot is only about 50% of the progress thus far. The final model will be fully rendered with all the necessary SKin shaders as well as card and software driven hair instead of the current place holder mustache and eyebrows. Some of the other actors ill be doing portraits of are Rutger Hauer, Peter Kwong, Vincent Klyn, and Clancy Brown. Lots more to come on this project.

Getting back to the basics

Well a lot has gone down since my last post. Looks like i might have landed a second job doing concept work for an animation studio out in sweden. I have been recently allowing myself to get back into improvisational illustration/automatic drawing. Allowing my self to expunge my subconscious collective of shapes lines life references and aesthetics. Well see what happends :) I had a live stream session the other day which was a blast because a lot of my old and new friends showed up and we all entertained each other into the early morning of the next day which followed. This is what i created during that session.

3Ding it up yo~

alright back to sculpting. This is a Character in development for a gaming project me and a co worker are putting together. Im having fun with this model becasue im doing all the sculpting with one tool ( the move tool) and seeing how it affects my thought process toward push and pull aspects of construction. Also I now host a live sculpting session every sunday here http://www.livestream.com/characterdesign around 5-6 pm estern standard. Alright till next time.

DW4..

This was a very fun activity. This was my first time entering DW and any art competition for that matter.When i heard t hey were going to be adding a new demon class this year that was all i needed to hear and i new i was sold. This competition was also an excuse for me to consentrait on making more finished 2d works. The creature i created is an abomination class demon known as the mockingbird Demon. For the final i was going for more of a mood piece that captures the creature taking its trophy from a recent kill... I really had to squeeze time in to get this finished and thus rushed it a bit, but if i had more free time I would never have stopped *sigh* anyway hope you enjoy.

a few other concepts

just a few others :)

DW4!

http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?p=113885#post113885

well iv entered dominance war 4 and with this being my first time entering i have this is the most fun iv had in a while. Whats really made me enter was the new Demon class they added this year :)which was all i needed to see lol. My demon is known as " the mockingbird" which is an abomination class demon. The mockingbird demon is a conniving and illusive creature that can be used for a multitude of purposes ranging from full frontal horde attacks to guarding dark trinkets. The demon is a collective of meshed animal and human parts all joined together creating a creature whose very existence is a perversion of the natural world.The specter on the demons back is actually its true form and the body is simply a vessel. The demon spirit is the mockingbirds only true weak spot. successfuly cause a mockingbird specter to dismount and you will destroy its body. The demon gets is name from its distinct habit of keeping the skull of its last victim and using it as a puppeteer device when hunting its human counterparts. The demon does not have a conventional face seeing as it does not interpret the world is ravages with normal human senses ans perception. So here are the first few sketches and a proofing shot with which i will start to lean some of my orthos toward. I was originally thinking of making the mocking bird a pet to a demon prince. The idea is still resonating in the back of my head and if i have some extra time i might try do it. As of now though im gonna start making this guys orthographic shots so i can have the rest of my time to think about color palette and final composition.

Bit by bit

Ok so just a small update on this guy Im currently working his mid section rebuilding proxy parts and inventing untop of the original design. I decided to bring in a 80k version of the unfinished body which is allowing me to construct everything on his bulk mass. Still loads more to do!