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My new concept

2010-11-02T18:03:00.000-07:00

Art, how i've missed you...

this or that

2008-03-31T12:06:00.000-07:00

With some lighting

2008-03-26T08:50:00.000-07:00

2008-03-21T15:18:00.000-07:00

Icebergs!!!

2008-02-18T19:20:00.001-08:00

So my friend Mitch put out the challenge to see how fast I could model some ice pillars. Here are my results...modeling time: 1 hour 47 minutes. Thought they were kinda neat to see...and you guys are sick of seeing my wagon renders.

My wagon should be completed by the end of the month. I look forward to having a rotation up then.

So its been a while

2008-01-14T09:34:00.001-08:00

Here's an update for ya!

an unravled work in progress

2007-11-03T16:55:00.000-07:00

This blog has turned into something I exactly didnt want it to be....a blog displaying works in progress. oh well...better to post what im up to rather than not post at all

It's the Nature of the Experiment

2007-09-29T18:33:00.000-07:00

after many drawings of this base, I got frustrated...I could see it in my head, but I couldn't translate it...so I modeled it out to help articulate it...now I think I can draw it out.

I've jumped right into the fray with some environment concept...as a rule of thumb, you shouldnt jump all over the place with character design and environment....but...whatever.... If the inspiration is there, craft it.

another update...

2007-09-20T20:50:00.001-07:00

Gotta keep updating to keep you people interested!!! SO whats left? The other side of his face...and then I think thats it....i'll be running a rotation by Mitch, and then he'll crit it to smitherines and wonder why I got into modelling for animation anyway

Two is Company, Three is a Julia

2007-08-05T02:57:00.001-07:00

Just when Angela and I thought we were gonna have a nice Canada Day together, her kid sister tags along.

Updates? Yup, we got that too

2007-08-02T07:21:00.000-07:00

Close to completion, but here's an update for all you trekkies and tv addicts.

Why haven't you seen the Cyrano blog yet?!?!?!!

2007-07-09T21:32:00.001-07:00

So yeah, here are some updates of the model im working on for Cyrano. For those who don't know, Mitch Yager (insert Mitch's blog address here, but you don't have one...so go make a blog Mitch) and I have just completed rough storyboards. The story is done! Now we're cleaning up the board images for smoother transitions and less confusion during the lieca stage.

The project is still very early, but I think we'll both agree that its starting off incredibly strong

A teaser

2007-06-07T22:37:00.000-07:00

Here's a teaser of what im currently working on besides cyrano. Crossing my fingers to have the modeling done by monday.

A New Film!

2007-05-07T20:08:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, i've started work on a new cg film with my buddy Mitch, 'Cyrano De Bergerac' Keep tabs on the progress at http://cyranothemovie.blogspot.com

Woooodchipper'd!!!

2007-03-02T10:40:00.000-08:00

So here it is! My woodchipper!!...I have to say, the rabbit doesn't have a chance in hell...This thing looks like it shredded a few trees, farm animals and amish people in it's day.

So, about the specs: Modelled, Textured in Maya, Rendered in Mental Ray, Zero light sources with final gather. Again...I have to extend thanks to classmates and fellow artists for providing critiques on this. Shout out to Dave Marler (http://luv3d.blogspot.com/) for the great idea of writting 'Clean Me!' into the dirt of the chipper....Classic!!!!

Happy Valentines Day!

2007-02-14T20:27:00.000-08:00

When you work digitally for such a long stretch, sometimes you forget how much you love to draw and paint traditionally, So I took a little break. Just wanna give the heads up to Justin Morison (jmorison.blogspot.com) for the critiques on this one.

Portfolio russlings

2007-02-04T00:32:00.000-08:00

I spent the majority of the day just review my portfolio/demo reel and planning what I want to put into it. It's always fun to go back and look at old work

Calling all fur artists...

2007-01-25T00:36:00.000-08:00

Wow....is fur a pain...just on so many levels....the styling, the dynamics....It's slowly starting to make sense to me, but even then...it seems almost impossible to replicate the wispy fuzz of rabbit fur in 3D. Hopefully the good peoples at CGtalk.com can shed some light. I've left a post there.

My subject was 'Show me how to do rabbit fur or else I kill the bunny'

I can't stop thinking about the cadbury bunny

2007-01-10T17:18:00.000-08:00

I stuff myself with chocolate as I model this critter.Yeah yeah, where's his fur...Well...he's a hairless rabbit!!!!!

heh, I wish I could pull that kinda crap with a director...'What do you mean why is the rabbit low poly?!?! Ain't you ever seen a low poly rabbit?!?! Thier indigenous to the antarctic? Have you ever been to the antarctic? No? Then shut up....im off the clock'

Rabbit and Frog Tube

2006-12-15T22:31:00.000-08:00

Questions/Comments/Crits always welcome. Enjoy!

Even more lifedrawing

2006-12-06T14:33:00.000-08:00

This was done on the rough paper. The bookstore was sold out of smooth paper....The bookstore is advertising student appreciation days....20% off everything in the store with valid ID.....yeah....20% off if you could find something in stock.

A lil something

2006-12-04T14:21:00.000-08:00

Just a thumbnail that I thought stuck out from the rest. Posted 'cause I like it.

Ohhhhhh!!!!! Dr. Zaius! (Dr. Zaius! Dr. Zaius!)

2006-11-29T16:12:00.000-08:00

Amadeus has to be one of my favourite movies. Everytime you watch it, there's something new that you didnt catch the last time...

well......that....and you'll go around for weeks laughing like Mozart...............AHA HA!...HA.....ha...!....

Karlov?!?!....FRANKENSTEIN?!?!

2006-11-27T22:32:00.000-08:00

Remember in Ed Wood, when Bella Lagosi was offended about being called Karlov's sidekick? Thats the very same reaction I have when I found out that our elective teacher was once again pulling us away from our films....

The Uphill Battle Continues

2006-11-15T20:01:00.000-08:00

Decided that this lifedrawing was post worthy. Just a lil something for the masses to keep track of my progress. Gotta say that the model duo today was really fun and looked like they had a good time getting into character. That energy most definately translates into the drawing.

James Robertson (Animation Alumni, Pixar Artist) came into our lifedrawing class today, speaking words of wisdom. For all those who missed it, you can find his blog here:

http://theironscythe.blogspot.com

Dear Sir or Madam will you read my book?

2006-10-29T22:43:00.000-08:00

'The Beatles', gouache on mayfair 11 x 8.

A little exercise on keeping the gouache technique flat. The immediate influences were beatletoons meets samurai jack. Lennon is such a show off....friggin hippie. If I had to do this one over, i'd characture me playing the hell out of a cowbell.

No Barber? No Fireman?

2006-10-21T14:30:00.000-07:00

Paul, Ya crazy bastard ya....Anyone actually been to Penny Lane before? I bet its not as glamourous as the song makes it out.

A bad lifedrawing day

2006-10-18T22:27:00.000-07:00

Hoooboyyyyyy....it's gonna be an uphill battle

Rabbit

2006-10-01T22:31:00.000-07:00

I wanted more of a Beatrix Potter (Jeremy Fisher, Peter Rabbit) feel to things, but this will do for concept art. No concept is bad concept. I can't wait to dedicate time to character design.

The first pose is the 'I just stepped in rabbit turd' pose

thought i'd get the ball rolling

2006-09-26T22:32:00.000-07:00

I love that 'golden book' feel to things. A sketch I did for a friend...smile.

What the hell?!?! a new post?!?!

2006-07-24T22:50:00.000-07:00

Alright, So i've been slacking with the posts. All i'll say is that im working on a CG animated short that will be released late august/early fall. We're looking to enter it into the 2007 Siggraph festival. I'm really excited about what we have so far, but I can't show you guys anything till then...sorry :(

The Untouchables - Fall 2006

2006-03-27T12:03:00.000-08:00

I had a few hours to myself last night, so I decided to practice using the artist oils brush in painter. I love that brush...I find that I get a little muddy with colours though. If I have a few free hours during the upcoming nights...i'll work this further.

Mad as hell, and he aint gonna take it no more.

2006-03-25T01:26:00.000-08:00

Something to commemorate the ontario teachers strike. Looking forward to getting back in gear on Monday.

Free Samples only from Supermarket Fresh!

2006-03-21T04:51:00.000-08:00

Don't lie, you watched this show. Anyway, no that IS NOT my work. I don't want there to be any confusion otherwise. But I do want you guys to know that I've uploaded the legend of zelda 80's cartoon model sheets. You can find them here

You will need adobe reader to view them. These sheets can be found on the legend of zelda animated series dvd thats available at amazon. If you liked the legend of zelda or you're just a fan of beautiful 80's animation, pick it up....support the artists and more importantly evil publishers

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A walk away from the 3D aisle

2006-03-03T09:14:00.000-08:00

Here's an interesting shot. I won't go into detail, but in this shot something pleasant is presented , hence the brightish yellow and blue. However, everything else around it is still dingy. I think I can still bring that out in this shot. I'm looking forward to getting this painting done, then i'm done my BG paintings and graduate solely onto animation.

1-10 Items only...Severed heads not included.

2006-02-24T18:11:00.001-08:00

If I was copolla, I would have used a severed Pug head instead of a horses head in The Godfather just for the comedic value alone.

Anyway, still trucking alone here, i'm using a combonation of blur, sharpen and noise brushes to get rid of the fact that the texture is too airbrushy. Sharpen and noise give it a simulated short hair effect. I'll post a rotation soon when I dirty up the texture to make it look more furlike.

Round Mound of Hound

2006-02-24T06:36:00.000-08:00

This is more like a progress report post. I've gone into further detail in zbrush with texture colour as well as shaping some teeth for the bugger.

Here's a tip to all 3D students out there: it's obvious to keep eyeballs as seperate objects, but things like teeth, claws, and tongues should be seperate too. A number of things can happen if you dont sepearate these objects:

1) Rigging problems; it would be a pain to paint influences if the toungue was connected to the main object

2) Geometry resolution problems, specifically when modelling with ZBrush; I've run into it specifically with this model. I havent had enough geometry to work with once I got down to the claws and teeth.

Anyway, this is up for critique on CGtalk for those interested, you can find it here:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=3273720#post3273720

A Quick Post

2006-02-19T22:12:00.000-08:00

I'll probably take this post down once I have the time to do something decent enough...I just wanted to share this visual short story with you guys.

And yeah....I suppose its kinda morbid.

3D Head Busts, 3 for a $1.25

2006-02-16T23:16:00.000-08:00

Granted, it isnt as refined as the Pug model, but it's a good start. You can still see the faceted polys. I'll come back to this guy, but I suspect that i'll finish the pug first before this dude. Even more likely is a new model to come. I've been toying with the idea of 3D characatures of celebrities.

A tricky shot

2006-02-15T04:03:00.000-08:00

Hmmm....not entirely sure how I feel about this one. This is intentionally supposed to be a dingy looking shot hence the chaos. With the previous BG's there was an instant where the painting felt done and uniform. I didnt really get that with this BG. Perhaps its the composition and how the shapes are reading. Im pretty sure I will give this BG an edit when I come back to it with a fresh pair of eyes

Check the pharmacy section for all your Zbrush needs

2006-02-12T12:04:00.000-08:00

ZBrush model work in progress. Little more modeling shillack and i'm gonna throw it on cgtalk.com for a crit.

Not the most exciting but...

2006-02-11T22:07:00.000-08:00

Here's a the projector shot. Exciting isn't it? Hah, anyway, thats that for today's post kids! Project Earth Layouts - Aisle 6.

by the way, linework is brought to you by Terry Ververgaert (Duffman151@hotmail.com)

First work in progress post

2006-02-11T08:33:00.000-08:00

In third year, we never really got the chance to explore and further develop our own layout talents. Right about 2 weeks before christmas break, I had an idea in my head that I had to translate and it was this piece. Since im really busy contributing to our group film at school, its a bit challenging to find time for your own work. When I do have time though, i'd rather spend it on 3d works.

More Layouts

2006-02-10T17:36:00.000-08:00

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." -Albert Einstein.

I think the UPA artists had this in mind when they were forming together an identity. Anyway, This is another layout I just finished for our group film. Its an interesting style to adapt too, but I think that this layout is more successful than my previously posted one.

Lifedrawing

2006-02-07T18:31:00.000-08:00

My lifedrawing isn't really the greatest, but now and again, you come across a drawing that has bits and pieces working for it. I think in 3rd year, the instances of those bits and pieces coming together are alot more frequently for me than in past years. I'm starting to like it more. I think we have a great instructor too.

All of these are 5 minute drawings.

A Tribute to Mary Blair

2006-02-06T15:42:00.000-08:00

This is layout still from a school group film entitled 'Project Earth'. I wont reveal too much else about the film, but look for it soon. It'll be a supermarket-fresh spectacle brought to you by the letters Ronan, Terry, Alex, Alexandria, Sungjune and yours truly!

More Second Year Work

2006-02-05T10:50:00.000-08:00

Another second year piece (Dec. 2004) The linework concept is attributed to an anonymous artist. I decided to use the linework for a colour study. I love painting analogously. It's the quickest and easiest way to keep your painting unified. Red was perfect in this situation because it gives the piece that rustic look as well as an overall intensly dangerous feeling.

2006-02-05T10:42:00.000-08:00

This piece was a major assignment for second year layout (Feb 2005). Im happy with the lighting effects, they were really cool, I think the field of view is cropped just in the nick of time. if you notice the left edge of the piece, the perspective wants to get really wonky!

Title Piece!

2006-02-05T10:23:00.000-08:00

Just to make sure this works one and for all