tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50995306754090093152012-01-22T09:22:34.403-05:00Some Addictions Are BeneficialGraphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.comBlogger1351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-64128925391379623582012-01-22T09:22:00.005-05:002012-01-22T09:22:34.407-05:00

Shifting everything to tumbler. Will post link when the time is right. To grow, one has to move on from time to time.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-45515207523924693032011-10-01T22:52:00.000-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.619-05:00

Been a while. Not dead, just productive. Car im working on. Almost done. I really need to make this next portfolio update killer

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-71819220637567396252011-08-12T01:28:00.002-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.632-05:00

My Celestial Angel is complete... You should click the pic and get a wallpaper version maybe? New breakdown sheets will be in the portfolio soon enough. Till then check out the old one that's in the portfolio now and marvel at how shitty it is.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-20304893139963919652011-08-09T18:17:00.001-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.607-05:00

Rather newish stuff ahoy. Been polishing work over the summer to overhaul the portfolio. Textures have been repainted work has been relit. Just need to get some nice poses...

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-65518266718266217502011-06-11T00:57:00.000-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.629-05:00

Meant to post this up sooner. As you can see in the portfolio section finished the sculpt a while back. The low was complete a couple months ago too. These are the marmoset tests with the AA and nomrals baked. Little cleanup and then finish the hammer and shackles.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-30253001519773080512011-06-07T17:28:00.001-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.613-05:00

So, I've been working on some assets to go with The Butcher. These aren't finished yet but they're presentable enough for me to share. Right now it's just a stone knife and some chain mail for his skirt. I've also finished his stomach interior but I'm not sharing that yet. Lastly I need to do his belt the little girl he's tormenting. Then really dig deep for all the texturing

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-17250592000625871392011-04-27T04:27:00.001-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.605-05:00

An extended version of my character reel. I omitted the sculpts from this one.An extended version of my character modeling reel.NOTE: Vimeo screwed up my vid. If you're getting artifacts turn off HD.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-36343775994232686542011-04-11T02:56:00.001-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.617-05:00

Some illustration work I was commissioned to do recently. It's the founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus...

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-43268601945450150322011-02-16T02:20:00.001-05:002012-01-22T09:15:02.618-05:00

I had to quickly assemble this to apply for a Lucasarts internship. The work inside can and will be pushed further:Charles Metze III: Zbrush Sculpting Reel 2011 from Charles Metze III on Vimeo.All Zbrush work by meAlso, at the end you can see some of the characters I've been working on for a special project I'll talk more about in abit...

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-5357441757671920822011-02-10T04:32:00.000-05:002012-01-22T09:15:02.623-05:00

Not dead just tired. More to come shortly but for now a nice turntable of Mr. Grabby, who's almost done..

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-6694197455429114792010-12-01T05:31:00.000-05:002012-01-22T09:15:02.630-05:00

Long time no post right? Well I'll make up for it in the coming months big things abrewin... In the mean time I finally started playing around with Max and some lovely shaders for it... Check it out. I think Im going to like Max. FYI: This is a real time render captured from the viewport of 3DS Max. All post processing work was also done in real time ie no Photoshop.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-20857155944481856672010-10-10T21:07:00.003-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.609-05:00

Some pics of me working on this wall illustration for Bank of America big wigs who were visiting that day. I had about 5 hours or so to fill the wall. They apparently liked it so much that the took it with them.Photos courtesy of: R. Beverly

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-63417581877062025452010-09-24T03:10:00.000-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.628-05:00

Well I my new latop arrived on Mon... OMG. Im loving it. I essentially have a mobile work station now! Some of the work I've been doing with my new friend...

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-21981682887897851362010-09-17T17:59:00.001-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.610-05:00

Let's get down to brass tacks shall we... Been a bit sluggish lately. Laptop can't accommodate my ambitions. New one is on the way. Win 7 8 Gigs of RAM 512Mb ATI Graphics 650 Gig HD Intel i5 Processor Wacom Enabled Touch Screen Gearin up to get down...

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-34618799639088178452010-09-10T03:39:00.001-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.615-05:00

It's also a virtue... Update from the past few days.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-49245527680820977842010-08-21T21:31:00.001-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.620-05:00

Well I've done about all I can at this time with him. Note,the sculpting is done. Not the character. I still need to work on his accessories... But yeah anyways, the latest details and a color test.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-24730216014066337982010-08-21T08:45:00.001-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.611-05:00

I haven't abandoned Mr. Grabby yet. Nor have I come up with a better name... Here's an update on his progress.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-50296691807212761172010-08-11T03:20:00.003-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.622-05:00

Having a mini crisis here. Turns out that the color work that I was applying to the "Mars" pushed my laptop over the limit... Long story short the file itself is fine (I think) but I can't open it on my latop. Have to wait till I can get to campus and borrow the laptop of a someone that has Zbrush... Fingers crossed. So while I wait on that, I decided to start work on The Virtue Of Venus and I

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-18942001566558025462010-08-06T06:44:00.002-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.606-05:00

OK, so tonight was good.I'm at my maximum Sub-d level for my machine (only 3.3 mil polys unfortunately) so I've started some detailing. As you can see the basic form for the hands is done, I'll get to it's detail pass soon enough. The worked on the ribs and some of the back today as well as started fleshing out the feet/skate/high heel things. At Once I finish working the general form of the

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-33143796327957052202010-08-06T04:59:00.001-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.614-05:00

Changed the layout to the blog, Not sure if I'll keep it like this. Also it broke my lightbox integration so, no fancy window pop up till I fix that... Grrrrr...

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More progress...

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-7779104750027257452010-07-28T04:33:00.001-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.634-05:00

Some work on the body (as well as another color test) and the hands, all WIPs at the moment. Movin pretty fast and fluid so far.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-5454723619368504192010-07-24T10:22:00.001-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.625-05:00

I graduate in December. I want to have my demo reel done by then. So I've thought up two new characters, The Virtue Of Mars and The Virtue Of Venus... Basically angel redesigns. I'm dropping the Butcher and The Judge from my reel. I'm keeping Mutanta, and The Space Squid, along with Mr. Grabby and the two Virtues, that'll be 5 along with my zbrush work. What we have here is a quick color scheme

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-10158443051860910242010-05-17T03:21:00.005-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.604-05:00

My head hurts sometimes... I blame "these" things. Especially the little lady there.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-89835068976529982612010-05-15T00:05:00.001-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.637-05:00

He just wants to hold you...

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-78676548709389026142010-05-13T01:03:00.001-04:002012-01-22T09:15:02.635-05:00

Something done last week...Still loving Alchemy.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-11128710786674861812010-04-24T10:33:00.002-04:002010-08-22T12:53:59.828-04:00

A delicious Pun and a doodle.

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So yeah, 11am Wednesday April 7, 2010.A very important call will be coming to my phone.More info after.Cheers,Charles

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A quicky from earlier.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-39789169802517089782010-03-17T03:02:00.001-04:002010-08-22T12:52:04.783-04:00

Stats: 6498 Polys (6294 without the helemt, yes there's something under there) One 2048 Texture Modeled and rigged in Maya. Textures made in Photoshop, Normals generated in XNormal

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-62470909195040236062010-03-11T10:26:00.001-05:002010-08-22T12:51:10.065-04:00

Took a metric ass tonne of render time but it's done. Demo Reel 2010: CMetze from Charles Metze III on Vimeo.My demo reel for 2010. All work done in zbrush, maya, photoshop and xnormal. All concept art, modeling, texturing, rigging and animation by me. http://graphiteaddict.blogspot.com/

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-47290823924860037462010-03-08T03:47:00.001-05:002010-08-22T12:49:54.872-04:00

Well I set up a couple of PCs on campus to handle the bulk of my rendering over the weekend. Here's a sneak peek at Mutantas final renders. Well I guess this is a full peek considering these are the final renders... I need a thesaurus. I don't remember the exact polycount, it's around mid 6k. So it's a pretty light mesh considering how many polys I dumped into the tentacles. 1 Targa for

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-27054245762923056322010-03-07T20:25:00.001-05:002010-08-22T12:48:44.339-04:00

FEAR THE TEA CUP! ... You know if it isn't to much trouble. You don't have to fear it if you don't want to.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-77030159181408625242010-03-05T20:22:00.003-05:002010-08-22T12:48:24.541-04:00

Ideas are a brewin. A test for somethin much bigger and more work-afying. You'll need to click the pic... I dunno why. Edit: Never mind

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Grindin on my demo reel for 2010... Time to burn out the days and nights...

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Random junk from today...

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-61694111967989548032010-02-26T11:21:00.002-05:002010-08-22T12:45:58.978-04:00

The best laid plans of mice and men... None of these are final... Hell some of these are old.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-81847279759671769722010-02-23T04:43:00.001-05:002010-08-22T12:45:34.616-04:00

So thats it. Modeling and textrue (aside from tweaks) is done... Here are Her/His/It's test renders. These are done with a phong material so ignore the weird ass reflections. Looks thoroughly sickening so I think I'm on the right track.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-13163159200576603452010-02-19T09:28:00.002-05:002010-08-22T12:44:21.045-04:00

With all the 3D work, Im surprised I still know how to draw...

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-74752993437523770582010-02-06T05:47:00.001-05:002010-08-22T12:43:47.354-04:00

So there's a 2 day blizzard going on outside. I sketched this out tonight while checking the snow fall. I'll be doing alot of work from seeing as how I can't open the back or front door. Don't know why I sketched this, maybe I was thinking cannibalism...

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-35311089259867817042010-02-04T10:59:00.002-05:002010-08-22T12:42:06.843-04:00

  Pictures of items I made for Problems in Studio Design... First is a Cereal Box. Kellogg's Frosted Flakes: Akrham Asylum Edition And the other is a 3D print of a zbrush sculpture I did. You can't tell but that cereal box is insanely large. We're talking Costco size and then some.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-84045571503374381082010-01-31T04:27:00.001-05:002010-08-22T12:40:56.072-04:00

So I'm pretty happy with everything so far. Normal map aside from a couple tweaks is done. Spec map is done. Color map is done. All I need to do is finish the helmet texture and maybe do a weapon. Then it's on to rigging... No looking forward to that.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-54144464985732000882010-01-27T05:39:00.002-05:002010-08-22T12:40:08.623-04:00

Busy, Busy, Busy. 40% complete I'd say. Still not sure if he should have a weapon... Modeling: 100% Color Map 90% done Normal Map: 0% Spec Map: 0% Rigging: 0% Animation: 0%

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-7099001352236401212010-01-26T02:42:00.004-05:002010-08-22T12:39:51.291-04:00

Making good use of the 3D printer we have at school. I'll have better images in a bit, bear with me.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-11339894861351018642010-01-22T17:15:00.003-05:002010-01-22T17:22:25.172-05:00

Work completed Thus far...Do me a solid and click that picture up yonderTTFN Kiddies

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-87435344233026873502010-01-14T11:23:00.004-05:002010-08-22T12:35:35.934-04:00

God I love my brain...

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-30696201423820500452010-01-14T01:53:00.006-05:002010-08-22T12:34:57.841-04:00

I think it's a very interesting subject. It's not like they're endangered or something...

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-91038849707210171922010-01-12T04:12:00.004-05:002010-08-22T12:34:36.910-04:00

"Rollin, Rollin, Rollin...."

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More Alchemy. School is back in session Mon. classes on Tues. IT HAS BEGUN!!

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-87124838007396284262010-01-03T22:00:00.004-05:002010-08-22T12:33:10.711-04:00

It's a thing... With robot legs. Cause things with robot legs are freaky.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-35780687534091851802009-12-17T04:37:00.004-05:002010-08-22T12:32:42.738-04:00

Nightly doodles are good for the soul

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-54850234381986136632009-12-06T20:20:00.005-05:002010-08-22T12:32:12.480-04:00

Been a while since my last post. Im in a serious grind right now but here's a bust I been workin on in zbrush.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-14580277439097482522009-11-27T01:41:00.004-05:002010-08-22T12:30:09.924-04:00

Had to rush this one. It goes with a fake article in a fake magazine for my Magazine and Newspaper class.... Lobster beats Tongue by knockout.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-73539724572784735172009-11-14T00:27:00.003-05:002010-08-22T12:29:40.223-04:00

Been working on making this thing move like I imagine. getting there. Need to lock down the top arm and the one on the other side of him... So many moving bibs and bobs.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-18225334349984110162009-11-07T15:55:00.004-05:002010-08-22T12:29:10.048-04:00

Meet ted... he's a gremlin scout... No not that type of scout. ... Yeeah, that type of scout. Sketchy Sketch Sketchy

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Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-58609169135164632302009-10-30T17:59:00.003-04:002010-08-22T12:28:06.154-04:00

A few more from today

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-66206688381076497122009-10-30T15:06:00.004-04:002010-08-22T12:27:43.529-04:00

Alchemy I love this thing

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-45873949028569722802009-10-22T03:59:00.004-04:002010-08-22T12:27:00.739-04:00

A small piece of a much large speed paint from a couple weeks back. WIsh I had more time to paint than I do. Cheers, The Chuckinator

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-65204485327451003612009-10-17T02:35:00.002-04:002009-10-17T02:42:56.723-04:00

So the baring any glaring details....THE BUTCHER IS DONE!!!Here's the last turntable along with a pedestal I made the other day.Also a little bird told me I should consider using vimeo for my files. So heres a test. Not as crisp as I would have hoped for a 300+ MB file but nice presentation I must say.The Great Butcher: Turntable from Charles Metze III on Vimeo.

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Well I finally got around to updating my wordpress portfolio. I'll be glad when I have enough knowledge to build my own site.

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Some various animation cycles (WIPS all mind you) For everyones favorite large angry butcher.

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Started a new mural.. Cow with tree horn? Horse? I dunno... Need to see shrink.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-32408191261548371622009-09-17T01:52:00.002-04:002010-08-22T12:12:13.448-04:00

Not the final turntable, blah blah blargh Details Modeled in Maya 25k tri 2048 textures Normal, Color, Spec maps painted in photoshop 3 light setup Rendered with Mental Ray weighted and rigged.

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Well here's the butcher's turntable. This is merely a test, so that when I do the final I don;t waste time.

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From this summer Modeled in Maya 25k tri 2048 textures Normal, Color, Spec maps painted in photoshop 3 light setup Rendered with Mental Ray Fully weighted and rigged.

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Unfinshed snow thingy. Did it as a learning exercise based on a youtube vid I saw. I don't plan on finishing it. At least not anytime soon that is.

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Something from this morning... It's all misty!

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Update

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So for anyone wondering out there why there have been sop few updates... It's because I've been hard at work on some models. Some 3D models. I gave myself a challenge. Model on a budget. 10'000 poly or less. He currently clocks in at about 9,125 or so. These are the fist color normal and spec maps. More to come as I tweak the textures for the ultimate effect.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-47156856937714604882009-08-30T13:29:00.006-04:002010-08-22T12:05:10.164-04:00

So for those of you in the Howard U community that were unaware. I'm doing a bi weekly cartoon strip for the Hilltop. Here are the strips so far...

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A Doodle here a doodle there. Silhouette sketch that may or may not evolve.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-22295312156022135092009-08-14T04:12:00.006-04:002010-08-22T12:03:59.576-04:00

Not dead just busy... A little B&W from tonight.

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Testing out animating with blend shapes... Yeah this is definitely better (in this case)than using bones and a rig.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-27045407810298066242009-07-16T23:40:00.004-04:002010-08-22T12:02:55.589-04:00

It's an elephant! It's an Astronuat! It's... Well that's about all it is....

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Keeps the doctor away From this morning. PS An eye patch means I was to lazy to paint the other eye.

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A small part of a bigger model... About 60%-95% of this will be hidden in the final model. Just need to figure out why the hell the teeth texture is glichting...

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Something in the pipe, it's actually upside down in the last shot... Way more detailed than it has to be actually... Note to self: Remove that highlight at the top

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Something for tonight..

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Just starting to think some things out. Quick sketch quick paint.

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A WIP. That ink thing from a few pages back, now in PS.

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I learned a trick to sketching with a ballpoint pen, make sure it's a crappy ballpoint pen... So here's a step by step.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-23396527161882132432009-05-21T14:29:00.004-04:002010-08-22T11:59:13.770-04:00

Some sketchin

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No, not that sicko... A quick morning painting about 30 min.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-46675104525378421922009-05-19T23:24:00.004-04:002010-08-22T11:53:24.071-04:00

Some turntables, scarcecrow and the lion.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-68686606811041065272009-05-19T19:04:00.002-04:002009-05-19T19:08:00.734-04:00

So I'm making perspective brushes and sharing them with the internets .http://mrhobo87.deviantart.com/art/Perspective-Brushes-Pack-1-123019668The first batch can be downloaded at the link above

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Yeah the titles a reference to something, but I digress. Some sketches from today... Errrr... I mean yesterday. I'm trying to get back into a sketchin drawin big thing doin mode. One is quick elephant study, earthtone sketchbook, vine charcoal and lil bit of white china marker. Other one is an effort to get back into nice clean inking. Copic sketch marker and some pen... Might hit in PS later.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-65749934378300626262009-05-11T13:31:00.004-04:002010-08-22T11:38:23.997-04:00

Second to last project for my illustration class. We had to illustrate something medical. I choose a heart attack.

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My final project for illustration class: A storybook. I chose Little Red Riding Hood, the original little red riding... The disturbing one. Have a look see.

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Remember him...

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Another little something something

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God I have issues. Expect alot more work to be posted up.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-69391727124332160392009-04-15T22:40:00.003-04:002010-08-22T11:22:46.238-04:00

Done awhile back. Silver scratchboard and photoshop. I dont think I have to tell you who this is...

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-7453790246829342932009-04-02T03:23:00.004-04:002010-08-22T11:22:30.284-04:00

Apart of a project for my illustration class.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-20091414310313534212009-03-18T04:43:00.005-04:002010-08-22T11:22:00.553-04:00

Some playblast tests of the swimming animation Im working on.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-34092048157058829162009-03-12T02:03:00.005-04:002010-08-22T11:19:05.674-04:00

For my illustration class. We had to illustrate the difficulties of financing a college education using parody. So I did a parody of Norman Rockwell's "The Right to Know"

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-90257111336288877152009-03-10T22:41:00.007-04:002010-08-22T11:17:44.904-04:00

Some stuff from my earthtone sketchbook. The Dragon is from a while back but the bearded fellow is from today.

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Something for my illustration class. We had to do an illustration for a TIME magazine cover with the topic of "Is the pen mightier than the sword." I chose to use a cross between a typewriter and a tank to get my point across.

Graphithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10039107155629818470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099530675409009315.post-10149434568073050582009-02-14T05:26:00.003-05:002010-08-22T11:15:13.061-04:00

So here's a test of my rig for the space squid model. The maps being shown here are the specular and bump maps. Still working on the ol color map.

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