Fred of the Moon!

Here's some Dutch dealin's

I went overseas for the first half of this year. But I'm back soon! Here's some of the work I was able to do.

On this first game, I was responsible for all bird animations, and all the delivered creature animations. creature animations. I'll have a proper reel up soon....

For this level, I was responsible for background elements and additional assets as needed. Doesn't look like much now, so I'll include what it looks like under-the-hood.

Here's all the nodes and information that went into those oh-so-fluffy clouds. I included controls for the direction and the strength of the wind, and also the sky color. It can get messy so I've got the nodes separated out by function.

Of course, outside of class, I helped out with some roommates. One of them requested some work based off the deadly sins. So here's a few of them.

And why not? Have some life drawing:

Some Finals -- HAPPY NEW YEAR also

Here's the companion piece to this one with the Mirrors Edge runner. Fixed some atmospheric issues recently, so it should be a little better than it was earlier.

And my last stuff from my excellent life drawing class last semester at LCAD! We had a student modeling in her Chell costume from Portal. Brought a prop she made of the ASHPD (Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device).

So those were the warmups, very uneven. Then this was probably a ten minute...

And a .gif of the final piece. I did the pencils and prelim values in about 20 mins, then went back over time and inked it in Photoshop. 

 And here's a static version that's easier to see.

Hopefully soon I can show off my 3D stuff. I'm still not to a point where I'm satisfied enough to show it, though. Soon! 

Nude Dude Drawin

This model knows how to strike a good pose, so I figured it'd be a shame not to include some gestures.

 Later on, this was a ten minute pose. Just enough time to rough in shadows. Then I got this Scarface kind of look to it, minus the ridiculous fanbase. It won't be plastered on any oversized Tshirts any time soon.

The last one of the day, was a twenty minute pose. everything was workin well today. I mean, look at that hand! Still not great, strides: I'm makin them.

And finally there's this stuff. Different class -- more just digital painting, so the pose isn't that amazing. But, I got the render the heck out of it. I drew a random runner from Mirror's Edge (video link).

Pirates! and Ladies. And Nature.

The saddest part of thanksgiving was that it took place on my day for life drawing! I compensated by doin some trail sketches. I should've taken photos of where I was for reference later...

Then T-Day came and went in a flurry of food. Work resumed this week and immediately made up for lost time. Here's my best from today. I had the usual issues -- rushing in too quickly, not taking my time with my lines. My instructor had to slow me down. 

Here is the male gaze in action. 

And I've meant to do this in the past, but finally remembered to do a gif of the process.

Later on, there were Pirates! Starting off with... this one!

 Spyglass hands! ignore all else.

And the slowest sword fight ever. I think they were having the most fun in the room.

Major figure dump!

Since I haven't been keeping track, here's the best from the last 3 weeks. Don't really have any good streams of these, either. Such a shame, cause I was getting into a lot of these.

First two from 10/25.

These two just from last week. Mostly pleased with that session.

Finally, today. I felt kind of off to be honest, but it looks like they worked out well from here. They should be generally in order.

So I made this cardboard hat.

Last week my roommate acquired

A shipment box which I admired.

The size was close that it could sit

upon my head, if it should fit.

And so I searched the internet

for pictures of a good helmet.

I found success in history

when Romans wore this mystery.

I set about with board and blade

and soon my project was half made.

My camera was thus tossed aside

as I carved the box with pride.

Though the reference didn't show it,

I already did mostly know it.

My imagery was not the best

but I set out to make the crest.

As ancient scissors cut the notches

They resembled cardboard swatches.

So top heavy in my hand

I trusted it would make it grand.

Inserted fully, held on top

Without so much as one drop

Of glue or tape within my reach:

A rule I would not dare breach.

So, hows it fit? Not very well,

unless my head begins to swell.

Which wouldn't be so hard to do

since cardboard hats protect like poo.