Red's Head

My First attempt at human head sculpting with sculptris.....thank you johnathan willaims for aiding me in some of the general techniques for sculpting in 3D programs. Anyhow hopefully this will aid me in my recent project of modeling a character model for Red outside of his suit. Thank you for viewing my stuff and enjoy!

Male Torso Sculpt

Messed around with sculptris today and this is what I came up with. Sculpted in Sculptris, Rendered in Blender

Gypsy Nude

After picking away at this piece for 6 months trying to juggle school, work, and other projects I have finally completed it. Enjoy and please critique

In Class Sketches

So even though I could not currently manage to pay for art school I am still going to college and I am still drawing daily, so here are some sketches of Elenore that I finished yesterday in class.....Enjoy!

Comic Book Style Portraits Practice

I recently bought a book on drawing comic/cartoon character style faces and I gave the first chapter a bit of practice.....so here are some portraits I made for practice, Enjoy!!

Red Character Concept

Decided to change Red's look after reading a comic by marvel called Samurai Legend.....I like the design a lot better than previous ones, it just seems more practical and functional compared to the others.....anyhow Enjoy!!!!!

Random Sketches

So here are some new sketches cause I'm taking a break from 3D in  prep for my first performance art event.....hopefully all goes well with my new easel and art markers.....anyhow enjoy these random ideas from my sketchbook! (The first one is a neon colored species of brain coral)

John Esborn Character Model Update #2

So I have been working on this model so more and I have added some more armor to the model......I am really liking the armor plate look; it really gives off a sleek but imposing look to john's silhouette. Anyhow enjoy and keep checking in for more updates on my current project!

John Esborn Character Model Start

So I have figured out what I want to practice rendering in cycles now. I decided to model one of my comic book characters that I have never modeled before. I have also decided to use a large amount of normal maps in order to reduce my polygon count while and in turn make working in cycles a lot faster.... anyhow here is my first progress check....enjoy!

Cycles!

So this is not new technology but it has been something that I have been reluctant to try due to it's complexity and node system that looks like a road map of wires, input, output boxes, slider adjustment tabs, and just a vast amount of options that scared the hell out of me. So I recently decided to give it a try and have found it to not be as complex as I had thought it to be....it is still a daunting task to accomplish however, I am definitely excited to learn to use it......soooooo here is my first test render with it and even with how simple this scene is, the lighting and reflections are amazing and seem accurate to the real world! enjoy!!!

Walk Cycle Rough Start

So here is my first render of my rough walk cycle....surprisingly pretty easy to get this far however the minute tweaking is what will take the most time lol XD....anyhow here you are.

Got My Rig Done

So I spent some time today rigging up this mesh I downloaded from cgcookie.com.....thank you johnathan williams, you are the best mentor haha. Anyhow I hope to get some test animations done sometime today for everyone to see :D....anyhow enjoy!

Learning the Basics

So This summer my goal is to learn at least the basics of 3d animation and so here is my first attempt at making objects come to life.

A Smoke on The Rails

I recently purchased metro 2033 the game and have read half way through the book and was inspired by Dmitry Glukhovsky's post apocalyptic society and decided to sketch and color this in my tiny new sketchbook. Anyhow enjoy!!

Brass WasteLand: Finished

So I finished this two weeks ago and have failed to update this blog so here is the finished product for my concept painting, Brass Wasteland.......Enjoy!!!

Brass Wasteland half-mark

Well here is a digital painting I've been working on, still kinda working on my photoshop skills but I want to attempt to get this one to look as realistic as possible. Anyhow here is a halfway mark, stay tuned for a final render.

Spiked Nude

Puppet Character Concept

Bored in my room and came up with this, who knows maybe it will turn into something other than just a sketch

Whooooo!!!!!

Got accepted to CCAD today!!!! now I just have to wait until I get my scholarship email to see if I can afford it lol.....god it feels really good still! Finally lol!

Tower Update 3

So Unfortunately due to a relatively quick project time frame this has to be my final mesh, but I will try my best to tweak it with a better render tomorrow. Anyhow here is another update of The Tower's Model!

Nude Chair

So my buddy Jesse inspired me to figure draw on this wonderful snow day lol so here is one!

Passing the Water

made this fairly quick and thought it had a bit of an accent to it. I was inspired by the ending of a book I finished today," Brave New World" just the way the main character lives when he is first introduced is rather interesting and refreshing comparatively to the rest of society in this novel. anyhow here is a fun sketch from my brain!

Tower Update #2

Here is another update for my tower model I'm hoping to finish the mesh for this sometime this week.

Tower Character Model Day 1

So spent several hours today in blender and managed to get this much done of my character model, it's a good start I feel. I'm really happy with how the body mesh turned out so far, the armor is certainly challenging.

Tower Character Model

So I've decided on my next project being another character model of one of  "The Zone" characters. I chose Frank or "The Tower" because I wanted the challenge of creating complex armor and muscle structure in Blender. I also changed his last design to have a more functional looking armor as oppose to Red's midsection issues XD. So here are my reference orthographic views with block color added, hopefully these work a lot better than my character model for Red. Anyhow here it is, I'm excited to start modeling again tomorrow morning.

College Portfolio

So I finally submitted my college portfolio to CCAD this past friday and good lord is it a relief to finally have that off of my shoulders. It's finally done and is now in the hands of the admissions office who will decide on where my next step in life is. I can't even contain my excitement to finally be on my way towards my dream. Anyhow here are the pieces I submitted and pray to the art gods that my portfolio is good enough.

Environment Design: Final Design

So here it is, the final render of my Environment Design. I finalized all of my textures and readjusted my lighting to best display the design as a whole. Hope you all like it.

Environment Update #2

Here is another update for those who are watching me. I have added some test lighting to show off the secularity maps and textures. Im still trying to tweak the textures so that all of the distortion is cut down to a minimum. However this tunnel is really coming along for my first attempt at such a project. Thanks for watching to those that visit every now and again.

Environment update

Here is just an update on my environment design for a maintenance tunnel of some kind. I've added quite a few details and have a few objects textured but overall the project is coming along better than I intended.

Environment Design

Here is my next project in portfolio as I head back to school. I decided to take on the challenge of environment design and create a small set in which I can practice texturing and learn some more about lighting and rendering. This tunnel I intend to be eerie, mysterious, and scary; much like the long claustrophobic halls of dead space and metro 2033. This project I assume will be quite a bit more work than many of my previous models though I think it will certainly provide a good learning experience with some more advanced modeling and rendering. My M1911 pistol will still be in the works though will have to be put on hold until some time opens up for myself. Anyhow here is your first look.