Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Late Night WIP


I've been working on this sculpture for some time now, and almost punched myself in the face when I decided to start over again.
My idea changed, so I ran with it. 3D sculpture has been very difficult to master, and it has forced me to push my skills. I'm sticking to just the one program (Mudbox 2011), and I've found it is very limited, compared to Zbrush. It forces me to plan out my sculpting more strategically.
I'm about 3/4 complete, and now on to the clothes, and then the environment.
Enjoy!

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Tom Green Portrait Art


A little while back, I visited the House Of Comedy in the Mall Of America. Mr. Tom Green was the headliner, and the show was AWESOME!!!
About a month prior, I decided to paint a portrait for for him, since he's been my favorite comedians.
I used to watch his show on the Comedy Network, and he always made me laugh.
So after the show, I was lucky enough to meet Tom, and presented him with a print of my painting.
He said it was good, but I worked on it for so damn long, I'm tired of looking at it. But I hope he kept it.

Enjoy!

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Day 4! Steady Grindin'!


Today was really tough! I've discovered that Mudbox takes a heavy toll on my processor. While running iTunes, Safari and Skype, I tried to save my progress and it crashed!!!
I'm trying to limit my application use while sculpting.
I had a chance to rework his clothes, feet and hands. Knocking up the resolution to a 4.

Check it!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Warrior Turntable

I've finally buckled down to enter the CG Hub and Mudbox contest. The topic is "Warrior", so it's wide open, other than the fact that I have had to learn a new 3D sculpting program. But for $5000 CASH, I'm on it!
I enjoy Mudbox, it is similar to ZBrush, besides not being able to model my own armatures.



And check it out!! I just learned that I could do this!......


Here is what I've come up with so far. You can follow my WIP thread on CG Hub as well.

WARRIOR

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Terrorizing Teddy Bears

I've finally finished it! Some time ago, I began a piece that would be a gift for my niece. I began sketching and arranging the design, rigorously! Finally, when I did have the perfect design, I got tired of it and started from scratch again.
I was hell bent on painting it in Painter, but I figured it would be quicker to finish in Photoshop. I was dead wrong. In between my studies, learning ZBrush and Mudbox, In total, I pounded about a good 20-30 hours into it.
Even now I'm not completely satisfied with it, but its time to move on.
Enjoy!