^_^ - Blog

It'sa' Me....

2012-01-05T10:33:00.000-08:00

Testing out zb4's new zproject features, I'm awful messy with it. But it has its good points.

Head Practice

2012-01-04T09:15:00.000-08:00

I'll prolly look at this 2moz and think somethings wrong.

Force Abuser

2012-01-02T10:30:00.001-08:00

Gonna try and force myself to add backgrounds to all these suckas in future.

Ello' Sailor

2011-12-30T07:50:00.000-08:00

Just to clarify; I like boobies.

Doodle Girl Sculpt

2011-12-28T10:32:00.000-08:00

xmass Doodle :)

Stabbatha

2011-12-27T10:13:00.000-08:00

Never surprise a chick with a knife.

Get out my cave! Am'a grope your face up real gud!

2011-12-07T09:59:00.003-08:00

WIp wip wipppo. really enjoying this one.

Comic Spaz! - Trio Fish'n

2011-11-30T10:44:00.001-08:00

Heh that was fun and unexpected.

A lame ass Self Portrait of sorts

2011-11-28T09:41:00.000-08:00

Playing with those brushes again, but this time it's purposely meant to look like me :)

"The Hero"

2011-11-24T07:59:00.000-08:00

I probably won't be able to work on this fella for a while, but for good reasons ;)

So here's the most recent wip, clothes still need loads of work. He's sort of turned into a more hero'esque older version of myself heh.

Residual Self Portrait

2011-11-22T10:05:00.000-08:00

Just started playing with those brushes and it sort of began to resemble me.

Tasty Brushes

2011-11-17T03:25:00.001-08:00

A bud suggested these PS-brushes. And they are wicked fun :D

I've stuck a few in my favorites.

Guy wip 05

2011-11-02T08:33:00.001-07:00

Heh there's a certain familiarity to this fellow. Perhaps a few years older tho.

Street guy wip 04 - Moar Creasing

2011-10-31T10:29:00.000-07:00

Effort.... >_<; so much yet so little to show for it so far.

Edit: Updated

Street Guy wip 03 - Z4 Win!

2011-10-27T07:51:00.000-07:00

I would like to say "damn guess all that practice payed off" but I mainly owe these creases to Zbrush's lovely new slash brushes! I still more or less suck with the arm creases tho :/

Street Guy wip 02

2011-10-25T09:57:00.000-07:00

So he started looking like a douche and I nearly fell into the "over-creasing valley" again. But I've got a general direction now atleast. Some raggedy guy, urban clothes, we'l see how it goes. :D

OrgeBoy

2011-10-21T10:13:00.000-07:00

I wanted to take a break from apps & sculpting for some lowpoly hand painted texturing.
He's 506tris, club 32tris.

Based on a concept by Porkbun :D PANG!

Street Punk?

2011-10-20T04:16:00.000-07:00

So I've been moving around this guy from concept to concept, not sure where to take what started out as just an anatomy sculpt. But I think I've finally found a direction I really want to stick with. :D

Sprechen zie Style?

2011-10-17T10:02:00.000-07:00

Funk knows

Sci-Fi Racer & Knight

2011-10-11T04:32:00.000-07:00

scribbling ideas for what I may make next while I'm waiting for app responses.

FAN FUR'KING TASTIC!

2011-09-14T10:22:00.000-07:00

Rockin some awesome fur shells, the idea just hit me like a cold fish to the face when I woke up this morning.

:D

2011-09-07T09:08:00.001-07:00

I've been working on the material aspect of the jacket and jeans for this wip. I'm very happy with this hair now, way better :)

Pink was a stupid idea...

2011-09-06T09:00:00.000-07:00

I received some fantastic crits recently, Polycount ftw!

FINISHED!?

2011-08-26T07:25:00.000-07:00

Well as far as I can tell I've completed the Model & Texture for Bianca here. On to the rig & pose. :D

PANK!

2011-08-25T09:17:00.000-07:00

Say whutttt?!

So Close ,__,

2011-08-22T09:17:00.001-07:00

Just got to finish the hair then BAM!

>_>

2011-08-17T09:24:00.000-07:00

Not long now :)

>3> - Nutha wip

2011-08-15T09:10:00.000-07:00

yay purple trousers!

Jacket - Texture wip of the day

2011-08-12T08:51:00.000-07:00

Pretty much dusted for now, still need the Zip and some fur tuft alphas.

Small progress is still progress...

2011-08-10T09:19:00.001-07:00

Hair... You Fiend! Well still got pretty far to go with it, especially the texture but getting some alphas down as tedious as it may be, still counts.

Texture Wip

2011-08-08T09:40:00.001-07:00

Texture wip for the face mainly, I always start here, aside from it being fun it also allows for maximum time for which to notice where it needs fixing.

Edit:
Also did a quick paintover to plan out the hair alphas :)

I see I forgot to change the lighting on the eyes making them crazy bright.

Mmmm Freshly Baked... :D

2011-08-03T09:12:00.000-07:00

Shes Exactly 14k, much to my surprise hitting it square on. Altho there's still alphas for the hair, zip and shoelaces still to be done. And potentially the odd tuft of fur from the coat.

Can't wait to start texturing the face, possibly the funnest part of the whole process! ^_^

^v^

2011-07-20T08:01:00.000-07:00

Yay! Fin! On to the Low :D

'-'~

2011-07-19T10:21:00.001-07:00

Heh, I wanted to do one of those stupid lookin paintings, so I did. It would prolly have come out better with ref nodoubt :P

>_>'

2011-07-05T08:16:00.000-07:00

After Researching various other ways of making hair, particle, polygon. And doing extensive tests in each I gave up on them and went back to reliable Sculpting, for the amount of time they consume their results suck, and if HairFarm is anything like Max's hair and fur mod then I'm not touching that with a 20ft gizmo.

Maya also seems to have a good hair script, but that's maya.

n_n~ - FACE!

2011-06-30T09:32:00.000-07:00

Worked on her face abit today.

>_>' - Dat Ass

2011-06-24T09:51:00.000-07:00

Wip -

Yay progress!

>:3

2011-06-16T09:13:00.000-07:00

Wip-

Finally out of my slump and sculpting again.

^-^ - Dirty Aces

2011-06-14T09:24:00.000-07:00

I started doodling this guy, it was pretty fun so I decided to make a little group for him called the Dirty Aces, he's Mr. Spades.

I want to play L.A. Noire... lol..

:[}

2011-05-15T13:03:00.000-07:00

Ok... yes?

^

2011-05-13T14:23:00.001-07:00

Yay we're back! Thanks to an epic crit from CrazyFool my cop guy is going great :D

:)

2011-05-11T03:53:00.000-07:00

T_T

2011-05-11T01:59:00.000-07:00

C_c'

2011-05-10T03:54:00.000-07:00

It's a MAN, a MANLY MAN.

Once the face is up to a fair standard I'll go on to skin detailing on zie body.

;]

2011-05-09T05:21:00.000-07:00

It's getting there, slowly but surely. I'll be getting into the face more next wip.

:/

2011-05-07T06:22:00.000-07:00

So I've been thinking of something along these lines.

I know... MM much? He doesn't own cops as a genre tho.

:?

2011-05-02T14:10:00.000-07:00

Here I am practicing again. One of these days I will get the recipe for the sauce right.

I noticed Akuma was altho pretty, very wack anatomically, like his waste got squashed or something.

Akuma Da!

2011-04-21T07:28:00.000-07:00

Actually started an entry for PC's Brawl comp, I've got a good idea of what I wanna do now aswell.

0_0'

2011-04-03T13:51:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I've only now just realized how to draw cheek bones, they extrude around the face.

-_-;

2011-04-01T07:48:00.000-07:00

I forget how much effort creases are, figured I was in need of an update. Just started on the second stage of creasing as their more or less layed out in blobby form atm.
Doesn't the fur look nice tho lol.

The eventuality of the low's fur alpha's will nodoubt be a pain tho. ;_;

XD

2011-03-15T15:27:00.001-07:00

Polycounts got an awesome comp, you redesign anyone from a fighting game. I thought of this while trying to choose a serious character, get a pikachunk of BEEFACHU!

He'd walk around saying "BEEF BEEF"

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¬_¬

2011-03-14T06:59:00.000-07:00

Clothes?

Altho a feminine dress sense would be useful rite now I'm glad to be a dude, thank gawd I don't need to put this much effort into my clothes; jeans & shirt > clean = job done.

Does it go all together is the real question here?

My thinking was the shoes match the jacket and shirt. The colours are all similar. N necklace for a small piece of contrasting colour?
Varied selection of materials, leather jacket with fur rims, loose cotton shirt, leather belt, denim, shoes with linen & leather. Shiny glassnecklace, can't decide on the hat's material tho.

Edit: Update; Going for a mix.

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'_'

2011-03-10T04:28:00.000-08:00

Edit: Updated

O3O

2011-03-09T09:17:00.001-08:00

I can hit the render button too!

Zbrush is soo easy to render in its crazy, but that's equally balanced by how Bitchingly Difficult setting up lights are... I gave up in the end, bastards, everything tends to just over expose.

Oh yeah I finally looked up this Pepper person that's appearing everywhere. It's actually a pretty cool idea the Pepper Project. I like it when people bounce artwork around :D

Altho some of the designs are looking like instead of wearing earphones shes wearing metal head nipples. XD

>_>

2011-03-08T07:27:00.000-08:00

Just mucking around... I'm so rubbish with making girls pretty, get my practice on. Guys are easy, it doesn't matter if their ugly, their guys.

It's really nice outside btw, sunshine and birdsong.

Edit: I are want composition. maybe I should get into a habit of quick little things like this.

?_?

2011-03-08T02:19:00.000-08:00

Just thought of something weird... What do people do if their not making art... you know average people with no relation to art...? What do they do, seriously? I can't actually fathom it. I suppose I'd just be skateboarding for the vast majority of my spare time. They can't just watch TV... ?~? confusing.

T_T

2011-03-06T08:57:00.001-08:00

An afternoon.

eyes.... visible ball area is too much. Weeelllll Atleast the sculpt was nice

/;D

2011-03-03T09:34:00.000-08:00

Porco Rosso would be jealous.

I'm on some kind of a roll.

Edit: Oshi... forgot about his eyebrows lmao. Well he can pull it off.
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>:D Pump it!

2011-03-02T04:19:00.000-08:00

Level Up da!

SuperBrothers: Swords & Scorcery

2011-03-01T04:38:00.000-08:00

This game actually looks really interesting despite being an i-app, loving the pixel artstyle and the animation. It's like if Shadow Of The Colossus was Zelda back in the retro'ies.

Trailer
Gameplay

..
Vanquish that peedobear

It intrigues me more by there being an essence of sci-fi behind the scenes.
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:D - Step up or stay down

2011-02-27T08:07:00.000-08:00

Seems I need to up my game, everyone else isn't just gonna wait for me. Here's a wip, decided to start with a max basemesh this time, instead of just wingin it with zspheres.

Puhh the Freelance thing I'm doing looks better than this now :/ but I can't show that lol.

This is still just a mindless smo... He needs some character and I need some reference!

EDIT:
Some Tweaking, he looks much better,

^ - Zelda 25th

2011-02-23T06:32:00.000-08:00

This is so Fucking Awesome.

Zelda25

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>o>

2011-02-22T08:47:00.001-08:00

Got ma squiggle on, doods legs are abit short tho top right,

Influence Map

2011-02-21T07:00:00.001-08:00

Took alot more effort than I expected but I'm glad I did it, maybe now I'll do something cool with this to slap me in the face.

: /

2011-02-17T09:36:00.001-08:00

ooops

>:P

2011-02-16T15:32:00.000-08:00

Saw some one else doing a pretty standard link illustration so I thought I'd spice one up! HA! Take that TP clones! It doesn't have to look like Twilight Princess to be realisticky

And as you know he who controls the spice... ;)

:3

2011-02-15T15:33:00.001-08:00

Used my right hand for once. Man if I where Wakkawa I would just draw pretty girls with freckles all day long... which I suppose is what he does already lol.

>_<.

2011-02-12T15:44:00.000-08:00

Lefty; Naruto fillers finally stopped again, I usually do alil summut summut to celebrate.

Remember in the early Naruto when it was all Akira Styley CyberPunk, that was way cooler. The anime failed to grasp that really and now its completely non existant >_< But then the anime is a slag at times T_T

>3>

2011-02-09T13:52:00.000-08:00

Lefty Sketcharoo..

Hopefully they look alittle less hollow, despite that its more of a sketch than a concept.

^0^' - Epiphany!

2011-02-07T09:43:00.000-08:00

I've been looking deeper into character concepting in an attempt to better my understanding of design to aid my end 3d product.
Lol so don't get me wrong I'm not aiming for a concept art role, I am no where near hot enough for that holy-grail but I think an understanding is essential to be a 3d character artist, plus being just technically good doesn't make your portfolio look any nicer if the content brings it down.

I realized indirectly through reading some indie game design blogs that a large chunk of what separates mediocre from convincing is the "character" of that person, personality. Which dawned on me "I've been making costumes not characters" focusing on the technical; producing hollow costumes. I think that now aiming to fill the character with background, personality, will add and should show through in their design, giving a more distinct why to their function instead of just "beefy sword dude".
I also hope to implement this into my speed sculpts, the real raw character design is required with making something so fast, so I hope it will get the gears turning due to the time constraints.

I also cleaned up this blog, looking through gave me a nice insight into my progression but that's not to insinuate I am anywhere yet. There's still a world full of awesome out there I have to aspire to, so I march on up the mountain with burning ambition.

This is the guy who spawned those ideas, among the ranting there is actually alot of insightful game deign theory on there with plentiful debates in the comments.

-_-;

2011-02-06T11:06:00.000-08:00

Phew, last day of Orc Sculpting, I think I managed to make something halfway decent in the end.

^--^

2011-02-05T10:24:00.000-08:00

Lefty's:
Aside from some crappy DSE's I did some more quick character sketches. I'm enjoying this topdown theme I've come up with recently, makes the canvas seem less daunting @_@

Sculpting Orcs really isn't my thing, I'm looking forward to the next theme tho; Cowboys n Indians.

>o>

2011-02-02T14:21:00.000-08:00

Entirely fashionable snow outfit lol.

:D

2011-01-30T15:31:00.000-08:00

DSE, Ruto- Zelda, will paint.
~Update

^o^

2011-01-27T15:39:00.000-08:00

Updated~

More DSE Goodness. Nothin like abit o' Range Murata.

LBP2 is funking wicked btw. Making music & NPCS and the using Controlinator tool is brilliant.
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?_?

2011-01-25T14:57:00.001-08:00

Did another DSE, lefty.

XD

2011-01-24T13:02:00.000-08:00

Mutha F'n Zombie Rhinoz!

Lovin it. :D

O-O'

2011-01-23T15:32:00.000-08:00

Entered one of Crazyfool's daily sculpting exercises with my left hand. Mustaches, piece of shit really but whatever my left is getting better slowly.

And another,

New Website Portfolio

2011-01-21T15:07:00.000-08:00

Well I've redesigned my portfolio site; Have a look.

New

Old

Thoughts?

>_>'

2011-01-21T07:08:00.000-08:00

Went back n did a quick line over one of my previous mech sketches.

I've also started on a new website, looks a damn sight better, need to fill it up with all my junk still.
Here's a sneak peek. V

Luvin my new banner.

>_<; Self Portrait time again

2011-01-18T14:16:00.000-08:00

Before you say anything, yes I do actually have tiny ears... The eyes aren't right tho, neithers the nose.

Definite improvement from the last one I did tho.

^v^

2011-01-17T14:22:00.000-08:00

Been doing some Super quick concepts, I also made a homebrew cintiq it works pretty cool altho its not very ergonomic so I don't think its worth it in the long run, but seeing as all it cost was a cheapo monitor it was pretty fun.

:'(

2011-01-12T10:32:00.000-08:00

Thought I'd practice sculpting with my left hand, pretty meh... but not abysmal.

Why no painted eyes? They always look shite when I try to poly paint em :P

SO eager to use my right hand again....
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o.0

2011-01-10T13:41:00.000-08:00

I never actually render any of my mech junk... I decided to mess about for a few mins and this proved quite interesting. Maybe I'll give it a real go sometime.

^3^

2011-01-09T15:40:00.000-08:00

Girls with blades... Who doesn't like em.

Not too happy with the skin. Wasn't really thinkin about what I was doin, just wanted to practice really.

'_~ wink lol

2011-01-05T09:22:00.000-08:00

Some quick lefty scribbles, just felt like bashing out some ideas rather than spending time rendering junk.

btw I'm nearly healthy again lol.

:s

2011-01-04T16:41:00.000-08:00

"Don't tip the waiter or was it don't drink the water"

Well guess who's had a kidney infection virus thing...

I also descovered how awesome owls are, I plan to watch the legend of the guardians at some point now!

^0^

2010-12-30T14:36:00.001-08:00

Le Fin product.

'o'

2010-12-29T14:37:00.000-08:00

Now I'm not one to usually present nudity but I thought I did this pretty well for my non dominant hand and no reference.

Altho saying that I'll probs look back 2moz and decide its shite lol.

Edit: Well its been a day, the ribcage and arm definitely look weird... But I'll be adding clothes to her today n fix it aswell.

So I was thinking something silly like a this.. as a starting scribble

:S

2010-12-29T07:41:00.000-08:00

Quick lefty det of an earlier thumbnail, fun but the silhouette is't very symmetrical.

The Xmass Conspiracy

2010-12-23T13:30:00.000-08:00

And a Mech sketch of course.

KPOW

2010-12-21T09:50:00.001-08:00

Filled her in...

/insert yomomma joke here/

pretty fun for a quick scribble.

Tweak

Monsters In The Parasol

2010-12-21T06:06:00.000-08:00

A slightly longer lefty, I almost appear to be getting better with my left.

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Radial Time Theory & Photon Acceleration

2010-12-16T08:38:00.001-08:00

"Oh no he didn't!?" Oh yes he did, yep I'm secretly a science buff.

And he's some more lefty's, I mean to pick up this mech again. But I may just move on? The others were pretty quick things too.

;)

2010-12-14T08:42:00.000-08:00

Lefty Quicky:

Need MOAR ROBOTS!

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:P

2010-12-11T14:17:00.001-08:00

A nice lefty scribbly something for the evening.

Lefty Mech thumbs

2010-12-06T08:16:00.000-08:00

Super fun, gonna detail some of these.

Pff, who needs sci-fi chicks.....

2010-12-04T16:00:00.001-08:00

Been doing this recently, one of the continents inhabitants... Pretty fun, digital is still awkward to do left handed tho.

Go Leftbook GO!

I R 2 Thumbnail

2010-12-02T15:00:00.001-08:00

Been Lefty thumbnailing alittle, pretty fun.

:/

2010-11-30T08:56:00.000-08:00

Mite start sticking my lefty stuff up here soon. I've got nearly a whole sketchbook of lefty's... a leftbook.

As for my right hand I can move alittle more now, won't be drawing with it till after xmas, just intime for DWV.

^_^ - Blog

It'sa' Me....

Head Practice

Force Abuser

Ello' Sailor

Doodle Girl Sculpt

Stabbatha

Get out my cave! Am'a grope your face up real gud!

Comic Spaz! - Trio Fish'n

A lame ass Self Portrait of sorts

"The Hero"

Residual Self Portrait

Tasty Brushes

Guy wip 05

Street guy wip 04 - Moar Creasing

Street Guy wip 03 - Z4 Win!

Street Guy wip 02

OrgeBoy

Street Punk?

Sprechen zie Style?

Sci-Fi Racer & Knight

FAN FUR'KING TASTIC!

:D

Pink was a stupid idea...

FINISHED!?

PANK!

So Close *,__,*

>_>

>3> - Nutha wip

Jacket - Texture wip of the day

Small progress is still progress...

Texture Wip

Mmmm Freshly Baked... :D

^v^

'-'~

>_>'

n_n~ - FACE!

>_>' - Dat Ass

>:3

^-^ - Dirty Aces

:[}

*^*

:)

T_T

C_c'

;]

:/

:?

Akuma Da!

0_0'

-_-;

XD

¬_¬

'_'

O3O

>_>

?_?

T_T

/;D

>:D Pump it!

SuperBrothers: Swords & Scorcery

:D - Step up or stay down

*^* - Zelda 25th

>o>

Influence Map

: /

>:P

:3

>_<.

>3>

^0^' - Epiphany!

-_-;

^--^

>o>

:D

^o^

?_?

XD

O-O'

New Website Portfolio

So Close ,__,

^

^ - Zelda 25th

'_~ wink lol