Digital Painting - Environment

Wizard wards off winter with rune stones.

Line art provided by Sam Nielson.

Here are some progress snapshots, for those who care about that kind of thing...

  

HALLOWEEEEEEEEN

has come and gone... I figured I'd post some sketches that are somewhat related to monsters and creepy stuff. Enjoy!

Second Digital Painting Assignment

The Pitch:

Dundel, the son of Duncan, travels to a deep forest in search of a legendary sword rumored to have magical powers. Upon finding the sword, he triggers a trap set by slave-trading aliens! The aliens put Dundel in a gladiator-style death match involving different fighters from various planets and galaxies. He must prove his valor by defeating all of his opponents so that he can return to save his village, and earn his place as rightful heir to the chieftain.

A great Monday evening show, following Adventure Time, aimed at the young adult (particularly male) audience.

Line Art provided by Sam Nielson

Logo designs for the BYU Chinese Club

Yup. See, the CC things make a Yin-Yang thing... it's really Chinese, right? I think the club is going to be putting the winning design on a T-shirt... and if my design wins I'll get a free one!

Some Meats stuff...

Updated shield texture!

I've been working on some Butchered Meats stuff... and here it is! I only textured the shield, didn't model or design it. The weight bench was a little prop I modeled. I've also got a little animation clip I'm working on, but I'm not going to post it right now. HA! You should check back regularly, though... because when it's finished it will look AWEsome!

TEASER:

New Semester! New Post!!

Step 1: Take a digital painting class from the eminent Sam Nielson. Receive his line art and start coloring.

Step 2: Try not to suck at digital painting.

Step 3: Try again.

 Step 4: Give up on this assignment, and hope you can do better next time!

this is an art blog, riiight?

ha, and just because this IS an art blog, here are some "Work In Progress" shots of a crowd model I'm doing for our Senior Film: Butcher'd Meats.

There is still a lot of things that need a LOT of work. But like I said, he's a work in progress. Sorry about the extremely lengthy post preceding this one... I just felt I had to do it, LOL. 

UPDATES:

O-M-Goodness, I got an internship

So I was reeally hoping to get picked up this summer for an internship making video games. I applied at just about every place I could think of and waited anxiously for their replies. I started getting some rejection letters, and then I saw a lot of my fellow animators here at BYU getting some really sweet deals with some awesome studios (i.e. Microsoft Games, Disney Interactive, BLIZZARD... and they totally deserve it, too; they're much better artists than me, lol), and I was starting to think that there wasn't going to be a place that would accept me. :(

However, if the gigantic image at the header of this post gave you any clue, this past week I was incredibly blessed and so ridiculously lucky as to receive an offer from the wonderful people at Sony Online Entertainment to work in their Denver, CO studio!!! My interviewer/future supervisor told me that I'd be working full-time on an exciting new project involving the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, which just so happens to be one of my guilty pleasures! Even now after the initial rush has worn off, it is still hard to contain my excitement and sheer giddiness at the thought of this amazing opportunity that has been so miraculously placed in front of me.

Exhibit A:

HA! So these days I've been spending my in-between time reading and filling out the paperwork they sent me (there's a lot...) and trying to plan how everything is going to work out, logistically, financially, etc. If anyone reading this knows of some good deals on housing near the Coors Field area of Denver and the best ways to get around, I would greatly appreciate any and all advice concerning these things.

Thanks everyone who follows this blog and for showing your support throughout these past few years. I feel so overwhelmed by the immense magnitude of all these blessings and opportunities that have been provided for me - getting into BYU, getting into the BYU Animation program, learning from such great professors, having such great friends and classmates, having loving and supportive family members - it is just all too much!  Thank you all for getting me to where I am today!

Batman Boards

Here's another assignment from Ryan's Advanced Storyboarding. Batman is probably my favorite superhero. Some would say he's not a "superhero" because he doesn't have super-powers. But I say that he has super-detective powers. He's always well prepared in order to win a fight... but put him up against my other favorite hero, Wolverine... and I really can't decide who would win.

Beat-boards for Adv Storyboarding Final

Ryan Woodward gave us a script, and told us to illustrate 5 significant images to convey the mood and feel of the piece. Here's my take on the following:

PLOT SYNOPSIS: Strange uncle introduces a cursed bat amulet to the family. The amulet has the power to grant any 3 wishes, but at a terrible cost.
Son (James) becomes captivated by it, demands the uncle give him the amulet.
James uses amulet to wish his mother money, but dies because of it.
The grief-stricken mother demands her husband to wish their son back from the grave.
A zombiefied James returns to his mother's rejoice, but the horrified father uses their last wish to banish the monster. The father instantly regrets losing his son again, which is his tragic consequence of his wish.