A Shape Drawing!

These were my initial scribbles trying to find a cool shape. I found the little one on the bottom, then "refined" it a little bit before jumping into the one you see below.

This semester I'm in Ryan Woodward's Character Design/Concept Development class. This is a shape drawing. cool FUN!

minotaur design

Designs for a 3D class I'm taking right now, learning from the incredible Barry Zundel (from AVALANCHE!!). It's a Minotaur... like the mythological Greek monster. Not like a Tauren from Warcraft... because that would be... cool? nerdy? BOTH???

Pear Color Study!

This is a Pear. Or,

Maybe This is Not a Pear.

This is Not a Pipe.

A Photoshop quickie for a 3D Shading/Texturing class I'm in, learning from the great Seth Holladay (from PIXAR!). I think the colors came out okay, but I'm not sure... Yay for school starting...

PSHHHoto Pshhhaaawp

In an attempt to further showcase my ineptitude at photoshop painting, I believe I have achieved a new level of Crap. Anyways, these were just some value exercises I did today, and I would love some advice/comments. Thanks for stooping BYE!!

My video gamer profile: satisfyingly accurate

Your BrainHex Class is Conqueror.

Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Conqueror-Mastermind.

You like defeating impossibly difficult foes, struggling until you eventually achieve victory, and beating other players as well as solving puzzles and devising strategies.

According to your results, there are few play experiences that you strongly dislike.

Learn more about your classes and exceptions at BrainHex.com.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Conqueror: 16
Mastermind: 15
Achiever: 13
Socialiser: 11
Daredevil: 10
Seeker: 6
Survivor: 2

Go to BrainHex.com to learn more about this player model, and the neurobiological research behind it.

TF2 WIP Update #2!

So the the spy's about the only legitimate addition, the others are just fleshed out roughs. I'm just enjoyin the good times before school starts... in a week... ack...

Team Fortress Tribute... WIP

I'm making a composition based off of Valve's Team Fortress 2, a classic FPS with some really great character designs. Anyways, here it is so far... with a long road ahead for sure.

The two characters so far are the Blue Scout and the Red Sniper.

My Shoe Project!

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Starcraft Terran Marine, Protoss Dark Templar



Batman logo, fatty Maple Leaf

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Sketch Comp to the theme of "Social"

Here it is.

Sketch comp - Serious

I skipped a week, cuz last week's was excessively crappy. This past week's assignment was "Serious." Here it is. Top left was a sketch page of the first idea that came to me when I thought of 'serious.' The two sober-looking folks sitting next to each other other at bottom left are Taylor and Nicole, as the three of us were riding the Trax to a Mae concert at the Avalon. Top right would be the friendly yet serious and imposing bouncer man. Bottom right is Dave, the lead singer/guitarist for Mae during the acoustic set after the main show (he's serious about being awesome). Mae is a pretty sweet band, y'all should check them out:  http://www.whatismae.com/

Gesture Drawing- The First Post

Well... this Spring Term I'm in Ryan Woodward's Gesture drawing class, and we're sketch-booking along the theme of "Romance." I'm putting up this crappy compilation to observe my progress over the course of the term, but feel free to comment as you wish. Thanks for coming by!

My Final for Joe's Class

Daxter the Disgruntled Flying Pig Assists Charlie the Chubby Farmer in the Epic Repulsion of Insectoid Alien Invaders, as Ma and Son Observe from Below!

Final Requirements: 

Git yer ma, an headta the cellar!(theme is open to interpretation)

-cartoonize the human ref above to come up with your character
-must have anthropomorphic side-kick
-must be an appealing cartoon style (not Arthur or Clifford the Big Stupid Dog)

You can all critique me using these criteria. How'd I do? ... Say.... speaking of which, this farmer guy was the subject for a previous assignment on Human Proportions. The assignment was to rebuild the reference's figure just by using his head measurements. Here's what I got:

I had so much fun in this class, mainly because Joe Olsen is AWesome. Anyone and everyone should take his class, Animation-major or otherwise.