Guess I never posted this guy here

Woops!

Unforgettable Trailer

A video to give you a taste of things to come

A lot has happened to me this past year. From doing small freelance gigs for kids’ games, to being hired to work in Madrid as a concept artist. This was one of the most challenging/memorable experiences I ever had. From learning a new language, to getting accustomed to a different culture, everyday presented a new challenge.

I have seen things I thought I would never have the opportunity to see, and dealt with changes that I never saw coming. As artists we strive to create things that will be remembered. This is an experience that I consider unforgettable and I hope day I can convey that feeling in my art.

Stay tuned for the full video

Your move!! Round 4!

More lunch stuff

lunch poop

 

I guess that sandwich went straight down ... :s

Sketchy, Sketchy

Been sitting on this guy way too long--

 

Heres the straightup painted sculpt without all of the fancy lighting/paintover:

(I wanted to actually sculpt out the brain / brain cavity and not just paint it, which was hard, to say the least...)

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Zbrush Sketching

Did this a couple Saturdays ago.  More finished version coming in a later post:

Sculpt turnaround--

Posing/expression tests--

Design variation paintovers--

Round 3

Time constraints, and also thought i'd leave you some room for the actual design part of it. Hope its fun enough ! :D

Round 2

Daniel and I are doing a back and forth with a sketch here is my round! Your move Daniel.. your move.

more lunch sketching

Some old crap I had lying around

Can't let AJ and Daniel have all the fun.  Newer stuff soon, I promise:

Lunch Sketch 22

Lunch Sketches 21

Was looking at some Adrian Smith stuff, got me inspired so I started to do some brush studies, and found a way to mix it in a bit with how I like to paint. Needs more practice but I'll get in better control with it soon enough ;)

Home Study 1

Lunch Sketch 20

Slave- Lunch Sketch 19

Lunch Sketch 18

s'more lunch sketching

derp

Lunch Sketch 17

No shirt? No problem :)

Doing some more studies from a photo... Naked...

Lunch Sketch 16

Lunch Sketch 15

Practicing some realism! It's tough, definitely need more than an hour to really nail this down. Upward and onward. 

Reaching

havin weird dreams of late

Lost.. so lost...

Lunch Sketch 14

Practicing some techniques. 

Lunch Sketch 13

Round 2

So furthering my exploration of Robh's approach to painting ( you can check here to see the first ones I did http://kalenart.blogspot.com/2011/12/ruppel-studies.html) , I have found some interesting things about it that I think are quite efficient. I am not sure how to put it all in words. But it is definitely putting me outside of my comfort zone.

So I included the intial block out. This is actually kind of where I spend the most time thinking. It kind of hurts my head to think about all the shapes and how lighting affects it. Its kind of like being a mathematician . However, When I did get past that particular part . Everything felt rather easy and relaxing to do. I will have to do more studies of this. Any way's enjoy

Lunch Sketch 12 process

Process

Lunch Endeavors

Probably not gonna finish rendering this guy, values all over the place x_X

Lunch Sketch 11

Lunch Sketch 10

Morning Sketches

Oh Hai!

Hey everyone!  Guess its time for me to get off the sidelines.  I have a bunch of stuff sitting on my harddrive that never sees the light of day -- gotta get better about that...

Some character variation sketches for a personal project I'm developing.  First pass--

A little refinement--

I'm flattered to have been invited to contribute to such a talented group.  Thanks for letting me tag along! :]