Glimmer

So in August of 08 I wrote a script for a short comic. It was a story I came up with when I was still living in North Carolina. I've wanted to do a comic for a long time but I am very poor at self motivating.

I'm going to try and give it a go now, but no promises. :) Right now, I am thinking of having the main character be 3d. This will allow me to 1) practice my zbrush skills 2) get over my poor character dynamic drawing skills and 3) help with my overall lack on consistency from panel to panel.

I may even do the backgrounds in 3d as well. I'll see how long my interest in this lasts. :)

This was the concept painting... it's pretty old... about a year or 2...


My current zbrush progress...

Brutal!

So with E3 days away there has been a bunch of news coming out. Obviously the announcement of Drawn to Live was a big one for me. But I also worked on Brutal Legend last year. While this game has been shown quite a bit in the past few months, today is the first time my art showed up in a screen shot!

My, what a magnificent castle!

Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter

Has been announced. So this is what I worked on after my short stint at Double Fine on Brutal Legend.

Although for the past 2 months I have been on a different project, the game is looking really great. It's nice to see it with eyes that are fresh. I miss that team but I know they are kicking ass!

I did a bunch of early concepts on the game and a lot of work on the jungle levels I hope they will show before long. Any way here is the trailer. I still don't know why publishers feel the need to show people playing Wii games. It comes off as so cheesy, oh well...

More Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter Info

As the dust settles...

Whew! After 2 YEARS of trying to complete a Dominance War, I can now say I have! I have no dillusion of placing in the finalists, but I am proud of my entry nonetheless. I learned A LOT by doing this. I can safely say that my next zbrush attempt will be even better. For now though, I want to play some video games! Oh and a shout out to Jeremy Huxley, and Eric Maki, without them I wouldn't have even known where to start! Also to Sandi for crtitiqueing my piece and giving me excellent advice!

So without futher ado, here is what I submitted!

Getting close...

All I have to do is rig up Myu and finish the base the end is in sight!

The Wars End Draws Near...

Finished my diffuse map. Now I Need to work on the spec, finish the base, rig and pose this bad boy all with just under a week! I can do this!

Moving along

Man I'm going to be glad when this is all done...

Final ZBrush Models

Just for fun...

All your base,,,,

Ok finished the base, and I'm currently in the process of texturing the character.

Some Slight Tweaks

Got some good crits and put em to use! Thanks guys!

SLINKY!

I think I'm calling him done! All is left is to finish the main characters sword!

Myu!

Started working on the myu sculpt, still super early but sometimes starting is the hardest part!

Almost done!

Well with the main character at least. I still need to zbrush Myu. I am also totally loving my new Cintiq!



My workstation and rad new cintiq!!!!

Small update

Did a little more work, I worked on some smaller details on the belts and I started on the boots and hands.

Less Progress...

What with the Easter Holiday, I didn't get much time to work this weekend. Also the gauntlet has been kicking my ass. I think I have it under control for the moment. So I have a little bit left on the shawl, I have the bag and belts to finish, and lastly the hands and feet.... getting close!

More progress...

My head hurts...

Basically detailed out the turban, shawl and I started on the gauntlet. I also refined the face and forearms a little bit...

There and Back again...

I HATE when technical bull shit gets in the way of art. It's probably my biggest pet peeve with the video game industry. That being said, overcoming said tech bs feels REALLY good.

So as I was going along with my zbrush sculpting I realized that my base mesh was not prepared correctly. So I had to basically scratch all of my work. But I feel I learned a lot and my model looks better for it!

Into the thick of it.

Took some doing to get things set up right but I'm finally off and running in zbrush!

Almost half way!

Almost ready for Zbrush! I still have to stylize Myu and overall I am about 1000 polys over budget. But I will optimize later.

Revisiting...

Decided to take another stab on the costume of my character. I really wanted to push the tribal desert nomad theme.

One of my favorite games from an artistic standpoint is Panzer Dragoon, so I based my armor and weapon design off of the enemies in those games.