Caution! Falling Rocks (quick layout)

The value range isn't there yet but it give me a good starting point. I like the flow so I'll keep working this up. I have some ideas for more tension and more story to lead to the background. But I wanted to post something up.

2 legged mech designs

I had a hankering for some 2 legged mech designing so, I throw some thumbnails down while trying to keep some fun silhouettes going. I think it went down good, I had fun with it.  I'm at a point where I want to take one farther.  So I thought I'd ask you guys.  What mech would you like to see taken to finish?

Floating City Ideation

Here's a few exploratory shots of the same floating city. 

Covered docking bay

This was inspired by a book called The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress.  It got me thinking, "where's a good place to hide a secrete base to launch your escape to leave the planet?"  In a cave of course. :)

Color Thumbs

This week was doing 4 color thumbs. I experimented with the process a bit.

Week 3 Sci-fi / Scale

This weeks assignment was to make a sci-fi image and try to make it have scale. It's still in B&W with a full value range.

Week 2 Class

This week it's all about lighting with curves and perspective (so structures). I played with some atmosphere changes as well.

CGMW Environment Class Week 1

We just started out this week so I haven't gotten any crits yet but I thought I'd post in tandem with the class. This week was do 5 B&W thumbs to see where we are at. So here they are, I'll post updates as they come.

Magnet Bot

I thought I'd update an idea I had a while ago with a magnetic robot. I thought it might be cool if it was more like a monkey that was able control the polarization of magnetic power. Having the ability to push or pull objects as well as himself.

Xayide Orthograph

Here's the ortho of Xayide, the painting I posted before this one. I made some design changes that made more sense to me, like simplifying the dress so it's less distracting. I added more details to back in case you play her in 3rd person. I was also thinking of the animation of the cloth and hair jewelry as well as the way the shoulder blade plate scallops to allow more motion when raising her arms.

CGMW Character class

I've been taking a character design from Izzy through CGMW and here are some of the latest assignments from that class. I'd like to make some changes to the final piece here, when the class slows down or I find some time otherwise. I'll be posting more of my assignments as I get farther in.

Dreamscape Final

I'm almost there on this one. After talking to a friend about conflict in an image, (ty Law) I decided to go with a little girl in the scene to balance the evil in the plant creature. I polished this up a bit and submitted it to CG Society.

Dreamscape B&W Comp

I've still got a good amount of work do on this yet but I feel it's getting there nicely. I'm going to fix some contrast issues with the background. As well as fixing edges and general polish. Then I'll get to adding color.

Dreamscape Thumbnails

I'm working on a couple things on the side right now but I'm trying to focus on the "Dreamscape" contest on CG Society.  I'll post my progress on it soon.

Coloring from sketchbook

Since it's a new year, I decided get off my ass and start posting again. Here's some doodles I decided I wanted to color. I'll be posting more in the weeks to come.

Watercolors at the Locks

I've been wanting to get out and paint at the locks for a while but never got to it until now. I'm starting with tonal studies then I'll move on to color soon. Watercolors are still kinda foreign to me but with time I think I'll get use to painting this way. I like how I have to be deliberate with my brush strokes. It's nice to just "nut up or shut up" when painting. :)

FRED bot

I was thinking about how technology seems to improve so fast its becoming hard to keep up. So here's my spin on that.

Anchor-Wot

Here a few concepts I did at Naughty Dog between projects.
They wanted a line art drawing and a black and white painting of Anchor-Wot.





Here's a few comps I did for the final piece.

These images are the property of Sony Entertainment.

Fly Fighter

I thought it funny to see a robot, that was programmed to fight, combat a fly... and lose. This is my first take on that.

Stubby

I had an idea for a sort story at involved a character with short stubby arms. I draw this one down to remind me to come back to this story when I have time.