Texture Work and Animation Principles

This is an example of my texturing skill. this is a VERY low poly game model, It's around 2000 tris. It has a specular map, a normal bump map and a standard diffuse map. Maybe the scratches on the side are a bit intense, but they help show off the specularity so I personally think they work. My instructor thought they were too intense, and I could see his point of view. Also notice that the dirty area at the base has much less specularity than other parts of the model.

The model has some edgest that could use some champfering, but it serves it's purpose well enough.



This is an animatic storyboard. Character model sheets, script and scratch track were provided for me by the instructor (I had nothing to do with any of them).



And here is a short animation of Dad lifting a stone.

Additional design works

Ok, so I wasn't actually going to upload this, as it's not a game art focused piece. What it IS, however, is an example of my ability to create characters to fit within the art style and design ethos that is not my own. As such, here is a self portrait in the style of Scooby-Doo (with the cast for comparison). I added some noise to achieve a grainy effect on myself.

A bit of illumination on the design process. At bottom we have three guns made from composited images appropriated from the internet. Those guns were each turned into brushes which were used to create the simple silhouettes at top.

After that, I sketched over some elements within that silhouette that stuck out to me, carved out some interesting edges.

After that, I took away elements that weren't working and refined ones that needed it. I applied value and texture, as well as some detail.

I just wanted to throw this one out there, but this is my first decent 3d model I made. I have provided a video turnaround of the model as a wireframe, grayscale and with texture maps applied. SINCE then I have learned better texturing and modeling techniques, bump mapping and lighting, but I still feel this is worth sharing. I will share a model that is a better example of texturing than modeling at a later date.

Industry Focused Work

Sorry for the long delay in updates. I'm now focusing my art on industry related designs and skills.
A concept painting of a creepy mansion foyer. Will see photo texture in a future revision, as well as some color (maybe)

A creature design. This was made using a random brush (made from a nudibranch photo) in random patterns, pulling a design out of the detail within the brush strokes. The result, to me, formed this. It is, conceptually, a mixture of sort of a nautilus, a crab and maybe some sort of parasite.

A loose concept with little preparation and research time. Research, sketch and value was maybe about three hours. I need to get faster at this! It's a time traveling goblin assassin. I tried to illustrate this through the Roman pauldron, native American chest guard, commando pants, kusarigama and technological gauntlet. It could have been better, but I'm not mad at it.

A character concept sketch with an alternate costume. Her design is sort of a tribute (in the left, alternate costume), to Jackie Chan in First Strike. The concept for me is that she's a badass ex-con mechanic fist fighter. I would like to develop the character further as I create more fighting game characters.

A loose concept sketch of a bipedal robot. It's maybe a bit too similar to Metal Gear Ray, and is obviously unfinished. May revisit and redesign it at a later date.

I'll try and update this more regularly with industry focused material. If you would like to see any NON game art and design related material, please visit http://fishbowlart.blogspot.com where I will post sketches, designs and thoughts. Future posts on this blog will likely be more concise than this one.

Some Julio Work

Julio and Sanchito at the bar. This assignment was used to illustrate the illusion of space. The bar and bottles form a foreground, assisted by the cut out of the bar, Julio in the middle ground and Sanchito in the background. Done in Copic water proof pen on Bristol Vellum.

Julio fighting Jose. Movement through repetition of figure. There is a fight unfolding in the background leading up to the foreground which is the present.

Movie poster imagining that Julio's story was a Mexican horror film.

Visual Response to Music

An assignment for color theory. We were asked to take a song and make a visual response to it. This assignment was very open ended.

I elected to do the song Fluorescent Adolescent by the Arctic Monkeys.

The song is about a girl who has left behind a promiscuous and exciting past for a drab and bleak existence. I ran into some challenges when completing the background and wound up going for an entirely orange background, instead of my original concept.. I think it contrasts nicely with the brown and creates an analogous color scheme with the pinks and yellows.

The lightning bolts, highlights and roses in her hair, as well as the low backed dress are used to symbolize the exciting and seductive life she has left behind her as it's fading away.

Gouache watercolor and sharpie on watercolor paper. Measurements are roughly 10 by 12 or something like that.
Image is not downloadable, as this is a photo of the work. It is also for sale. Should you want to buy it, I will more finely trim the edges (They are a little crooked)

Psychadelics

My psychadelic self portrait for my color theory class. Let me know what you think!

Schoolwork

Assignment: Surrealism and balance. Words I chose to use as a theme were bugs, umbrellas and mutilation. Done in copic water-proof pen and copic manga markers. Demonstrating asymmetrical balance.

Same assignment displaying crystallographic balance.

Same assignment, radial balance.

Same assignment, symmetrical balance.

Optical Art excercise inspired by the work of Bridget Riley. Used to demonstrate focal point. Design was designed specifically by the way that the synapses in the brain recieve and interperet color.

Stencil regarding a socio-political issue, here the institutionalised racism directed at Mexicans and Americans of Mexican descent. This is apparently going to be printed on a T shirt. The designs on the serape and sombrero are intended to evoke thoughts of Captain America or Uncle Sam.

My scanner isn't big enough for some of my pieces, so please bear with their quality or absence as applicable.