Cannon-Wood

Here's my cannon work, updated to have wood in Zbrush.

Figure Drawings

last two weeks of Figure Drawing

Composition Drew Struzan

This week we had to choose a picture from Drew Stuzan and recreate it in our own style. I decided to take Harry Potter, and make it a 1920s Mob film....

Here's the original illustration from Struzan.

I love Harry Potter, so I was excited to work on this project.

My initial sketch.

Start of Coloring...

I wanted to add more details to the other characters, but I only had time to flesh out Harry. Which is fine for now, since he's the largest one.

Color with some shading. But I felt it was too busy, so I ended up with...

Canon Metal Work

Metal Work on the Canon...

What's the Value of Value?

We had a Value assignment to shade a piece from the artist  Frank Frazetta...

Here's the initial linework.

Beginning Shading, and figuring out Value.

Here's my finished work for this week....

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Cannon Up Res

So I had to up res the cannon for the next part of the assignment.

And UV it. Uving is so tedious, but its a necessary evil for texturing.

An export it from Maya and import it into Zbrush. 

Silhouette Project

Happy Friday. This week we were tasked with creating a collection of silhouettes based on piece from Brian Froud, the artist behind work such as the Dark Crystal's character designs. First I chose a character, and from there began finding new design idea. I strayed mostly into the monster territory, because I want to practice my creature designs. 

The Page I chose my silhouette from.

 

My silhouettes.

Welp. That's it. Thanks for reading!

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Cannon Proxy

Okay. Cannon time.


For today's assignment we were tasked to proxy model a cannon in Maya

First I started with the base, and a simple floor plane.

Then it was the cannon. 

Finally the leaves and grass.

And just for fun, and my aesthetic- without wireframe.



And that's it! See ya next time.

Syd Mead Recreation

So, the assignment was to recreate a portion of a Syd Mead drawing, focusing on the shapes.

First the base from Syd Mead. There are a lot of drawing from him to choose from, but eventually I settled on this piece below, mostly because I liked the use of a limited color pallet (only primaries and grey scale) to evoke a mood.

Like all of my drawings, I started off with a sketch. Not much to look at, but I got the basic down.

Then I added the basic colors, and light values. I think I could have stopped here. But, nah...

Smoothing the harsh lines.

Adding background colors and details to the form.

And finally! Tada! The finished piece with a darker background.

Next time, I think I want to try a more environmental price to recreate! But all in all, I had a lot of fun, and I believe I learned a few things as well. I found it really interesting to limit my color pallet to recreate the primary color scheme, and I hope my interpretation gives it a more modern flair. The dark background was a last minute adjustment, but I sort of love it.  

Welp. I'm done for now. See you next time!

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