Spaceship Part 5

So...I was on track to finish, but this weekend I wasn't able find as much time as I needed to work on my Spaceship. So, only half of the texturing is done, with a new, more faithful pass on the lighting. I think I'll be able to fix it up, tomorrow on Wednesday, and then I'll make a new post Thursday. I'm a little disappointed, but I think it's going to come out really great in the end!

Seeing it rendered, I think I'm going to remove some of the lines around the windows, and make them more even through the ship.

The holographic display will be displayed shortly. I promise! 

Alright, that's all I got for y'all right now. Be ready for an update very soon.

Lighting

This week was about 3 point lighting.

Here's my reference image of one of my shoes.



Base.




And Final.

john Berkey

Today we had to focus on perspective and create a piece based on the work of John Berkey.

Here's the Original.

I started by blocking out in Maya.

Then creating a sketch. Of the basic outlines...

Created a base.

Add Water!!!

And add the details to finish the painting. See you next week! :)

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...

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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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!

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!

Beginnings. 2D

Syd Mead Collection

First minor in class assignment is to create a board of inspiration from Syd Mead. Mine focuses on the environmental art, since I find his sci work quite inspiring. I first heard of Syd Mead a couple years ago when I volunteered at SIGGRAPH, and I've been a fan of his since!

(I really tried to not include that much work inspired by Syd Mead, but there's so much of it, I'm sure a few things slipped through the cracks!)