Business Card

Here's my attempt at making a business card, I'm not completely happy with it, but it's better than nothing. The one element I really like is the swirly fire/cloud, it looks neat and I'm satisfied with it.

I Shall Call Him Bubbles

I just submitted this month's entry to WoW comic contest. There's still a few things that bug me about it, but it's as good as it's gonna get. The gnome's hair and the water elemental I'm satisfied with so overall I think it's done well. Time to get to work on the next one.

Goat Boy

Here is a concept from one of the models I'm working on this semester. I've already done the image planes for him and started doing the low poly version. The face is looking good. A lot easier to do since I've had experience on doing low poly modeling from my previous classes. My instructor told me I had to work on my torso anatomy and I'm inclined to agree with him. Have to whip out the anatomy books and study them I suppose. He also mentioned something about goats having split hooves, but personally I think that's more of an artistic choice. I'll still probably end up putting split hooves on the model though.

I really want to work on my detailed high poly work since I have very limited experience in that area. I'll bring this guy in zbrush and try to make a nice normal map that way.

-Ray

WIP: Tiny Mage

This is from a WoW comic I'm working on. I really love how the pose turned out. The original pencil is so messy and crazy, but it really gave the drawing a flow that would otherwise not be there. The comic is through the pencil stage and I'm gonna ink it digitally like my last comic. I'm also working on another comic on top of this one, my cousin helped me come up with the concept for it, I might post some work in process of it too.

-Ray

Pretty Birds

In a futile attempt to delay having to do my homework I'm gonna post some more work I did from my previous semester. Here is a pretty tessellation I did for my final, my teacher said it wasn't a "true" tessellation, but I followed the instructions perfectly. I think she missed the fact that it not a translation tessellation it's a glide-reflect variety. I studied MC Escher's glide-reflects and got the technique of making them from my high school years. This is definitely a tessellation.

New Comic Friday

Here is a new comic I did for the wow comic contest I hope it doesn't get flat out rejected like my last one.

Departure

My cousins left SFO last night to return to the land of gumdrops AKA Germany. I didn't get a chance to wish them a proper farewell like I wanted because I was bedridden. Not that I was sick or anything I was just tired and lazy. I think I officially got one of them hooked on Battle Angel Alita. Speaking of which I now own the entire first series now. The last two books are from a different printing and look a bit odd with the others because they are smaller. I might just sell those and buy the right sized ones. I'm such a nut I can't stand it that my books are different sizes. I'll have to be more careful when I get the second series. I was feeling a bit of a kook this morning and I made this comic. It's got a ninja in it so it's awesome. Anything with a ninja in it automatically makes it awesome.
Tried a weird new style with this one and I'm still ironing out some of the kinks.

German Connection

Who would have guessed that I have extended family in Germany of all places. For the next three weeks we have two new guests living with my family. My cousins from German. They're pretty cool. Can't really say anything bad about family from over seas bearing gifts. I got chocolates and cologne, but out of the two I like the chocolates better. Cologne is great but I hardly find myself stepping out and saying to myself, "Damn, I stink! Let me slap on something to cover that BO."

This is a pretty pattern I did for my science of art class that I got an A- in.

Inspired by Butterflies

I did a flux advertisement for a class assignment about a week ago. It was for my Science of Art class. The piece is about how the cosmetic industry was using the unique way that Morpho Butterflies get their vibrant blue color to enhance make up. I like how the hair turned out, it's kinda sketch crazy. The wording could have used more work, but it wasn't that important to me at the time.

Banner

I finished a banner for a friend recently. It was actually a few weeks ago, but I hadn't remembered to post about it until now. It's for his website Dads4Sons.com it's an interesting website to say the least. Helps out my friend and made me some money so I didn't see anything wrong with it. Actually it was the first commission that I've done that's generated by this blog. He saw it a while ago and asked me to make the banner for him. It turned out extremely well. I'll post a cropped version here and if you wanna take a look at the larger version you can visit the site: www.Dad4Sons.com.

Of Pigs and Squiggly Things

I did two tessellations for my online class I'm gonna post them here for kicks. I love the pig one, I wasn't really trying to make a pig but it just kinda turned out that way. If I were to redo it I would probably give the piglets some more color in their cheeks and not add the back leg in. It would seem more like they're moving forward if both their front legs were visible. It would take lots of work to correct and I just plain don't feel like it right now. The other one is a rotation tessellation that's more abstract. I wanted to do a third one but I still have lots to do and I feel my energy getting low already.

Sinister

I've not been feeling well lately, even though I've been exercising lately. My apatite has been really low, well lower than usual. The last time I went to the family doctor the nurse weighed me and said that I lost some weight, there really isn't all that much to lose.

I decided to take another photo for my profile here, it's rather sinister looking, just the way I want. This is definitely not a photo for me to use for a dating service though, it has the potential to scare people away. Since I know nobody ever reads this blog anyway I don't really have anything to lose putting it here. I'm content to know that this is my personal journal for whatever I want to write about.

Everyone Loves Cherries

My friend, Zia, came over and she lent me her digital camera so I can do an assignment for my online class. I gotta get a camera soon, it's a disgrace for a 3D modeler/texture artist like me to not have one. We took pictures of hubcaps for the class it was an on the whim choice of subject matter, but it worked out well. I also got some photos of when we went cherry picking. Here's a good one of me.

WIP

Haven't posted anything in a long time, but with good reason (I always say that don't I?) In any case I haven't really had the energy to do much lately, been stuck in this dazed sort of funk. I have been working on two things though, a new comic and a drawing of the zombie cowgirl. It's not finished, so I'll refrain from posting it. Instead I'll post something that was rejected, it was a wine label design that the person who asked for it didn't like so they ended up not picking it. It's kinda abstract and not my best work, it's still charming in its own way.

A Good Birthday

It's been a long time since I posted, and an even longer time since I've done anything constructive. But I have my reasons. I stopped posting because it was finals around the middle of May. At the 28 of May I celebrated my birthday with my friends and family. We went cherry picking and had sushi. One of my better birthdays. It certainly sets the bar for how I will judge subsequent ones. I don't need any presents, just good company and they were. I got my favorite shoes dirty in the orchard and I don't even care. I'm gonna try really hard to work on models for my portfolio as it stands now I have a lot of free time I just hope I have the self control to not spend it all on wow.
Here's a concept drawing I did that got used as the base for the bar environment I made for my modeling/texturing class final:

Procrastinating

I have a ton of work to do and not much time to do it in, but for some reason I just feel like posting. Here are more concepts of Karen Blackwater. I like the one with the Poncho and Dagger.

Blackwater

I haven't posted in a while so I thought I'd share my latest project. It's an environment scene with a freaky western twist. It's the zombie version of the Wild West. Here's the drawing that inspired it:

I'll post more later when I have a bit more time. Working name for the figure is Karen Blackwater.

Job Hunting

I'm looking for some side jobs now, I think it's time. Dug around and hopefully I'll get something. Here are lots of example of my work.

Trying Out a New Background

I'm trying out this new background, it's a bit loud and ornate, but it'll do for now.

A Delicacy

I just finished a submitted a new comic to the new round of the WoW comic contest, I'm not holding back any punches this time. They will feel the full fury of my comic making skills! This time, I'm using techniques from Kazu Kibuishi, the creator of such great comics as Copper and Daisy Kutter. I don't yet share his wonderful sense of color design, but I'll just have to keep on trucking. Again, this time I use the knowledge of my previous comics to improve upon my latest one. Tell me if you notice a difference in quality.

Oh shit... I just notice some supertypos, even spelled my own name wrong! ARGH! This is what I get for staying up to do it. I'll fix it on my end, but it's too late to fix the version I already sent them, have to grin and bear it... sigh. The one on top as the fixes, the one on the bottom has the horrible typos.