Anthony and the Dinosaurs

This series is supposed to be a personal narrative. Since I didn't have access to my baby pictures or a time machine I had my little brother stand in for me. I have a few more image ideas I'd like to try if I come back to this story again. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone!

3D Modeling and Animation

Took a 3D course this semester. Spent a lot of time modeling various objects and characters and I thought this environment was worth sharing. Everything you see here was built using Cinema 4D.

Our assignment was to create an animation using the camera tool. I took a previous project where I had to create two rooms that were connected by some kind of staircase. I've always been a fan of the Myst series, so I wanted to do something that was similar to the flybys and trucking shots from those games.

I was really satisfied with the spiral staircase. If I had more time I might have smoothed out the camera rotation in the animation. I learned a great deal about materials and modeling, and the camera tool was not much different from the one in After Effects.

The animation took FOREVER to render. If I ever take on a project like this again I'm going to limit myself to no more than 1000fps. I hope you all enjoy, and don't forget to watch the video in HD!

Four Paintings

Hey everyone! Got lots of new stuff just in time for Christmas! Spent a lot of time this semester painting people and things around our dairy farm. I had a great time doing these and learned a great deal more about color and value. Special thanks to my drawing and painting instructor Ray Bonilla who offered and demonstrated some great pointers and inspiration.

























I also did a painting of my grandfather. This was a difficult image to do based on the lighting, and I still think I could go back and fix this up a little (perhaps digitally). But I like a challenge and I really wanted to paint this photo I had taken last summer. I'm not much of a traditional painter, but the same techniques and rules still apply, so I spent a lot of my time trying to find the right values and reworking the way I thought about light and color.