Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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!







Monday, December 13, 2010

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!

Saturday, December 11, 2010

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.