Friday, February 17, 2012

Zombie Sculpt

"32. Enjoy the little things." -Zombieland


I give you, zombie. Made with sculpy in roughly 14 three hour class sessions. He still needs a little touching up, but I thought I'd post it before I forgot.








Saturday, January 21, 2012

Demo Reel Update

"I could use pants." -Slowking, Pokemon 2000



Just a little glimpse at what I've been working on lately. Everything is still work in progress, and I've been fighting with renders quite a bit as well. I'd love to hear what people think of it!





Cheers!

-Anne

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Mid Term 4 Presentation


"Well the resolution is too poor. It won't help to enhance it." -X Files

In case you're curious what I have been up to, here's my mid-Term 4 presentation. I'm trying to get the first 3 shots done by the end of January, then I'll worry about the characters.


The comp test goes a little quick so here's a still. It needs lots of work, but it gave me a good idea of where I need to put my detail.


And now back to work. Cheers!

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Traditional Sculpts and Matte Painting

"Did you think we had forgotten? Did you think we had forgiven? Behold now the terrible vengeance of the Forsaken!" -Wrathgate Cinematic, World of Warcraft


It's a bit of a delayed update, and incomplete at that, but here are some non-3D projects I finished last month. I'm happy with the results of my first matte painting, and even the 3D version is pretty cool. I might try it again some time.

  The Medusa sculpt is waiting for the finishing touches on her paint job, but here's the finished sculpt.

We've also started a human figure in sculpting class that we need to take from skeleton to muscle to skin to create a character of our choice. Yes, I am making a zombie. Big surprise, I know.

That about wraps up the non-demo reel projects (besides the 3D medusa-self, which will get its own page). If I have free time I'll be working on something for the World of Warcraft Student Modeling Competition, so wish me luck with that.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

I'm GLaD

"We do what we must;
because we can." -Portal, Still Alive



Lighting classes are over, but my lighting work is not. I'm still revisiting some of my previous assignments to make the changes from class critique (or just to give them more time). It's looking like I should spend more time doing lighting tests for my demo reel, though.... and speaking of which...


The timing and camera has been adjusted slightly since this was compiled, but it gives the general idea of my demo reel concept. Or I could just say "Atlantis". Either would work.
 


 And, of course, there's also regular modeling class assignments to work on. The poly flow still needs work, and I need to figure out how and where I'll connect the snake hair, and the body still hasn't been touched as far as retoppo. *sigh* I'll never be on track.


Finally, I have the second draft of my matte painting. I've been advised to amp up my color saturation a bit, and try the painting without god rays. Any other suggestions?

Portal, Hockey, Tacos, and Light Testing. Can a Thursday night get any better?

-Anne

PS: The answer is "no", in case you were wondering.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Demo Reel Beginnings

"Poor lumpy Medusa." -Jordan



I'm now about two and a half weeks into Term 3 and I've finally got some stuff to show for my demo reel. Above are the style sheets for three of the main pieces of my reel. It may not look like much now, but after drawing up my asset list I'm confident that I'll be busy until the last minute of Term 6. I'll also post my animatic here once I compress it to a reasonable size.


I'm also working on a matte painting based on the thrown-together thumbnail above, and a "super hero sculpt" of myself as Medusa (based on the Aaron Sims version of Medusa in Clash of the Titans). I think it's best that I retoppo the sculpt for now to get rid of her "lumpiness" before I try to add detail.

Cheers all, I'm off to class!

-Anne


Friday, August 26, 2011

Holy Nuts, FOLLOWERS!!

"That doesn't make sense to me. But, then again, you are very small." -Treebeard, The Two Towers

All of a sudden I have 8 followers. Welcome all, and thanks for watching!

In other news, holy nuggets! That was a brutal term 2! Even working weekends I barely got everything done, and very little of it done as well as I would have liked.  Regardless, here's a look at what I've been up to.





Also check out my YouTube page for some turnarounds: My Youtube Channel
Animations soon to come, along with my passport reel.

Term 3 means I will be starting on my demo reel: an underwater city scene. I'm really looking forward to doing lighting tests, and will be posting progress as it comes along.