Late Downtime Sketching Fun!

Trooper Helmet Fun!

Downtime sketching fun: Year of the Dragon

So this was done during my downtime at work. Esther and I are trying to restart our joint art/sketch fun with the Dragon as our first subject back from the long hiatus. So if you want to see it completed, head on over to oni-bot.

Topless Robot Robot

Over the Christmas break, Topless Robot had their 2nd Annual Art Contest. The winners would receive a TR T-shirt. Anyway, my entry won for the New Topless Robot Robot category. I get a TR T-shirt, yay! This is the second version. I had more time to spend on it. The original one was a rush job, but he liked it. I like the second one.

Here's the one that won:

Maybe it was the glowing "nipples", I don't know. The important thing is I finally won a TR T-shirt. Yay again!

Happy Halloween

Managed to finish one this year! Happy Halloween everyone!

Downtime Sketching!

Downtime! Time to reacquaint myself with the sketchbook and red pencil!

20 years this June.

It's been 20 years since I graduated high school. Wow, how time flies. Anyway, here are a couple of designs for our 20th High School Reunion T-Shirt. The first one is the one I sent in before they told me what they wanted. The second one is a knight helmet that's been given the "islander tattoo" treatment. It was originally done by a classmate friend of mine but he wasn't happy with his version, so I gave it a go. The whole idea for an islander knight helmet was that they wanted a shirt that people could wear even after the reunion and not a "class" shirt. I totally understand. Our original shirts were designed by me, and oh boy are they dated. Happy 20th class of 91!!

Ah work!

So, I don't think I'll be posting any new art for a while. I've recently been hired on by Her Interactive as a 3d Environment Artist. I used to post bg's that I was currently working on but that was under Monkey Barrel Games. They didn't mention anything regarding posting current unpublished game assests in their contract. Her does, so you won't be seeing anything until after it gets shipped. This is more a post for myself than anything, to justify to myself why I don't have anything new posted.

Oh and I did turn down the contractor position with ArenaNet. Mistake, maybe, but for what I need, I'm happy where I've landed.

the Test: Elonan House

Thanks to the very talented people over at ArenaNet, I was given an opportunity to try out for their internship program. They sent over this concept for me to model out for the test. I won't get into the specifics since IT IS A TEST!

UPDATE: 09/23/2010 - Finally heard back from them. I got offered a contractor position instead of an intern position. It's really great news, too bad it wasn't earlier...like a month earlier.

Below are a few renders of my final model for the test.

And finally, here are the texture sheets.

Homework progress!!

Ok here's what I've got so far with my school homework. The building is half done. I still need to build the geothermal
plant part that fits right behind the building.

(Update: It's finished, but not finished. I'm going to go in another direction with the furnace..engine type thing in the back. The very wise and very capable Mr. Stokes from Future Poly gave it a nice paint over with all the things I could do to it. He really pushed the concept to something that I'm usually hesitant to venture into. I need to break out of my conservative ways if I want to get a job with the big boys.)

These are the textures for the building.

StreetFighter Character...from the P.I.

The guys from work and I got together and decided to do some sketches. This week's topic is "Street Fighter: The New Challenger".
Name: Boboy
Country: Philippines
Fighting Style: Escrima

Ah, the forgotten Blog.

I've been neglecting this blog...not on purpose. It's just that I've been distracted since Nov 08. Been doing art on another blog. Check it out Oni-Bot.

Happy Halloween....Belated....Damn!

I was supposed to finish this sucker in time for Halloween. So much for that.

Zbrush Weekend

I started messing with Zbrush about 2 weeks ago. I finished the door knocker tutorial the first week. I missed a week because of Force Unleashed. Now back to the tutorials

Revamp

This is my entry. I just wanted to keep the original feel of the costume but bring it into the present. I think it works pretty good, but whatever. I'm done with it.

Wonder Woman

This was my entry for the Comic Challenge over @ Game Artisans.
Suffice it to say that I didn't place. I can see why now, after not looking at this piece for almost a month. She doesn't have a personality. It's almost kind of boring. Anyway, I'm learning.

Well, I've finally gathered all my strength to start this damn art blog. Now the real trick is to see if I can actually post on a regular basis.
For a while there working at a certain company sapped all my desire to do my own art. Since I am no longer with THAT company, my drive to do my own art has come back to me. This blog is mainly for me to build on my skills. Enjoy.