Sleep can wait, I guess.

Super quick update before I hit the hay...

Finally got transparency working...but only in the renders. No idea yet how to view those in real-time.

The comp ends January 30th. Only three days left, and I still need to rig and pose!

Good Day

Today was pretty sweet. I helped a buddy of mine move into his new place (moving is way more fun if you have a bunch of friends to help you out), took the best nap ever, and got some good work done on Oswald. I forgot to eat dinner, though, but still--a good day, overall.

Didn't end up using FAOGEN, after all--I found a sweet tutorial and baked the ambient occlusion straight in Maya using mental ray. Still gotta figure out how to set up a .psd network and get transparency working. I feel like I should probably know this stuff already, but then, I'm just an animator; I have other people make my 3D toys for me. :)

Not dead, just busy.

I'm writing this post from my sweet new desk! Finally, I have room for all my computer crap without stuff hanging over the edge or piled on top of other stuff. Good times.

I've been hard at work modeling Oswald over the past few days, and I just finished the UVs (still have to pack them, though). I'm stoked to try out this ambient occlusion generator aptly named FAOGEN...

Here's a flood of progress!

This is me getting over-excited about solving the eye geometry problem.

Oswald, Kingdom Hearts style!

Over at http://www.gameartisans.org, where you'll find me under the name "chumble spuzz," they have these mini-challenges. I've gotten swept up in the latest one, where the object is to create a new (or used, I guess) character in the style of Kingdom Hearts. Once the idea entered my mind, I couldn't resist following through with adapting Oswald the Lucky Rabbit into that style. Here's my initial and final design:



...took me forever to think of a good design for the feet. Just got them down about 30 minutes ago!

Sketches!

A grim reaper. One of my favorite sketches from last year.


Picture of a homeless dude. Not sure what inspired me, here. Spent 30-40 minutes scribbling in some color...need more practice. Need more patience.


And now for some more light-hearted fare, it's Captain Can't! Kind of a mix between Frankenstein, Juggernaut, and Bender. Hm.

Hi.

Greetings, Internet denizens. It's a new year, and according to tradition in the U.S. of America, that means it's time for a new habit. This year, it's blogging for me!

Actually, I just wanted a place to post art and/or my thoughts and keep tabs with friends who also blog and/or post art and/or their thoughts. So here I am, and here's some art. Thoughts forthcoming.

This is an old sketch I finally got around to coloring tonight. I'd like to figure out this coloring thing a little more better.