Gesture | 4.28.15

Some gesture drawings I've done over the past couple of days. I haven't done gesture in like a year or so, so it's refreshing to get back into it. It's time to step up my drawing game, and I figure practicing these is a great way to get to the next level. Plus they fun to do! Excuse the tasteful nudity.

Game Asset | Yellow Moss

I made this..thing tonight. Tried to make some sort of mossy ground cover bush thingy. Turned out okay, but I know it could be a lot better. Game assets are fun though!

Digital Painting | Nuke The Farm

Here's a digital painting I've been working on for awhile now. I think I spent around 10 hours or so in total on it. I'm pretty happy with how I took my sketch to more finished product. Fairly happy with how the mech turned out. The landscape leaves a little to be desired but I think the story is clear. I love dieselpunk stuff so this was really fun to paint!

Process gif.

Motion Design | Trapcode Mir Lowpoly Mountains Test

Be sure to watch in glorious HD!

Just a little test I made with an After Effects plugin called Trapcode Mir. Had seen a short film with a similar vibe so I wanted to try and recreate it. I thought the colors turned out pretty cool. I was also trying to get a wireframe, computer-generation look going, but it's a little lacking because I couldn't figure out how to hide the occluding faces. I might use this as a gateway to do something a little more elaborate.

Kinetic Text | Would You Kindly?

Some stills from the movement.

Another motion design project! I had to create a kinetic text project that emphasized the use of text and motion to help complement the audio through design. I chose a section of the iconic "Would You Kindly" speech from the end of the game, Bioshock. I love Bioshock and thought the dark undertones of the speech would fit nicely with moving text. For a first try, I'm fairly happy with how it turned out! Would you kindly watch this video?

Daily Sketch | 4.7.15

Sometimes in Earth Science I just doodle instead of taking notes and this is the stuff I draw. A crusty old man and my professor. For Science!