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star fox 2.0

i always thought star fox was a sweet game when i was younger but i think fox needs an update, so i gave him one:

you're welcome nintendo.

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evil alien cat samurai

well the semester hasn't even started and i'm already knee deep in schoolwork. i've promised my classmates that i would not show any of my new work on the video game we're making for our senior project (at least, not until it's released) due to its top secretness. so you may be seeing fewer posts in here for the next while. in the meantime, here's a quick sketch i did last night.

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george washington caricature

i haven't sculpted in zbrush for a couple months and i have to dive back into it for a school project so i thought i'd do a little warm up exercise and sculpt my favorite president:

i created the base mesh in silo then sculpted textured and painted him in zbrush, rendered him in maya and finally i did some touch up in photoshop and painter.

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elephant bird

another quick sketch and speed paint session.

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intergalactic accident attorney

not much time today so just a quick sketch.

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shark week

every year discovery channel dedicates an entire week to sharks in hopes that they can appease them from coming on land and killing all mankind. this is that week. so grab a bucket of chum, sit back, and be terrified.

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!!!!

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!

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captain america (hitler in a headlock)

i saw captain america the other night with my little bro and was feeling ultra patriotic when i got to work.

as a result, here's the cap'n giving hitler what for.

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cowboys and aliens

i love me a good western! specially ifin it gots james bond, 'ndiana jones, 'n space aliens in it!

with each tv ad i see i am looking more and more forward to seeing this film. as long as it doesn't contain a scene in which shia labeouf and a band of friendly monkeys swing down from the jungle canopy to help out harrison ford, i think i'll enjoy it.

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angrybot (7-18-11)

this little robot is about to flip out:

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spaceman (7-17-11)

i've been geeking out lately to old school NASA stuff. it blows my mind to see the kind of equipment that was used to get humans from the earth to the moon. i think a ps3 could probably have run the entire apollo 11 mission by itself and still had the hardware to let the guys at mission control have a COD tourney. anyway, all that geeking out eventually inspired this retro astronaut:

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moroccan fighting chimp (7-14-11)

quick 5 minute sketch. i like this guy enough that you might see him painted at some point.

graphic frame(7-13-11)

just messing around in sketchbook pro the other day with a heavy chisel marker and this was born. obviously the style was inspired by graphic novels. however, there was really no intended story, hence the cop-out word bubble question mark. so i'll just leave this one open to interpretation. throw in a comment if you have something clever for him to say.

walking home (7-11-11)

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ogres hate jorts

it's been a busy week and i havent had time to do much of anything so i thought i'd post some older stuff. here's an ogre i sculpted a couple of semesters ago in zbrush. i guess he's kind of my own vision of shrek. here's the turn around:

here he is with a preliminary texture, this part is still a WIP:

his anger stems from the fact that he has to wear jean shorts. ogres hate jorts.

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no wonder you're extinct

forget meteors and climate change, dino lung cancer was the real culprit.

gamer (6-29-11)

quick sketch and value study

waiting for his big break (6-28-11)

i did a quick ink sketch the other night of a somewhat depressed koala bear who's waiting tables while hoping for his acting career to take off.

i liked him enought that i decided to paint him:

(here's the original ink sketch:)

maybe they'll make a "kung fu koala" or something.

lazy farmhand (6-27-11)

told ya so (6-26-11)

my goal here was to create someone who looked like the guy in your college class who corrects the teacher, the know it all who never shuts up. well here he is in all his glory:

after staring at him for a few minutes i decided he needed someone to annoy. i did another quick ink sketch and lo and behold:

this angry gentleman was born.

i painted him and put them together and boom:

i smell sitcom!

6-25-11

6-24-11

quick sketch of the day. ink and watercolor

why the long face?

concept art

some concept art for a video game i'm working on.