Competition Entry!

This was kind of an experimental piece. I had an idea of what I wanted to achieve but fancied taking a more painterly approach than normal! I kinda like the outcome. There are some obvious problems with proportions and things but I don't really mind as I think I achieved what I set out to do!

It was also an entry for a random online competition! I got 2nd place =)

Creature Design Class

Had some extra lectures at the end of Uni with Leavon Archer; a games artist.
Had the chance to loosely design some stuff. I decided to do something I don't normally do and had a go at designing some kind of wierd fantasy creature.

I started by playing with ZSpheres in ZBrush and just sketched over it until I got this wierd lizard looking giraffe thing with a super saggy neck :D
Then took screenshots of the face front and side and developed a concept:




Really really good fun! Was nice to focus on using some Zbrush for the most part and then really getting into the painting too :) Fun times!

FInal Year Project

My Final Year Project was an Investigation into the Character Creation Process used within the Games Industry.
It looked at all aspects of design development and concept work, and then the 3D Modelling and production of the character aswell.
Heres the progress of the project work to go with my dissertation:

Idea Development:







Final Idea:


Final Beauty Render/Painting:


Orthographic Views/Design Sheet:


Sculpting/Modelling/Texturing:



Final Posed Model:


It was an awesome project to work on. Shame that I ran out of time and she couldn't be finished to the full standard I had hoped!

Character Development Module

In my final semester at University I did a module looking at character development methods. A couple of the outcomes are the Zombie Mario and Sci-fi ish Nightelf below:




I really really enjoyed doing the Mario paintings! The 1st one was inspired by Left 4 Dead if you hadn't already guessed :D