Colonel Hopman

Heh..g...get it? get it? Ok I'll leave.

Painted this fella over the weekend, was a lot of fun :)

Painted this during lunch one day and after work tonight, Wanted to do something kinda Murph like. :D

Dirty Bomb

Now that Dirty bomb is finally out in open beta, I decided to take a few shots tonight after work. These characters were made anywhere from 1-3 years ago alongside a fine sir named Vincent Joyau, the project certainly had its ups and downs and a few things did not end up the way I would have liked, but it was also a huge learning process for me at the time.

Here are some character shots, I will follow up with more when I get the time (I stayed until 2AM putting scenes and stuff together, haha)

A number of character concepts by Georgi S, Manuel D and Igino P

Vasili and Proxy first passes by Tim Appleby and Ben Davis

Weapons by the wonderful Benedict Garnellius Garnell

More soon!

23rd June Edit:

Added the last couple pics!

E3: Gears of War Ultimate Edition!

Gears of War Ultimate Edition, The game we worked on with Blacktusk/Coalition for the past year just got announced at E3! I was fortunate enough to work on some cool characters/creatures with some very swell chaps. :DWhen the time is right I'll show some more focused images of the work I got to do!

Quick sketch tonight, need more line practice.

Little more progress last night, once I put armour and more hair on i started questioning proportions, Lots to do but moving forward slowly.

Ser Oinkalot

A quick painting after getting back from holiday :)

A study before bed

Messing about tonight, still very loose, will continue to clean it up.

Almost forgot about this, did a bit more to it and cleaned it up. Still a mess from not being planned out properly. I think i'll leave it here, not a good use of time to continue. Also, im really need to get back to some 3d...like...yesterday.

Haven't posted in a while, trying to sit on things for a bit longer... didn't really help much as I still just end up starting new things. :)

Edit: Image update

Cant be assed to do more, note to self, be patient and figure out more early on.

Goblin Sketch, might do more to it and add colour but the legs are kinda shit.
Going to do some more studies soon.

Spinny Orc :D

Scribbled an orc tonight, will do more to it definitely, but wanted to fiddle around with a site i found called DEPTHY, where you can upload or paint a depth mask and it'll, well, you get the picture. :) Try it out, its super fun, its easy to get a proper depth mask from zbrush BPR renders but i think its cooler for 2d stuff (if harder to get right, which this isnt!)

EDIT:
I'll just update this post as (and if) I do more on this guy, cleaned it up a bit but ways to go:

Another Study before bed

One step forward, Two steps back

I had gone through the process of redoing most of the body and neck for this guy, only to realise that I'd lost the things I originally liked, so ive literally reverted back about FIVE DAYS and continued from the point where I decided things needed to change.

The whole body was sculpted from a blob with no symmetry into the pose it is in right now. so I had ended up hacking it into a t-pose, cleaned it up, projected onto new topology and reposed with skinning for accuracy.

And all that work?...BAM, down the drain. :)

So it doesnt look like much since the last pic, just faffing about with PS again, i like the idea of the bruce lee claw scar, hehe :) ... Also I guess actually most of the work I DIDN'T scrap is still in the lower body, which ironically im not showing here.. hmm.

The red pandas are staying, one will be swinging on that big ring in a pose I already have burned into my head... will be cool.

I need to learn when and where to commit to what I have. I've wasted a lot of time trying to find certain sweet spots that'll make sense later on if I was just a bit more confident. I feel like I'm quickly becoming a 'blockout artist' at this rate... lol.

Quick sketch before bed, trying colours straight away

Windseer W.I.P

I think i have a curse of not finishing things once ive posted them.. but I reeeeeally want to update more often... I'll just update this post once im done with this painting. Having quite a bit of fun and getting used to using more textured brushes.

Still working on the panda dudes! hit a wall for a couple days but think i should be able to get back on track this weekend.

Pandamonium

Still blockout but this is going places, I can feel it, might finally finish something! I will explain later. :P

Long story short it think its immensely important for me to stop approaching personal work like production art.

More very soon!

Bad Hare Day

Quick Sculpt before bed, I felt inspired by beth cavener stichter's animal sculptures. :)

Anatomy!

I took a roughly sketched out torso from Friday lunchtime and decided to make a project out of it this weekend.. I really needed to get back into some anatomy as I haven't really done much lately and was quickly reminded how much it can surprise you and knock you off your feet. I'm definitely learning a lot and have adopted some new sculpting approaches.

This will still need some work though, there are some glaring issues and unfinished areas.. the legs, feet, hands and a considerable portion of the back need a major pass but im happy with the progress so far from. (also some scale issues with the forearm and the face is a whole other story)

More soon™ :P

Blocked out some of his armour tonight and cleaned up the anatomy on the body, still lots to clean but the armor is a nice distraction for now. Didnt bother doing much with the paintover, I should be (and am) experimenting in zbrush more.

SNAKEUUUUUU!

Made this tonight:

This was very fun for me, it reinforced the confidence in my strokes and let me be a bit more reckless than usual. I think it pays off, and this is definitely something I will do more of. :)
edit:
oh and orc update soon, I started doing a paint over armour design as if I stay with the body i wont get anything done, I'll keep going in circles! It's going well, I think it's gonna be pretty fun. :)

Hey there Stranger

Made this guy tonight, quite fun, heh, was gonna colour it but it looks creepy enough like this. :)

Are paintovers a form of procrastination?

The answer is... yes. D:

And its barely even a paintover, lol.

Well i decided to stick with this guy, i need to be a bit more care free. :)

Not a lot of changes, more bulk around the neck and a bit more srs bsns in the face.

Juggling this, the orc and a bunch of 2d stuff atm, which i'd show if i bothered to get anything to a clean readable state before getting bored. :P

Pidgey Lee Jones

I dont know why, but every time i look at the Tommy Lee Jones meme from no country for old men, i imagine a pigeon in his place.

so i drew dat (Also wanted a fun little image for the header maybe)

9th march edit:

probably not enough for a new post but also did this little sketch for a birthday. :)

Not a whole lot to show, bouncing between 3 things atm, This orc, a painting (which i'll show soon ish) and a fun little sculpey animal. I've found it helps keep me productive to swap to another medium when my attention starts to slip. :)

So yeah, no huge progress, just trotting along!

9th march edit:
updated pic as i havent made any real progress just merged the meshes together last night and gave him a neck. (lol) still needs cleanup overall but..

I just started converting all the dynamesh to proper topology, cleaning up zremesher results, hence max ^