A Halloween Doodle

I have to say, out of the classic Halloween Monsters, I think the werewolf is my favorite. Lol the idea here is that this werewolf, when he's a human, works at a very busy McDonald's. It's a good job, the only issue is there is a high demand for working nights. He's filled out shift requests asking not to be scheduled at night, even medical requests, but his manager isn't buying it. Little does he know . . . :)

Peter Pan Sketches first round

Influence Map

I finally made an influence map! I've wanted to do one of these forever, but could never justify spending the time on it. Then, it was an assignment in Justin Kunz' Concept class! There are a few more to add that have started to influence me since I finished this, ie Craig Mullins, but.

Emulation

This is a speedpainting from yesterday, touched up a bit this morning. The idea was to emulate Craig Mullins, whose work I have admired for a long time now. I've been going for a lot of realism in some of my pieces, but looking at Craig Mullins' work I really liked how much power he obtains in part by simplifying. It was intimidating at first to try to figure out his working methods, especially as he hasn't published any video tutorials to my knowledge, but I think I found some techniques that approximate the look. After being so meticulous with some of my other paintings it felt really nice to be loose; it felt kind of like the creative figure drawing class I took with Ryan Woodward.  I think I will continue to pull influence from him Craig Mullins in the future, especially for concept work.

Robot Silhouettes

Zbrush 4R6 and Photoshop CS5

Jackie Chan

David Preliminary Sketch

David/ My first 3D Print!

The original ZBrush Model of David (his story can be found here).

The MakerBot: Replicator 2, the Harold b. Lee Library's new 3D Printer

David before the removal of his supports

Final cleanup!

The pouch and sling were too thin for this printer; they were reproduced,

but were fragile and came off with the supports. A 3D printer that prints 

with wax supports, like the one in BYU's Crabtree building, might have

more of a chance at preserving those kind of details.

Geeking

You know you're a nerd when . . .

Entirely too excited about a new box of hilighters . . .

Some breakdancers I sketched live outside BYU's Wilkinson Center last spring. Highlighters are my favorite— it's like having conté crayons on the fly, in terms of being able to control line width and sculpt form. Also, they are a much less expensive alternative to copic or prismacolor markers, if you're just wanting a substrate for your line. OK, the 'nuff nerding.

Drone 2

This is a quick piece I did today based on some techniques I learned in a lecture by Scott Robertson on the Youtubes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diMDoFkN73s

It's a levitating surveilance drone, capable of apprehending intruders and neutralizing them with its tranquilizer delivery system. Model kitbash and Photoshop CS 5.5