Car post 2 (WIP)

Since I lasted posted I have done some further work on the car. I polished up the textures more and added normal maps, spec maps and transparency maps. I think this has really come along. I wanted to create a piece that was of a different texture style than what I had been previously doing. There are still a few areas I would like to tweak a bit more. I feel like I am now at the nit picky stage, which also can be the most tedious. I am also thinking about creating an environment to have this sit in. Not only would it make it more interesting than just a prop car but also it would give me further opportunity for texture work.

As always any comments and feedback is greatly appreciated.

A visit to an old model . . .

Spent the last couple of days revisiting an old piece. I had modeled the car back when I was in school, but had yet to texture it, so I thought why not texture it now. I painted the textures in Photoshop. I think I am fairly pleased with the initial texture. I still need to go through and make the transparency maps for the windows and parts of the light. Also need to add a bump map and refine the spec map. The one that is on now is a rough version. Any comments are always appreciated.

Long time, no post.

Sorry this isn't too creative, but I thought I would share anyways. I tend to do speed paintings when I am warming up for a painting or in this case working on modeling/textures. Hope everyone had a happy holiday.

Cakes

So I don't know if its because I have quite a few weddings to attend or the fact I love those cake shows on the food network, but I have been inspired by cakes. I guess it also had to do with wanting to make cards for those events like birthdays and weddings. This also gave me a little break from my 3D project, which I promise to post more images soon. Hope you guys enjoy and I hope to post more cakes images soon.

WOW its been forever!

I'm really sorry for the lack of new work on here for well, quite some time. Its pretty sad and I guess I haven't really figured out a good way to balance out personal work, actual work, and life. Hopefully, I will figure this out soon.

Since I have some free time now I have been working on a new 3D piece based off of the concept work from my last posts. I have wanted to do this for sometime and have really gotten into this piece.

This is still a work in progress. The lighting is just thrown in there and by no means finished. I still need to model the railing on the tower and have to do the plant life. I also would like to push the shape of the house more. Along with this I am planning on doing all bean stalk and all of its branches that hold up the wrest of the telescopes. I look forward to seeing how this will come out. I must say I like figuring out the puzzle of bring something from 2D into 3D. The challenge of it is so exciting.

Jack and the Beanstalk (cont.)

Its been awhile since I have posted. I have been working on my portfolio and bouncing around from painting this up and a new 3d project that I will soon post up its progress. Any comments are greatly appreciated.

Jack and the Beanstalk

Edit (Aug.19,2008):


Above is a more updated version of my jack and the beanstalk. I still think there are things that could be tweaked and polished. Any feedback is greatly welcomed.




This is a work in progress . . . I have been working on this piece off and on for a little while now, probably more off than on due to work. But now I have more time on my hands so I hope to finish it soon.

My plan is to finish this black and white rendering and then paint it up with some color. After that I am planning on doing a 3D model of it. I'm excited about this project cause it is something different than what I have been doing at work.

My thoughts behind this piece were that this would be from Jack's perspective as he approaches the giants home. The giant who is in his later years eyesight has started getting bad. So therefore he has created these telescopes and binoculars to help him see any intruders coming his way.

Any comments are greatly appreciated.