2009-12-01T21:50:49Z 2009-12-01T21:47:00Z I was trying to simulate the soft light and shadows of a lightbox. I like the blue and the way it bleeds onto the white floor. 1 public/images/images/blue_sphere.jpg Maya 2009-12-20T03:11:24Z 2009-12-01T21:56:46Z 2009-12-01T21:55:00Z This is a concept piece for a short animated video I have planned. This character is intended to be a physical manifestation of the main character's guilt. 2 public/images/images/guilt.jpg Alias SketchBook 2009-12-20T03:11:58Z 2009-12-02T05:33:47Z 2004-01-25T05:32:00Z This is what you’d get if my piggy bank and one of those long-armed monsters from Silent Hill 3 mated. He’s more optimistic than that upbringing would suggest, though. Maff is as chipper as a faceless pig can be. Just look how he points. 3 public/images/images/Maff.jpg 3ds max 2009-12-02T05:33:47Z 2009-12-02T05:36:22Z 2009-12-02T05:33:00Z I drew this after a late night coding session working as an undergraduate researcher on the EcoRaft Project. I've kept this image because when I look at it now, I can get a good idea what I was thinking at the time. It's like a snapshot of my mental state. Plus I have a thing for wings on skeleton monsters with abnormally long appendages. 4 public/images/images/subconscious_meanderings.jpg Tablet PC 2009-12-02T05:36:22Z 2009-12-02T05:38:53Z 2008-05-02T05:36:00Z This was a concept piece I drew for a short (almost micro) animation I was planning. I had originally started it right before the big push for formalizing a portfolio, so it got put on the backburner. Maybe one day I'll get around to finishing this one. 5 public/images/images/tree_tunk.jpg Alias SketchBook 2009-12-02T05:38:53Z 2009-12-02T05:40:23Z 2007-11-10T05:39:00Z Originally a sketch for a banner on a friend’s website, I appropriated this because of the undeniable lure of the robot’s gestalt. While truly primitive in form, the underlying character and energy is what so captivates the mind. Both fleeting, and yet resolute in its drive to grasp the anima. Yes, I just made that up. The banner part, not the anima. 6 public/images/images/Banner-robot.png Alias SketchBook 2009-12-02T05:40:23Z 2009-12-02T05:41:59Z 2008-05-02T05:40:00Z A curmugeon. You can tell because he looks like one. Perhaps he’s angry that he can’t find his nose. Or that his spine is tingly.<br /> <br /> So actually, this guy robbed a bank just to prove to himself that he could. He didn’t use a gun or even wear a mask. He just stared at the teller with those piercing eyes, and without saying a word the teller knew that she was through. Over and done with. She bundled up all the money and handed it over without raising any alarms. Impressive, you might say. She later met up with the curmugeon at a local franchise arm of the largest instant coffee empire known to man. He ordered the Deep Down Mocha Hound, and she ordered something sweet (to match her seasonal sweater). They really hit it off. After 2 years of dating they got married, had a couple kids, and one of them grew up to cure cancer.<br /> <br /> True story. 7 public/images/images/curmugeon.png Alias SketchBook 2009-12-02T05:45:21Z 2009-12-18T21:24:45Z 2008-06-13T21:22:00Z Q: Is there anything happier than a robot with noddle arms?<br /> A: No. 8 public/images/images/noodle_arms.jpg Maya, Illustrator, Photoshop 2009-12-18T22:57:50Z 2009-12-18T21:34:19Z 2008-08-10T21:24:00Z When music is more than background filler. When the sound comes alive. When it grabs you. <br /> <br /> I was going to submit this idea for the official logo of the <a href="http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/wiki/Main_Page">XMMS2 player</a>, but the deadline had already passed by the time I saw that they had actually opened for submissions. I liked the idea and still wanted to make the image. Originally I had planned to make it in a three-tone vector art style for the logo, but now that this image was just for <i>me</i> I decided to create it in Maya and go for a photo-realistic look and feel. 9 public/images/images/tentacle_speakers.jpg Maya, Photoshop 2009-12-18T22:57:12Z 2009-12-18T23:09:31Z 2009-02-10T23:00:00Z Duck? Penguin? Yes. 10 public/images/images/duck_wallpaper.jpg Illustrator, Photoshop 2009-12-18T23:09:31Z 2010-02-03T15:35:33Z 2009-11-27T15:33:00Z This is a concept sketch for a zombie character that was planned to be a background character in a dancing game. He was a lethargic zombie, even by zombie standards. But he does have some impressive chest hair. Unfortunately this character was cut from the final project. I'm sure he's all broken up about it. 11 public/images/images/zombie.jpg SketchBook Pro 2010-02-03T15:35:33Z 2010-02-03T15:57:59Z 2005-02-03T15:56:00Z Peter is an early character model I made for a short video project. I composited him into a scene with two real actors at a dinner table. Peter never spoke, but he did leer. A lot. 12 public/images/images/peter.jpg 3ds max 6 2010-02-03T15:57:59Z 2010-02-03T15:59:29Z 2003-01-03T15:58:00Z A while ago I had the grand idea that if I called myself a studio, I'd be one. So I chose a name and made this image. It turns out the name was already taken, but I liked this image enough to keep it around. 13 public/images/images/StudioAntithesis.jpg 3ds max 6 2010-02-03T16:10:37Z 2010-02-03T16:12:18Z 2005-02-03T16:11:00Z This wasn't making fun of a co-worker's gigantic monitor. This definitely wasn't the view out from my window, and the monitor isn't spanning across two buildings a block away. Nope. That'd just be silliness. 14 public/images/images/monitor.jpg Maya, Photoshop 2010-02-03T16:12:18Z 2010-02-03T16:13:20Z 2003-02-03T16:12:00Z Inspired by the Earth picture I'd made, I decided to make the Sun too. The textures are all procedural. 15 public/images/images/sun.jpg 3ds max 6 2010-02-03T16:13:20Z 2010-02-03T16:15:38Z 2004-02-03T16:13:00Z I caught a glimpse of a tunnel like this on TV once, and for some reason it really stuck in my head. I had to make one for me. I was hoping this would create a certain mood. 16 public/images/images/tunnel.jpg 3ds max 6 2010-02-03T16:15:38Z 2010-02-03T16:17:07Z 2003-02-03T16:15:00Z I made this for an assignment in a Cosmology class I was taking, but I ended up getting a very low grade because the professor (who refused to ever use a computer) wouldn't believe me that it wasn't a photograph. Oh well. 17 public/images/images/earth.jpg 3ds max 6, Photoshop 2010-02-03T16:17:07Z 2010-02-03T16:17:59Z 2004-02-03T16:17:00Z This was a cel-shading test in 3ds max. I took the standard teapot primitive and put a surprised face on it. This picture makes me chuckle so I keep it around. 18 public/images/images/teapot.png 3ds max 6 2010-02-03T16:17:59Z