Robot wip

A robot I have been working on. The character is pretty much done, a couple of minor details and a lot of clean up and UVs is all there is left. Next up is texturing and shading. I am also thinking about adding a rig - at least for posing purpose. And then hopefully creating a fully rendered picture. And so - onwards and upwards....

Birdie

- another little sketchy birdie, instead of using Illustrator as I have become accustomed to I tried to utilize some brushes in Photoshop, but I couldn't quite let go of my Vector-addiction so the main shape is made with the pen tool. And then I went crazy with colors and different types of layers. I am semi-pleased with the result, but mainly it served as another little exercise for me to try out new workflow and tools I am not that familiar with.
- Next one I'll have to do entirely freehand....no vectors!

head sculpt

I found this really nice zbrush sculpting tutorial, ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRzSE4_Xipw ) and so this is my attempt into something more realistic looking. I am pretty pleased with the result although I do feel I have a tendency to stretch, squash and exaggerate proportions just a little bit, so not really real proportion wise. Maybe I'll take it out for another spin later on, see if I can tone it down a bit, but for a first attempt and for now - pretty pleased.

and the award goes to...

So "Porcelain" the bachelor project I've worked on has  just won its first award - the student animation category at the "Stoke Your Fires" festival, not exactly the Oscars, but for a student project with a limited audience it is still pretty sweet. Povl is very happy....:)

http://www.stokeyourfires.co.uk/awards-2014/

more kitty Cats

more cats - hand drawn sketches cleaned in Illustrator...

Tank

- a little tank I have been working on. It was intended to be quite simple but suddenly it got fun adding more guns etc., I am thinking about texturing and rigging it - just for the fun of it....but can't decide if it is worth the effort, or I should just get on to other ideas and projects I have floating around in my head....time will tell. 

happy santaClaus and a merry new year

I felt like doing a little holiday illustration, so here he is happy Santa riding Rudolf. Pretty pleased with how it turned out - the only thing might be the colors...working with two monitors, one very bright and vibrant the other a bit more on the dull side....either way HO-HO-HO and a merry new year.

toonyMoose

As I have been working on a moose in zbrush, without any real direction in terms of look, except I knew it should be cartoony in some way. So I drew a little sketch of this guy - most for the fun of it, not exactly sure I want to push the shapes this much....but we'll see.

froggy

As I needed a little break from some of my different 3D projects I have been working on for the last couple of weeks, I dived into my ever trusting pile of random sketches and found this little dude - a fun little procrastination-project, that turned out quite nicely - I really like the pure silhouette, there are some nice shapes in there. The colors are....well I've looked at two different screens I now I've gone blind - on the one the green is insanely green and on the other it looks just about right. So if you find the colors to be off - you are looking at the wrong screen ;)  

dino

So I have finally decided that this little fella is about done.  I wanted to get to know Photoshops pen tool a little better, wanted to see if it offered me other or better options than my usual weapon of choice - Illustrator. The idea was to try for a more painted look, using brushes, paint in some textures and some light. But I did find it very hard to stray from my more flat shapes and well defined areas for light and shadow,  I am certainly no painter, and how this dino ended up all of the work might as well have been in Illustrator - but then again - this was the first attempt so maybe I'll just have to keep trying.
In actual work hours this was not a big undertaking, but deciding that it's actually done - it has taken me quite some time - and if I am ever to move on to other projects I have to stop eventually.
The original sketch is about two years old, made during my bachelor project, and in all that time this little piece of paper has just been lying there in the midst of other amazing ideas ;)