I am a animation storyboard Artist, currently working on Star Wars Rebels.
You don’t really realize how busy Hong Kong Harbor is until you make a time-lapse film of all the traffic. Wow there are a lot of boats moving through there. It’s almost hypnotic. I particularly like watching the ferry’s rip in and out of the terminal building.
I managed to shoot this fun time-lapse film on New Years Eve with my iPhone and the iMotion HD App.
I recently got another iPad painting commission. Three paintings in two days it a lot of work. My hand is swore and my fingers blistered but they look good
This is my second hair sculpting attempt using ZBrush 42Rb and the new FirberMesh feature. I’m struggling a little to find a setting that will work well for my characters. Most of the hair ends up looking too realistic or too much like straw. I believe painting will be the solution but for now I think this is an OK start.
The subject here is “The Mountain Bandit”, the main villain from my forever shelved Dragon project. I have made several attempts in the past to sculpt him but his scraggly hair was beyond my skill level. It’s nice to be able to see him finally come together.
This is by no means final, I still have a bit of work to do. Tonight I will try to make a second pass. He has a great head-dress that I want to add as well as some other costume dressings. I also need to get him out of that dead looking neutral pose. Still its a decent start and I thought merited sharing.
Last night I stayed up late to test out Zbrush 4R2b’s new FiberMesh additions. For testing purposes I made this quick DynaMesh sculpt and threw some hair on him. What you see here is my third grooming attempt. The first two hair passes were tragic failures that more or less resembled the bastard child of an ugly carpet and a putting green.
Creating the hair is effortless but controlling its flow is a bit tricky. There are a dozen grooming brushes and I have yet to master any of them. The workflow is very clear though so I don’t think it will take long to get up to speed. I don’t have experience in any other hair systems, so I am by no means an expert, but was generally very impressed with FiberMesh. It is a welcomed addition to my quiver of design tools.
I’v started a new oil painting and have been working down on the beach near our apartment in Hong Kong. I’m trying water based oils for the first time and so far I am impressed, all though I do miss the alchemy of mixing various oil concoctions. It’s refreshing to paint under the sun again.
It took longer than I thought but after a few weeks of frustrated coding and image rendering I finally have new theme up and running. Wahoo! Now I can finally turn my attention to more important activities, making art.
It was Silas’ first day of preschool today. It was a nightmare getting him out the door in the morning (classic) but once there he had a great time. The school has a large outdoor chalkboard so I spent some time drawing with the kids, taking animal requests.
Painted this while in transit to Hong Kong. Long flights feel much shorter now that I can paint.
I have to rebuild the entire image library for the new theme. There may be broken image links until I’m done.
I had a wonderful New Years Eve in San Francisco. Spent my evening doodling in my sketchbook with close friends. We waxed philosophically, shared projects, ideas, art, news of babies and growing families. Everyone had amazing projects and stories to share and from the preview I got last night 2012 is going to be jaw dropping year for art and technology. It is incredibly inspiring and intimidating to be surrounded by such brilliant minds. My brain hurts.
So considering the quality of the competition I guess my new years resolution this year is simply to try and keep up. I’m going to have to board a feature, write a book or both before the year is through just to hold a candle to some of the work I saw last night. Looks like its time to roll up my sleeves and go back to the drawing board. 2012. Game on!