Spring Quarter

This is shaping up to be one of my favorite quarters at SCAD so far, and it is just starting. There are two classes in particular I'm very excited for, Sculptural Texturing for Games and Conceptual Illustration.

Sculptural Texturing for Games is basically a Zbrush class, which I'm thrilled beyond words to finally start working with it. I've seen the gorgeous sculptures and models other artists have done with it in ZbrushCentral, and just about everywhere, so to be finally able to work in 3d with this level of detail makes me very happy. I'll definitely be posting works in progress here as the quarter moves on.

Conceptual Illustration, the other class, is going to be amazing. Basically we'll develop a character and their environment and story throughout the quarter. What's most important though, is that we will actually go out, and experience things like wearing armor or wielding weapons, so we can get the experience and the feel of it, and know how to better portray it in our concepts. It will be a very hands-on class which I know I'll be very grateful for.


Not to sound like a broken record, but I'm very excited about this quarter, and hopefully I'll get some really nice work out of it.

Red Sky

This is a speed paint I did earlier today, when I did not feel like working on another project. So this is basically how I procastinate. Sometimes.

Now that I see it again, the sky and the reflection on the water don't really match, so it looks like the water is a magic barrier or something. Hmm...

Done in Photoshop in about 2 hours.

Alexis

This is the side project I was mentioning in the previous post.
Her name is Alexis, and she is a character that I've had in the back off my mind for quite a while now, and thanks to a little challenge me and a friend came up with, I finally made some concept art for her.
Alexis is a bit of a tomboy. She enjoys having a toned body and doesn't mind flaunting it a bit. She has control of the fire element, and her favorite color is sky blue.

Hope you like her!

Thumbnails

Right now I'm working on a little side project, so in the meantime I decided to update with some older stuff.

These are some thumbnails I did for a portrait piece I submitted to Exposé. I still don't know if my work will make it in the book, but even if it doesn't I'm pretty happy with the finished piece (which you can see in my porfolio).

Anyway as I was saying, these are thumbnails I did to study and figure out different mask styles, compositions, and overall design of the piece.

Oh, those are indeed two strips of masking tape in there, not because the paper tore, but because I was drawing with a pen and needed to erase somehow. 

Mortal Kombat inspired character

This is a quick sketch I did while being inspired (and very much excited) about the new Mortal Kombat game coming out. I decided to create a new female character following their classic female ninjas (Kitana, Mileena, Jade), and make her "the red one" since it is my favorite color. I also gave her a circular blade which could be her signature weapon to match the other female ninjas. 

I used the concept art for Jade as a reference for the pose.

I came up with a few names for her, and ended up liking Fabia or Diana the most. I'm still not sure though. Anyway, hope you like her!

Mortal Kombat and it's characters are all owned by Warner Bros.

Intro

Hello!


So this is my blog that I have where I post things as you do with blogs... yeah...


In all seriousness now, I'll use this blog as kind of an online sketchbook. I plan to post anything from really rough sketches, to works in progress, to finished pieces. It will also act as an incentive to get me to work more. One day I was just looking at work from people in the industry (the gaming industry, where I plan to exist one day) and I realized I need to step it up, big time. So this will help me in doing that precisely.
I might occasionally also post random thoughts about things that inspire me, or things that I just find interesting.


With that, I thank you for taking the time to read this, and hope you enjoy my work!