More Sean!

Took some time out of my day to do a 30 minute concept sketch of Sean.  I'm figuring out his whole scar pattern at the moment, to which, I am please with this first pass.  I decided to chop his hair and have it flair out a little more, since he is going to be considered the "new Akuma" in this fan game.  I was thinking facial hair as well considering it takes place several years later, but I think I will figure that ditty out on the next pass.  Alrighty, time for cereal, cartoons, and bed.  Enjoy!

Street Fighter Fever

Still doing small designs here and there for my fan game of SF.  Not so Capcom here, but I took a previous character design and flipped him around a bit.  Really I just added a larger tattoo on his torso.  You know SF tends to have a lot of odd ball characters, right?  Well this guy is one of them.  Nothing further to report other than 3D goodness happening this weekend.  I'm sure I will have something to show during that time, if not at the start of the week.  Cheers!

Oh...I think I will get rid of the scales too. Now that I look at them...I'm not really feeling them.  Haha.

Here Comes A New Challenger!!!!

Hello all!!!  For the past couple of days...well maybe more than that, I have been itching to draw out some Street Fighter concepts for a Street Fighter game, that's if I was ever to be in such a position.  Anywho, I sat down for a few hours and threw out some designs.  I started off with Guile, who I decided to chop his hair completely off and give him more of a designer tank top.  Next, I said to myself, if I was ever to develop a roster for the next Street Fighter, I would definitely have Mel in there.  Up next would be Chun Li.  I would make her a bit older, which isn't all that noticeable in this sketch, and I would also give her a new outfit as well.  The scheme would still be blue, white, and yellow...just a different design pattern.  And finally, for this set, Sean.  He would have grown his dreads a little more and also would have become the next Dark Hadou character.  I was also thinking about putting scars on him too, but omitted them for this pass.  Yes, there is a story behind that, but I am too tired to tell it.  Haha.  Also, the next Street Fighter would take place about 10-15 years after the previous Street Fighter.  Okay, I am done and I think I have gotten the Street Fighter bug out of my system for the time being.  Enjoy!

Pushing Along...

The animation in this entry is actually my first crack at getting reacquainted with Maya.  I started it and then put it to the side, as I guess basic walk cycles bore me a bit.  I also didn't finish it fast enough before bed because I was still getting familiarized with the controls and such.  But alas, I decided to finish it up.  One this I do not like about IK Joe...well...the IK's don't work!  Argh!!!  Well...at least this version didn't.  Not sure what the deal was, so I had to do everything with the FK's, which was still fun.  Oh and yeah...no handles that allowed me to move those hips either!  But anywho...that's all I have...next up...RUN CYCLES!!!

Ack!!! Zombies!!! ...Or...ZOMBIE!!!

Hello, all.  More work with Maya.  This here really isn't a walk cycle, however, I wanted to play with the whole zombie thing.  This was fun.  I will have another walk cycle hopefully by tomorrow.  But until then...ENJOY!

It's the Month of May-a!!!

That's right folks!  I have obtained Maya...this now this blog will have a mixture of 2D and 3D!!!  Yay!  Hurrah!!!  And I will kick off this next post with a walk cycle I did with IK Jane.  I'm sure it can use some more tweaks to it, but I am satisfied with it at the moment.  Took about 2 hours to knock it out, so I am gonna work on becoming faster.  It's been a while since I messed around with Maya too...since college to be honest...and that was well over 5 years ago.  Anywho, hope you like...there will be more to come.  Oh, the animation (2D one) is still in the works...I'm almost done with the BG's.  Yes!!!

You Shed Your Clothes In Spite And Whisper

I'm not gonna talk much with this submission because it's late and I am sick!  :(  But, I did want to give you all another update with the BGs that have been finished.  I will be putting more life drawings up as well.  oh, and I purposely put two of the same BG up because I wanted to show the scene with and without light.  I know, pointless, right?  Nope...I don't think so!!!  Enjoy!!! *Mega Man dash*

Well I'm Doubting My Portrait of Skin...

Hello all. As it would seem...I think I am back in business with these backgrounds.  My freelancing has simmered down with a couple of ad projects, which is allowing my to do a little more with my free time.  YAY!!!  Well, here is the latest bg from the Cerulean animated short I am working on.  I really loved how this came out. So dusty and dusky.  Haha.  Well that is all for now...more to come.

Show Me the GOODS!

Yes, it has been yet another extended period of time where I haven't been posting as much.  I swear...my days are becoming more and more occupied with LIFE!  And the weird part about all of that...art is MY life...but I just haven't been able to get anything art-related completed or posted on a consistent basis, which for me...is at least once a day!  So maybe this slower pace that I am currently working with is a bit better, no?  Well anywho, I decided to have my own open model session at home. I found this lovely site that have nude models for us artist to sketch to keep out skills fresh.

Here is the link:  http://posespace.com/

Here are some pieces that I did.  They were about 2 to 10 minutes a piece.  Enjoy.  Oh and the BGs are still coming too.  Just needed to switch it up a bit.

We Won't Give Up...We Won't Give Up...Now!

Hello all.  It has been quite a while since I have posted on here...well for me at least.  Haha.  I had a few things that needed my attention and so...that's where I was.  One of which was an animation test!  But unfortunately, I did not get the position.  So...BACK to the drawing board.

One thing that I like to do when improving my art is to place myself in my own "Hyperbolic Chamber"...just like DBZ!  Haha..of course there's no time difference...unfortunately.  But really, for myself, it's a big thing regarding discipline and learning as much as I can within a short period of time, or whenever I think I have come to a point where I have new material and feel confident enough to try my hand again at working towards jumping back into my field.  Well, anywho...I can go on and on about that little ditty, but I won't.  Instead...I will just showcase more backgrounds as I am now back to focusing on my short Cerulean animated project.  I'm pretty stoked about this to be honest.  We'll see what the future may bring.  :)

I also changed the time of day of a previous background that I posted earlier when I started this blog. At first I was going for a day time, just to get a feel, but now, since I have decided to place everything within a dusk setting, that background had to change.