So, she still needs some hair and eyebrows. Not to mention real eyes, but this is Lucie so far. I want to make her look a bit better, I plan on UVing this one (I say that a lot and don't actually do it, but I do want to). Also, I hope to learn how to use Hair in Maya as well. Click for a large image. Material by Sebastian Legrain Sebcesoir. Continue reading

This is the status on Elisa so far. I decided to make her a yoga type girl. This is because I couldn't figure out what to do with her, and yoga pants were what I had looked at for reference. I plan on taking her into Maya next and creating a good set of UVs for her and the clothes then texture her up. After that it'll be rigging time. (I hope) Tonight I'll begin the UV process. Continue reading

I finished up with the body and extracted some clothes to start sculpting. Today I plan on finishing the pants and coming up with some sort of design for her before I actually sculpt real details in. Continue reading

This is the weekend project for me. A space girl type thing named Elisa. Here's how the base mesh is coming along. Continue reading

This time I tried to make a female head. I think the lack of hair and teeth hurts this one. I'll create a mouth and what not next time around. I'm also not so happy with the lips either. Continue reading

Messed around in zBrush and created this real quick. I've been wanting to make a logo type deal for "irrational bunny." I am going to put teeth and a tongue and such later in Maya. Continue reading

I like monkeys. I wanted to create a simple creature to rig up and animate, so I made this monkey. I have a lot of issues with the UVs, but other than that, I think he came out OK. Continue reading

This is the second head that I have created in the whole head sculpting study thing. I think this one is so much better than the first one. There is an updated base mesh for this one too. I plan on making lots of base meshes for heads over time. Soon I'll start to add emotion and character to them, but right now I need to work on the basics. Continue reading

Alright, so I think the eyes are too far out (and a bit too big I think). Plus there's a seam on the side of the head, it's from a problem with the base mesh. But, I am going to work some more on the base today. Continue reading

So, it turns out that heads, and hands actually, are a major weakness for me in 3d. Head anatomy is something I don't know a lot about, therefore, my heads look artificial. So, the plan is to sculpt three heads a week. May they be male, female, or alien, they all have to have human anatomy as the basis. Once I get this down, I'll move into creating characters and animation and what not. Basics first. Here's version one of the base mesh that I'll be using for this little experiment. Continue reading

Well, I fixed a number of problems with the original mesh in zBrush. I think it looks pretty decent now, I plan on building some clothes and such before I get into detailing this character. Continue reading

Alright, so I am just going to keep creating human characters until I'm better at it. Here is the base mesh for "Alice" aka Version 2 Continue reading

This was my first--completed--attempt at building a digital character. I didn't do hair or eyebrows. I was more concerned with just doing it all the way to completion. Looks like my UVs are a little messed up at the neck and the hand, but version 2 will be better. Also, it looks like my head is not quite correct. The basic shape is off and some of the Zbrush sculpting still looks awful. Oh well. I think it's time to build version 2, and I'll spend more time on getting the form down right. Continue reading

I need to work on the UVs a bit for her. It's screwing up the displacement map and the texture for the lips. Tomorrow I'll spend more time making a good UV layout. Continue reading

This is the longest I've ever worked on a 3d project before. I have a few ideas on how I am going to use this model in the final image. Anyway, this is her in ZBrush. Continue reading

So, here is a little taste of the direction I am taking for this site. I'll use it to post projects that I am working on. Here is a female character WIP I started a week or so ago. Continue reading

Just so you know, I haven't stopped blogging (or whatever this is). I've just been living vicariously through a 3d character who lives a more interesting life than me. Back in a week or so. Continue reading

It'€™s time to take our power away from the oil companies and the car companies and the greedheads who run them. Weâ€'re going to get smart and say no. Now is the time for a whole movement that says no. No gas. No foreign oil. No cars. No paint. No gears. No logos. No cutesy. No bullshit. Brains. Muscles. Humans. You want in? via www.nadabike.com I want in. Someone buy me one. Continue reading

Yes this is another blog. Another one to fill up the net with nonsense. Another one started by me and probably doomed to fail. However, I plan on that not happening. Stick around, I might. Continue reading