Need for Speed

Hi Everyone,

It is one of those weeks where I really struggled to get something done.  One of the best ways of getting out of a slump is to do something fast, like a sketch or a speed-sculpt.  I was not sure where I wanted to go with this sculpt, but it got me motivated enough to get back to some real work. I hope that you like it.

The Love Letter

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!

I wanted to post something fun this week, and so I decided to paint this sketch.  Hope you like it. Cheers!

Southside Thug

Not long ago I had an idea for a thuggish type of character.  Something like a video game lackey.  I completed a few sketches but they were going nowhere.  This chap came out of a “ZBrush Materials” exercise, and became the bad guy that I wanted to sculpt.  Over a few nights I managed to get him to this point.  He still needs a lot of work, but it’s always fun to post a work in progress.

What? Not Another Pig!

Ok I have to admit I do like cartoon pigs. They are fun to draw, but the recent pig motif on this blog is just pure coincidence.  I work on a lot of different things at the same time just to mix things up, but sometimes a project gets finished faster.  This idea is an old one but just happened to get completed faster when I realized what I wanted to do with it.  I laughed when I noticed that I was posting yet another pig. I found this while browsing my older sketches and immediately wanted to put the character into this warm setting. I redid the original pencil sketch in Illustrator and moved it into Photoshop for painting (about 4 hours – start to finish).  Is he a bad piggy?  I leave that entirely up to you.

What's Shakin' Bakin'

I updated to version 1.42 of ZBrush without a hitch, right through the plug-in menu.  I hope all their future updates go that easy. I am taking a break from painting, and also avoiding to fix a code bug that’s been killing me on my Crazy Hearts game, by doing this speed sculpt.  I found something like it in my sketchbook but it was too ugly to post, so I am sharing just the ZBrush work.  I figure if I avoid fixing the code in my game, it will magically fix itself. Yeah right...

Clowning Around

I have been trying to keep myself busy and get that momentum going. It’s all too easy to stop modeling or painting and go play video games instead. This was done in illustrator and painter, and then moved over to Photoshop to finish it up.

Pitch A Fit

I am trying to work out a new approach to painting in Photoshop.  I dug up this sketch a while back, and it made me think of baseball.  Hanging out in the park, and trying to throw the ball as fast as I could.  Hope you like it.