Ok, this is my first test using the 'blog photo from flickr' feature. Here's a shot of my entry for the Moneygrip show taken up on the roof at my place in Bklyn. I'm going to have to figure out if I can add multiple photos at once (I'm sure you can, I just haven't found that option yet!)
Monday, January 28, 2008
Moneygrip Custom Photos and Design Process
A few roof-top pictures of my final entry for the Moneygrip show. I was in a hurry to snap some pics in outdoor light before turning in my character. I've also posted several of my alternative design concepts that show my thought process for arriving at my final choice. Visit this flickr set for the full enchilada.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
'Get a Grip' Custom Show Opening Night @ MyPlasticHeart
This past Friday, January 25th, saw the opening of KaNO's 'Get A Grip' Moneygrip Custom show at My Plastic Heart NYC. The turnout was great, with a jam-packed crowd braving the cold to view the 46 custom Moneygrip characters on display. In addition to finally meeting KaNO for the first time, I was introduced to Jester and his son Jace (in from Houston, TX), Kelly Denato, Keith Poon (owner of the excellent Toy Qube), Pon, and Kid Lew. My pictures from opening night and all the entries are now up on my Flickr page.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
GMC NFL
Chances are, if you watch [American] football (Go Giants!) over the past two seasons, you've seen the following promo for GMC's 'NFL Defensive Player of the Year' that I created last year. Additional support by fellow Guavarians Jay Sienkwicz (screen graphics) and Adrian Graham (particle mage extraordinaire)
Guavaroo featured on VinylPulse
Shout-out to Jack over at VinylPulse for the plug of my work on the Guavaroo character up at his site.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
MoneyGrip Teaser
Check back next Friday, January 25th, for a full breakdown of my design process and alternate mockups of my custom Moneygrip entry. For now, here's a sneak peak!
Monday, January 14, 2008
Guavaroo
I created the Guavaroo character back in 2006 as a means to promote character design and animation at the company i'm currently working at. We had t-shirts printed up (7 colours no less!) and I thought it would make a great vinyl character, so I began the steps to see this realized in a physical 3d form.
First, I built and rigged the character in Maya. I then sent an .obj file to 3d Art to Part and received a relatively inexpensive and nicely detailed - though rough - prototype.
The prototype model then went thru another stage of refinement, with a new mold made, a wax version cast and then smoothed out by the talented toy sculptor Peter Kelley. A revised mold was created from this cleaned up sculpt (individual pieces now segmented with pin and registered plugs and sockets) and three versions cast in polyurethane.
As evident in this 3d-render, the refined sculpt matches the CG geometry pretty closely.
After this great amount of progress, the project hit the back burner and has been sitting in limbo for the past year 1/2. I'm now in the process of resurrecting it. I'll be painting up two of the copies (keeping one clean for future mold-making) and seeing if we can't move on to the next stage of getting these roto-cast in vinyl.
First, I built and rigged the character in Maya. I then sent an .obj file to 3d Art to Part and received a relatively inexpensive and nicely detailed - though rough - prototype.
The prototype model then went thru another stage of refinement, with a new mold made, a wax version cast and then smoothed out by the talented toy sculptor Peter Kelley. A revised mold was created from this cleaned up sculpt (individual pieces now segmented with pin and registered plugs and sockets) and three versions cast in polyurethane.
As evident in this 3d-render, the refined sculpt matches the CG geometry pretty closely.
After this great amount of progress, the project hit the back burner and has been sitting in limbo for the past year 1/2. I'm now in the process of resurrecting it. I'll be painting up two of the copies (keeping one clean for future mold-making) and seeing if we can't move on to the next stage of getting these roto-cast in vinyl.
Get A Grip Show, January 25th, 6-9pm My Plastic Heart
Dropped off my Moneygrip entry on Saturday and picked up a bunch of nicely designed flyers to hand out! The show is on Friday, January 25th from 6-9pm at My Plastic Heart.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Heywire Guild & Gallery
I was made aware of this new portfolio site that I thought I'd give a try, Heywire Guild & Gallery.
I've posted more of my traditional and digital life drawings at this location, check it out:
http://www.heywiregallery.com/profile/sketchguy
I've posted more of my traditional and digital life drawings at this location, check it out:
http://www.heywiregallery.com/profile/sketchguy
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Pre-holiday Madness
It's been pretty busy since returning from Berlin over Thanksgiving break. I'm finishing up my entry for the My Plastic Heart 'MoneyGrip' show before heading out west (AZ and CA) this Friday for Xmas and New Years. Looking forward to the tour of Hearst Castle at San Simeon and then a few days in San Francisco before returning to the arctic weather conditions in NY.
Here's a quick sketch and final look for the spoon shaped characters i've been working on.
Here's a quick sketch and final look for the spoon shaped characters i've been working on.
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