Obo Animated

Way back at the end of January '07 I painted a robot I called 'Curio', then after nine months, I birthed the 3D version and renamed it 'Obo'. After ten more months I passed it to Alex Savin to play with, as he was taking a Maya course. This is the result:


Sweet job Alex!

Angler

When it's mature, the male angler's digestive system degenerates, making him incapable of feeding independently. His sensitive olfactory organs help him sniff out a female anglerfish. When he finds one, he bites into her skin, and releases an enzyme that digests the skin of his mouth and her body, fusing the pair down to the blood-vessel level. He then atrophies into nothing more than a pair of gonads, which releases sperm in response to hormones indicating egg release. This extreme sexual dimorphism ensures that, when the female is ready to spawn, she has a mate immediately available.
[She knows who her baby's Daddy is.]

sketchy sketches

Stuff I dug up from back before my
sketchbook and I broke up...sniff

Weirdos

Piranha

Bonejangles

El Día de los Muertos skeletons based on Bonejangles
from 'Corpse Bride'.

My niece's contribution

Once again, I'm gonna step aside from posting my fodder and pridefully promote my Sister's daughters talent:

Hallelujah

VFX/Comp Reel

A compilation of some of the more interesting
Vfx/Comp scenes I've done .
Unfortunately, some of the details are lost in
translation:

• Good(resolution)

• Fast(streaming)

• Big(size)

You only get two.

just doodlin'

Got Band-Aides?

A little live action compositing and FX for a change.
This is Jeff slicing Gary in two, applying the "300",
sack o' blood style effect.

Curio [3D]

I was challenge by Jeff to model something in Maya and so decided to do the "Curio" robot (a few posts below).
I'll post more as I progress.

Mythical Beast

This pic was designed by Gary Ferguson for his
band Mythical Beast.
All I did was paint it for them.
It'll be the cover art for their new CD.

Achelous

Good ol' traditional

I miss Traditional Animation So much!

My little sister's contribution

I'm gonna step aside from my personal posts
and pridefully promote my little sisters talent:
sharon in the house: Our Umbrella

Curio

Wrong end

Nabataean

I really like my new tablet PC. If you're considering
buying one, there's something you should know: There are
a few models that don't use the 'Penable' technology (which
is used to drive the Wacom Cintiq). Without it, there is less
pen sensitivity and none when using Photoshop. Of course this
point only applies if you want the tablet for artistic purposes.
Go here to find the models (refer to the *note).

Centurian

Fog of War

Picked up a Tablet PC and have been doin'
some doodlin' during my renders. Kind of makes
me feel like I'm cheating on my sketchbook.

I haven't posted in a while so
I thought I'd pull something
from the back of the sketchbook.

BG for a comic book called:
'HunterGirl"

Monster Patrol

A design I dug up out of the archives.