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This 3D head model was created from photos supplied by legendary monster man Rick Baker of an alien head, hand sculpted and formed in latex, for the feature Men In Black. Texture maps were taken directly from the mask itself. It was made entirely in LightWave 3D 9 running Boxx Systems.
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I really liked the idea of a tiny invasion force, twisting and
turning their way through our cities, coordinating a pint sized assault. A friend supplied the image he had taken on a trip to Chicago and I knew this would make a great backdrop for my saucers. All of the modeling and compositing was done in LW with a bit of PS CS2 for touchup work.

This image is appearing on the newsstands in the latest issue of HDRI 3D.]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:56:11 +0000 http://ytse.cgsociety.org/gallery/442012

This image represents the 3 stages of production for our DAVE School Block 1 final project. I modeled the head and mask, colored and textured the figure, constructed the base, lit, rigged and posed it. Special thanks to my teammates for their tremendous work on this awesome looking finished product. ]]> Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:39:45 +0000 http://ytse.cgsociety.org/gallery/436255

This image was created for inclusion on CGsphere.com, adhering to their rules (using their provided geometry and item placement for composition purposes). The task was to create a unique and visually interesting design based only on the spherical concept.

Living in Orlando, Florida, this immediately came to mind. Total production time from concept to creation was just under 4 hours.]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:38:20 +0000 http://ytse.cgsociety.org/gallery/436271

This model was given to me by William "Proton" Vaughan to texture. The concept was a mongrel dog-warrior who had seen his fair share of the battlefield.

The texture maps for each piece of his armor was hand painted in photoshop and positioned on his body. William wanted to really give the viewer the sense that the spikes were rusting and he had dried blood and dirt encrusted throughout. ]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:13:59 +0000 http://ytse.cgsociety.org/gallery/436273

This is the bottom half of the Warchild character, designed and modeled by William "Proton" Vaughan. Great care was taken to giving this character a lived-in look. Matted hair, rusting armor, and blood stained war flags adorn him.]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:17:45 +0000 http://ytse.cgsociety.org/gallery/442013

Another shot of the Anubis character designed by artist Jason Pichon and modeled by me, in his Captain Jack Sparrow costume before surface layers were applied.]]> Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:48:35 +0000 http://ytse.cgsociety.org/gallery/437772

A full body shot of the completed character in costume. This image can be seen at www.daveschool.com in the student gallery as well as in issue #4 of the DAVE School newsletter.]]> Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:54:01 +0000 http://ytse.cgsociety.org/gallery/436278

This character was created from a 2D figure design drawn by artist Jason Pichon. The costume was added for flavor, where I was taking a cartoonish look at the rather cartoonish performance of Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Carribbean films.

My goal was to add as much distinguishing detail as possible while retaining the simplicity of form and shape.]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:35:11 +0000 http://ytse.cgsociety.org/gallery/436281

A close up of the detail on the characters clothing and accessories. Achieving simplicity of form while displaying a level of exaggerated cartoonish detail was the goal here. ]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:38:55 +0000 http://ytse.cgsociety.org/gallery/436265

As a kid, triceratops was always my favorite. This Trike was created in LightWave 3D 9. Every bone of this little wooden dino was hand traced in Modeler and surfaced with realistic wooden textures. Each bone was then micro-beveled for additional realism and assembled in the 3D workspace.

The composite was done in Layout, where the lighting was matched to the existing photographic plate.]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:05:24 +0000 http://ytse.cgsociety.org/gallery/442016

Some collected views of a recent human head model. No specific reference was used as this was only an exercise. But from the start he took on a decidedly upset look about him and left me feeling that my model wanted to somehow hurt me ]]> Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:04:25 +0000 http://ytse.cgsociety.org/gallery/436301

Recently completed work based on client specs. The creature was designed by me for Wolfhound Studios in Longwood, Fl. It was modeled by artist Ian Mackey and returned to me for full texturing. It will be appearing in national print advertising.]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:48:53 +0000 http://ytse.cgsociety.org/gallery/436257

This image was created for a joint project with the DAVE School and Paradigm Productions in Memphis, Tn. Our task was to design an attractive layout based only on the 2D CAD floorplan. The walls were then extruded up and the space was formed in 3D. Through extensive R&D, working closely with the client, furniture and design styles were chosen and constructed. ]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:50:57 +0000 http://ytse.cgsociety.org/gallery/436276

This is an alternately surfaced shot from the DAVE School production of Teddy Scares. The junkyard scene (conceived and modeled by Block 4 students) was supplied. This was a team effort and I was responsible for the texturing of many of the background elements such as the tv's, Freddy Krueger glove, stained mattresses, and the design and execution of the chalkboard. I also handled the lighting for this shot.]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:27:29 +0000