April's Art Blog: 2010

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Playin' with Shadin'

Harhar.... what a terrib..LY awesome title, huh?

So, an artistic mentor and coworker of mine, Chidi M. (check out his stuff http://www.chidomo.com/index_BK.htm) let me know about a great, realtime shader for 3ds max. He suggested I give it a try and pointed out that my airship could be further beautified. I've taken his suggestion and have spent a bit of yesterday and today getting to know the shader (check the shader out http://www.laurenscorijn.com/viewportshader). While at it I created a spec, norm and glow map. Here's the latest!

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Latest Artage

Just a few quick sketches I've done lately. I've discovered the handiness of silhouette concepting and enjoy it. Also! Concepting for an upcoming 3D scene... the super girly French Boudoir. I'm excited.

Monday, September 6, 2010

The Airship

Well, I decided I needed to finish the thing and move on to new adventures. Check out my portfolio for the skinny (www.april-s-art.com), but here's a render for kicks. Made a quickish world in UDK to get a screencap. =)

Friday, September 3, 2010

Textures Arrr...Rrr..rRrrr...

Haven't worked on the airship as much as I'd like to. The excuse? I've been busy! Helping friends move and getting over the sniffles. Btw, Band of Brothers + nyquil is a pretty awesome cold remedy. ;) However, I did get some done today. Working on weathering and detailing.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Sails

Worked a little on texture refinement on the sails. Sleepy now, more later.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Play-Doh

Started blocking in some texture on the airship. Nothing super exciting yet, but it's nice to get a more concrete idea laid out.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

And Finalllyyy.... In With the Newest!!

Yay, finally done posting all that old, middling and newish artwork! Woot. Now I can move on with my blog-age and get to some 100% current stuff.

In this case, my Airship!

I decided, very recently, I want to build an airship. I want it to have the look and feel of an older wood sailing ship, with the newer fantastical feel of being... an airship. =P After staring at reference, drawing up about a dozen concept sketches, I've spent a little time on modeling it out. I'm aiming to keep it fairly low poly (2-3k) with most of the detail being in the diff texture. Here's a quick screengrab of the model to-date.

AirShip - Progress Shot 001

In With the New... Daily Sketches, Doodles and Concepts!

I've been trying to upgrade my digital painting skills as I work on upgrading my 3D skills. The reason? Mostly for fun. Also, it helps my texture painting skills and gives me some new ideas for projects. The following is a pile of "that stuff". :)


Speedpaint - Photoshop CS3


Speedpaint - Photoshop CS3

Speedpaint - Photoshop CS3

Daily Sketch - "Anime" - Photoshop CS3

Daily Sketch - "Brit for Pres" - Photoshop CS3

Daily Sketch - "Date Night" - Photoshop CS3

"Dryad" - WIP - Photoshop CS3

Eye Paint - Photoshop CS3

Lip Paint - Photoshop CS3


Marisa 001 - Concept Sketch - Graphite and Photoshop CS3


Marisa 002 - Concept Sketch - Graphite and Photoshop CS3

3D Space Concepts - Hotel Fox Inspired

Daily Sketch - "Wrong Map?" - Photoshop CS3

Out With the Old... Summary!!

So, to draw the dump of old stuff to a close... . All the stuff in the "Out With the Old" section is art that I feel is outdated and/or no longer fitting my online portfolio. Lots of student work in there. Old life drawings, old hand renders, old concepts, old WIPs that never quite got finished (but still might!!), old 3D renders ... old Old OLD!!

Now... onto the new random stuff that doesn't quite have a reason to be on my portfolio, but is a better representation of what I'm up to now-a-days. =)