Creatures

Some of what I am working on right now. More to come. Lots more to come.

More Herod's Tample

It feels good to be back in Maya

I haven't been working in Maya for the last few months. Other work has kept me busy. But I finally had a project I needed to get working on so here is the first part. Paul Gerla, Kieth Beavers, and I are doing a model of Herod's temple for a New Testament class. Paul did the modeling and Kieth and I are doing uv's and maps. Here is one small part of the overall work. We are deploying the project in Unity so that we can get familiar with it. These textures are composite photos and some paint overs. 

From the book to you

I hate finals, I am way to busy to be doing some nominal thing like finals. so I take a break to bring you a little segment I call "from the book to you." Drawings from my sketchbook right to my blog. they get no pass through photoshop, nada, just scan and post.

doodles

some stuff

I did a bunch of these for a client in GA. I had to bust these out fast, but it was a fun project. Took me about 3ish or 4 days of solid all day work to get these done. 

Goldenlocks

I have spent the last forever working on this kids book. Goldenlocks and the 3 Bears, Here are the first two images. I will post the rest when I feel like it. 

A French Turtle...

need I say more.

Voldemort

I recently finished all of the Harry Potter books. Yes, I audio booked them, but its the best way to be productive and live inside the covers of a book at the same time. Originally, I was one of those guys who carried a mild loathing for the whole Harry Potter nonsense. Yes, you might be thinking that I generally saw the whole thing like the Dursley's saw wizardry, but that's not the whole case. Fandom that borderlines on obsession is never healthy. I know... I used to be the biggest Anime Otaku of all time. However, it was not this that made me resist (those far too enthused fans were just a turn off, not a full show stopper). It was more to the fact that I had been reading books like 'Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan and the 'Shannarah Series' by Terry Brooks. These books are much more high fantasy and pull me in much more than hearing about Harry Potter and his f-ed up under-the-stairs living situation (I would have raised hell if I were him).
Then, with the mixture of my new wife's subtle encouragements, joined with our going to Harry Potter World in Orlando this last summer, helped me decide that it was finally time to see what all the fuss was about. I must say that it was a rather fun read/ listen, and even though it probably won't go down as one of my favorite book series in the world, it will remain high on the list.

I started drawing people from the series. So first off.... here is Lord Voldemort. Maybe I will color it at some point. Not sure.

some more little musicians and a prize for the right guesses!

AND WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!

Mandi Perkins facebook messaged me due to some blogging issues, but since its the first and only right answers received I am giving it to her. So congratulations Mandi! 

For anyone else wondering, here is the order

from left to right, schubert, rossini, berlioz, wagner, tchaikovsky, debussy

Thanks for playing and stay tuned, as I will do more giveaways in the future! :)

Some Musicians I did for work. Can anyone guess who these guys are? If anyone can get them all right then I will make one for you. Yup, a drawing of you or whoever you want. Post guesses below or e mail them to me at the e mail located over here: ------------------------------------------------------------------>>>>

(If you work with me then you can't do this though or you will just look at the names psssssshhhhhhhtttt!) :p

Update:

Since people had a hard time figuring these out I am adding a list here of various names to chose from. First one to POST those names in the right order going left to right on the images wins.

Names:

Vivaldi

Beethoven

Haydn

Handel

Rossini

Wagner

Mozart

Debussy

Tchaikovsky

Schubert

Berlioz

Bach