A couple of character designs for class

This guy is based off of a construction worker I used to see around the Wilk at ~1:00 AM. He was a pretty cool guy, super friendly, but he just had the scraggliest beard. 

And this guy's just all over here like "MATH, YEAHHHH~" Still not sure how I feel about the legs and their curviness, at first I was like 'it gives it energy AWESOME' but then I looked at it and well it kind of looks like he needs some Skele-Gro up in there.

I've been drawing a lot of ladies recently, so I figured I'd switch things up and draw some gentlemen for this assignment whoops hopefully it doesn't bother anyonnnneeeee

Here is some proof:

Didn't finish it because her torso torsion (HA HA) bugs me, and also she is basically Arlong in lady form. 

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I JUST NOTICED I just noticed that all of these are facing the same direction. Believe it or not I have been flipping these the whole time I've been drawing them, so really I can draw things at more than one angle wheeeeeeee

Oh wait here's some more (considerably less exciting) stuff for class

Crunchy Joe- Aftereffects Experimentation

Really the only thing I've ever used Aftereffects for is just importing and exporting PNG sequences as video files (see my 3D animations). But I know I've seen some really awesome things that people have made with it so I wanted to start learning more about it. So here, I've just been messing around with some really basic stuff- just some opacity, nothing exciting. I also learned a little bit about particle systems, that alpha matte at the end is bound to a null object animation. It was probably my favorite little trick I used in this clip.

I'll probably mess around with it some more, I wanna try some other things with it. It looks pretty boring right now!

Youtube link, in case Blogger is lying about uploading my video there: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIw6N_9GwQw

Drawing Editing- Before and After

The process by which I edit my traditional drawings digitally to compensate for quality lost through the camera (I don't have a scanner, so I photograph all of my traditional art).

Typically I try to work with the cleanest (sharpest) photograph I can, but the lens inevitably warps the colors and the perspective. So I have to correct that in Photoshop.

Before:

After: 

Nothing fancy. But I always like looking at before and after pictures.

Some stuff for a T-shirt contest

So I actually meant to submit the top one instead of the jellyfish-lookin Ghast to J!NX's Minecraft T-shirt contest... unfortunately I submitted the wrong file (I blame lack of sleep). Oh well, I still like the other one, this one just looks a little more Ghastly. And the bottom one is my favorite of the two designs I entered. Didn't make it through though (I suspect either too scary or too many colors).

Some things I've drawn in the last semester

Woo! This semester has been entirely crazy! Here's a couple things I've done:

A painting for a friend (Photoshop)

It's from their engagement photos. He has ridiculously huge earlobes, and not just in the painting.

Here's my final animation rig for Intro to 3D Animation (Autodesk Maya):

And a quick little animation done using only Blend Shapes (also Autodesk Maya):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEGwap0gsvU

The rest of the semester was programming, essays, and programming! Those aren't as exciting so I won't bother to post them, heheh.

Peacock

Just a quick watercolor/ink study. Gave it to a friend.

3D Final

This is my final project for Intermediate 3D Graphics. Still has a buncha work I wanna do on it. I think the sampling's turned wayyy too far up for the hair (though it works pretty nicely for the fur), and though I left the seams in on the bear on purpose, there is one that I didn't notice until I rendered it high res and it looks a little out of place.

Rendering it at this size took 3 hours and 10 minutes, by the way. Just for the computer to finish thinking.

But hey! It's Winter break now and I need to use that to get away from this project. Because of this project specifically I've gotten 4 hours of sleep so far this week, counting Sunday night. I'll rest well and then come back to it in a few weeks with fresh eyes. c:

Made in Autodesk Maya and Mudbox.