Out of Maya Land

Hey ..thanks everbody for stopping by and for all the great feedback. I really appreciate it. I promised myself I would post every month, but I sure have been swamped the past couple months...so I just made it in ...at the end of July. Here are some designs I was working on...they are out of picture now...so I thought I would share them. (Hopefully they wont have me take them down!!)
It is great getting to draw again, and taking a break from Maya.

Who needs lunch...

Have you ever worked so long on a computer in Photoshop or Maya, that when you go home or get in your car you think of Ctrl Z or another hot key command that doesn't really apply to the real world you are currently in. These are a series of locations I had to produce that all had to hook up to each other for one show, so lunch was out the window for a little. I included some reverse angles because I spent a lot of effort being concerned about what we would see after the camera turned around. I wish I had a little more time to push a couple designs. I was really excited because at the end they gave me credit for Production Designer.

Solitary

Finally get to draw a little before modeling. I have always loved working with markers then moving into photoshop, its quick & easy, and you can get a lot done in a day. We changed the lighting direction in a Maya pass to accomadate a open ceiling, for blistering sun light. Next post I will dive into some color for this location.

SIM-R New Blog

My favorite Irish buddy of all time: the amazing and talented Simon Rodgers, better known as SIM-R has created a new blog over at http://www.sim-r.com/blog/. Stop by and check it out. Such great work. Its a mixture of a website and blog all placed together. Nice work Simon.

Before and After

This location is a older stylized victorian house that I made for work. What was cool is that it was going to be used twice in the story, once as new clean location, then later as a spooky rundown dilapidated dwelling!!

Freelance Designs

Here are some freelance designs I did for a great studio in Texas, called Reel Fx. (Really nice people!!!) These are some drawings I did to support a script for a 3D project. We had to stay very close to the script description, it was very realistic, and we could not variate or place our own spin on things. (SHUCKS!!!) I wish it was the other way around, designing environments in a development phase that 3D departments would use to build around. Anyway, due to the fast pace time schedule involved, and budget we had to move very fast and efficiently. Oh ya it's freelance... ( I wish I could have got my hands on some of the key locations, but I came in a little late in the process.) It still was a lot of fun and a good learning experience.

Pirate Sketches

Just having some fun on a friday night while the kids are sleeping. Not really going anywhere with these, just searching for some shapes and ideas.