Christmas Card 2012

My christmas card for the season, painted in photoshop.

Amelia Earhart's Electra

Other model I am working on for my new demo is Amelia Earhart's plane the Electra. Here is blockin from Maya and a reference.

Perusing my sketchbook after my vacation

I was in Kelowna last weekend for a family reunion. Took the time to do some 3D work and draw in my sketch book. This first image I drew of the lake when a sail boat came by:

Somewhat rusty for some reason. But it felt good to flex the pencil muscle. Also flipping through my sketch book I came across some old pieces.

As for the 3D work I did on vacation, I've been working on this character. Kind of like an Indiana Jones but a girl. My friend Jill actually, so I call her Indiana Jill. I started playing around with Maya hair to get her curls. Having some success, at least at a starting point. (Yes I know the hair is crashing through the hat, one problem at a time :))

The Reference

Photoshop fun

Yesterday I was having a little fun while hallucinating from cold medication. Attempting to create a logo for this company. They wanted something to convey luxury and prestige. Images like Aztec feathers and coins were examples they gave. So I found a fantastic image of a woman wearing Aztec feathers and I played around with some filters in photoshop to get it imprinted on a coin. The final result being in the bottom right of the following image. The coin image on the top right I used to attach the figure image to and for the rim impressions.

The final logo I created was something like this

Wish me luck in the contest!

Bluenose Blockin

Had a huge week this week with the new job and other life matters. Forgot to put my blockin up on my blog. So here it is so far. I'm working on doing a blockin of the boat interior too, which will come later.

More to come!

Next big project: The Bluenose

As I've said in previous posts, I've been working on new models for a new modeling demo. Already done the pontiac parisienne. But now my big challenge has been chosen. I wanted to do some sort of navel vessel like a sailing ship or vessel. Then I thought why not go for the long mile and do a challenging object and a Canadian historical vessel. The Bluenose. Just spent the last hour or so searching for reference images and found some great high res images. I should be able to get a block in started and maybe finished this week. I am quite excited to start this project!

1958 Pontiac Parisienne

My friend Mai, from art school, and I have decided to do a little competition to motivate each other to build new models for our portfolios. Over the last two weeks we worked on building a car. If you don't finish you have to buy the other person coffee. Here's my car thus far. Still got some work to do, but most of the detail is there.

New Demo Concept: Digital Print in Progress

I have been busy brainstorming and conceptualizing my new demo. I have finally settled on a visual effects reel. The setting is in the himalayas with a tibetan temple. The opening scene is a semi-frozen lake with a water fall, and the temple is on a mountain behind. Blowing snow and wind gusts will be done with particles. Then we will cut to the temple shot and head inside. The camera will follow the perspective of a character walking down the hallway to a statue at the end. Only to find a ticking time-bomb about to explode. So the camera turns and runs out and flys down to the lake below. After which the temple explodes and debris goes across the whole mountainous valley and lake from the first scene. Here is a digital print of the opening scene, in progress. Just a quick sketch and some color paletes with a bit of shading.

Getting Ready for an Art Show

Today my school is putting on another art show and I'll be there showing my demo. Made a few changes and I also put together another little presentation of some of my other works from school. Also included some rigging and wireframe details from my demo.

Sample of other works from school from Russ Dedul on Vimeo.

Demo with new Cameras

Over the last few weeks I've been tweaking the cameras for my demo. One final cut before I start my new project(s). Here it is:

Final Cut of Demo with New Cameras from Russ Dedul on Vimeo.