Thursday, February 20, 2014

Mudbox: Episode 1

Meet Jimmy Divelle!


My first creation in Mudbox.

Jimmy was originally supposed to be a carefully crafted recreation of an old fashioned arcade machine. When the initial effort turned into what at first appeared to be a hopeless, rectangular mess, a friend came to my aid-- "I think he wants to be something else." they told me. I took their words to heart, and made a face and horns...but something was missing-- he needed a hat! "It's gotta be a fez..." I thought. Once again, the initial effort failed, so then I tried for a top hat. The general shape came out, a little spiky, but I think the vagabond devil would be proud. I then thought "why not throw in just a little more irony?"-- I threw him in an arctic wasteland to make him nice and comfy.

Now here he his at different angles!







Now here he is saying goodbye...

...I didn't animate it so you'll have to imagine it.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

De Architectura (3)

Final Result




Decided to go with a bit more of a basic design. You might notice some of these might look more vibrant than others-- it's just your imagination...and different specs in photoshop.

After a second rendering with an alpha channel, here's the composite: