New Life Drawings

Some new stuff. I'm pretty happy with the progress that I've made in the last few years. Hopefully I'll have even better stuff to post in the future!

Brand New Demo Reel

Yet again, here is a new demo reel.

I may get the hang of this yet!


I Hope you like it, Let me know what you think!

Robot Compositing, With breakdowns!

Here is what I have been working on at school lately.

This is the robot model I built and textured, comp'd into a photo of the schools cafeteria.

We had a lighting class in which we shot HDR light probes.
I also shot a few stills for background plates that day, and this is the result of a days or so work.

Pretty happy with how it turned out. I added a breakdown sequence this week and I'll probably put this on my upcoming Demo reel.

Environment for next semester !

One of my big projects for quarter 6 is doing an environment model.

So, over the break I'm scouting locations for my model.

I haven't decided which location I'm going to make, but here are a few ideas that I'm kicking around.

The showcase in front of the Nova Scotia Art Gallery

The Dominion Public Building on Bedford Row

The Alexander Keiths Brewery Market

The Nova Scotia Divinity College

The Halifax Armory on Agricola St.

The Halifax Commons Fountain

The Halifax Commons Skate Park

Quinpool Education Centre

Quinpool Video Difference

Quinpool Tower Apartments Green Space

Most of these are Halifax landmarks, the green space is actually a park that is located on top of an apartment building!

I like all the locations but I think my favorites are the Skate Park, the Greenspace, the Brewery Market, and Video Difference.

The skate park is nice, due to its large size, but its relatively low detail, most of the interest comes from the texturing of that environment, however I'm not super into skating, and I think one of my classmates may be interested in it as well.

I like the Green space, because it is a neat area that many people, haven't seen.
But it has a lot of trees and plants, which I feel may give me some trouble when modeling. Also, I think having a recognizable location on my demo reel would be a good thing.

I love movies and Video Difference is my favorite video store. There is a great deal of detail on the storefront, which could make an impressive model, and I love their neon sign.

I still haven't decided, and will keep looking for new locations around Halifax this week. I am trying to stay away from modeling my apartment, as that has been very popular at school in the past.

New Demo Reel Q5

Its that time of year again!

I feel good about this one, I got almost everything I wanted to show, in my reel this time.

I feel like every semester is getting better and better, and ya cant ask for more than that!

Enjoy and leave comments!

Soldier Concept Painted!

It has been very busy in my world in the last two weeks. It is the end of my fifth quarter at the Centre for Arts and Technology. As with every semester I am in the middle of preparing a new demo reel! It is a very stressful time of year, but also very rewarding, as I am forced to complete projects I have been working on over the past few months.

Here is one of the many things I have finished up in the past two weeks!
A painted version of my Soldier Concept!

I should Have my new demo reel up soon!

John

Yet Another Character Design!

I Did one final character design for my instructor Simon West's character design class.

I took a doodle I did a few months ago and fleshed it out somewhat more.

I am pretty happy with how it came out, I had fun doing a cartoon character for a change.

If I can find the time, I will make him in 3D. Or sculpt him at least.

Stay tuned!

And check out Simon West!