A lot of work going on

Right now I'm working on two major things, my IMGD 4500 project (a game) and an ISP. 

For 4500 we're just supposed to be working on the character right now, here's a WIP shot. My partner built the base mesh. This is a ninja without his face mask (forgot to turn it back on before I took a screencap). 

I'm also modeling/texturing/lighting a scene from a piece of Diablo III concept art and bringing it into Unreal. Even with such a relatively simple model, I've met so many challenges along the way. I'm currently trying to cobble together a roof, the back room, and  an "entrance" (what the player will see when they turn around).

Original concept: 

    

My very rough WIP model:

Just some simple models

Huuuuge update

I've been incredibly busy; I'm graduating after 15 more weeks of school! Anyway, here's just a general update...

Virtual Joust.. I completely re-modeled the arena to be more historically accurate, UV mapped it, and I've just started going in with textures. I also updated the horse, and I'm currently working on some armor/trappings for him.

Arena Texture Pass 1 (ignore the temp. ground)

Base Horse, will be refined after armor is built.

I've also been building a whole level in Unity for another class which I'll post next week. I'm not too happy with how it's turning out, but I'm learning a lot. 

Now for a deluge of figure/gesture drawing...

My pledge

Today I made a pledge to stop drawing things like this:

 Going to start drawing people with expressions on their faces, and maybe even bodies (gasp).

Some models

I've been hard at work creating a Virtual Joust exhibit for the Higgins Armory (basically the coolest place ever). I'm really fascinated by the history of jousting, how it's evolved, and well.. everything about it. This is such an awesome job.  Here's some WIP shots of the jousting arena: 

Happy Halloween

I have been busy beyond belief. Did a quick sketch tonight to relax, based off a funny picture of a friend of a friend, who looked both appalled/in awe. I didn't do a great job capturing the expression or her likeness, but it was nice to paint for a bit. It's good to look at something like this, because a year ago, I wouldn't have even imagined I could be at this level. Of course, I still have a *long* ways to go, but... it's always nice to see progress.

Forever

It's been forever since I updated!! I still don't really have anything to show. I've barely even had time to sketch in my book, let alone do any finished pieces. I have a sinking feeling that the entire year will be like this, but I'm going to try to reorganize things and set time aside for drawing every day.

We'll see how that goes..