Steampunk; Myths and Legends

Okay just entered another challenge (my entry work in progress) today called Steampunk; Myths and Legends I hope to do something amazing having never done that before its a strecth but hey why not I've got nothing to lose! But everything to gain so check out the challenge on CGTALK.COM and take a look at all the great artist there it's very inspiring!

I think I'll be doing my previz in 2d format before I jump into this as the last challenge went sour due to my overlooking the fine details. I will be using Maya predominately and I'm sure most of my render time will be consumed with Mental Ray so we'll see. Please check back often thanks!

11.14.2008

Here's an update of what I will be attempting to do for my entry in the challenge follow the link above for more updates.

Willy Wonka and the Steampunk Factory



11.15.2008

The Origin of Hendrick Van Der Decken
will now be my theme as he is and or was the captain of the Flying Dutchman here is a visual.

11.16.2008

Hendrick Van Der Decken Concept drawing

11.20.2008

Playing around with getting this mechanical ocean thing together.




11.25.2008

Just an update of Van DerDecken ..... Still chipping away!

12.15.2008

A little update, still fleshing out the vessel but getting there. Hoping to get some texturing and lighting out of the way this week but I don't know

1.05.2009

Nearing the end of this project s time runs thin I've decided to leave the captain for another day a focus on what really matters so still got lots of work to do but getting closer none the less!

1.12.2009

In this image I wanted to depict a moment in time where the cursed ghost ship could be seen charging through the ocean. I wanted to give the ship life through a steampunk eye and make it seem as though the ship and the ocean were in battle.This is my take on the Flying Dutchman and the metallic ocean in which it is cursed to sail forever.

Project Progess : final

Here is a more complete and at this point finished "but we'll see" image of Project Progress. The idea is that times are changing and things must evolve although I tried to show this through low grade technology like the gears and train.
All modeling and texture were done in Maya utilizing Mental Ray for rendering. Post work like saturation correction were done in Photoshop of course.

Project Progress : Work underway

Got a new personal project here amongst many of course, and I wanted to show some of the steps I'm taking to get to my end result whatever that may be. All work is done in Maya which includes (modeling texturing and lighting) with some work in photoshop to create those textures. I'll be utilizing its popular Mental Ray to render everything.

Here I am coming up with some photo real textures to get the scene moving in the right direction, should be fun.


And here is an image of the scene in gray scale hope you like it!

SoCal Snakes Illustrations

Some new work done for a snake company called SoCal Snakes with some of the most phenomenal and rarest pythons and boas I have ever seen Here is the link to their web site http://www.socalsnakes.com check it out.

Here is the process I used to paint these images digitally adopted from an artist I admire James Jean. It may also be used by many other artist, I find it helps get the job done with ease.

Fletcher

I figured I would show these concept sketches that I'm putting together for a group called ThinkDamnIt Inc.
Its a all about the zombies man, I rarely get to work on stuff that coo so doing the gory details should be fun. All images are produced digitally and when I'm done I'll post more of it.

My Site

Well I'd like to get things started by inviting all who will see this to my site that I've had for a while and due to the current state of events I am more motivated to update and continue working.

http://www.asephone.com
Check it out and leave comments here if you wish. Advise and constructive critiques are always welcomed!