Basic kitchen rough

This is some more practice doing backgrounds.

Trina and Rosemary

Trina was brought to the lake she was assigned to protect around 3 years of age by Gaia. Since she was so young, Gaia appointed Rosemary to be her guardian. Rosemary, aka Rose, is an aging wolf retired from being alpha of her pack. Several months ago, Rose passed the torch of alpha to a strong, worthy young male to lead what used to be her pack. Since Rose lives mostly alone now, Gaia thought that Rose and Trina could greatly benefit from being together. Despite her old age, Rose is still a top notch predator and can be an effective guardian. 

Space angel......or fairy?

Half the time, new characters and ideas come to me w/o me really knowing what they are. Then I must put them to paper and maybe my mind will fill in the blanks later.

Another forest upshot

A bit ago, I made a sketch and a grayscale render of an upshot in the forest. This is my second attempt at doing an upshot. 

More randomness

As I explore this character, it only gets darker but it's healthy for me as an artist to be able to walk in any genre I choose.

Random idea

I had a dream sometime ago that I saw this dark figure that looked, or rather felt, like me. In the dream, she lacked any detail save for a pitch black body and eerie glowing green eyes. The dream was months ago but it made an impression on me.

Project "World" scene 4 - complete!

Frolic in the forest

"Project Lake" is a project that got put on the backburner last year. The first part of this story details the friendship between a little Conner and Trina, the water nymph of the lake near his family's summer cottage.

Forest storm (rough and grayscale render)

Inspired by the storm scene from Disney's Bambi; I thought I would attempt a 3 point upshot of a thunderstorm over a forest.

Shooting star (rough)

A few kids on a hill overlooking their city watching the night sky. What will they wish for on the shooting star?

Let's fly a kite (rough)

It's summertime here in the USA; go fly a kite!

Moose lunch

Let's face it; moose are funny looking animals and very cute as well. I was watching a family member drink a beer that had a moose on it and that's where the inspiration for this guy came from.

Female posing practice

Practice, practice, practice!

Shape studies - birdhouses

Shape studies are a great way to warm up and loosen up the creative mind/spirit. Sometimes the ol' brain needs a small push before it can produce on the current job or assignment. Shape studies can be done with anything one desires. Focusing on the silhouette of the shapes involved really helps prepare my mind. This time, the topic is birdhouses.

Adventures in 3D CG - 2 - oranges!

Both of these are oranges made in Maya. Both are similar in color and have a blinn shader with a fractal surface shader. The only difference between the two is the left orange has a bump map connected to its blinn shader. The orange on the right, which looks like a ball of orange astroturf, has a displacement map connected to its blinn. As one can see, we get very different results. The left side looks more like a traditional orange but the dimples on the skin are an illusion created by the bump map and the fractal node. The left orange is technically a perfectly smooth sphere. The displacement map used on the right orange actually changes the geometry of the sphere and light/shadow will change depending on the where the light source is. Big differences result from using different render nodes.