I recently created a video that will show you how to achieve a rendered look in Maya that is similar to the way that Google Sketchup creates an illustrated/toon render. In the video we will look at a 3 tone toon shader and also how to set up toon outlines.

Toxic Blue Print ZBrush/Maya Sessions

This video shows the concepting phase of the process. Everything is being painted in Photoshop digitally for speed and ease of use. When finished we will have a model sheet that can be used to build a 3D model from.

Dragon Head Color (Pencil And PS)

AlienHeads (Photoshop fun)

Drew these traditionally and then scanned them and then colored in Photoshop.


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Demon Vampire (Painter X)

I love Painter X!

Alchemy To Painter XPaintover (Robotbackpack)

More Alchemy Fun (4 up page)

Here is some more fun with Alchemy. Man this little program is fun!



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Abstract PS (Gnomon Brushes Test)

I recently watched a Gnomon DVD that covered how to create custom brushes and use them in Photoshop to create concept pieces for environments. This isn't the normal thing that I am interested in but it was a very cool video by David Levy (Click Here To Learn About The DVD)




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Digital Painting WIP

I had a real quick private lesson from one of the concept artist at work on how he digitally paints.

I wanted to try and apply some of the principals/techniques that he told me about.

Here are the results so far:

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A Few More Concepts

Here are some concepts of mine that I thought I would add.




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Some Old 2D Concept Pieces

Here are some of my older 2D concepts that I drew with pencil, scanned into PhotoShop and colored them digitally.


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Lobstor (Creature Concept)

Here is a concept that I drew a while back of an underwater aquatic creature. When I lived in San Diego I would go to the tide pools in La Jolla and I was fascinated with all the cool crabs that were crawling around. I drew quite a few creatures that were crab related. I think I drew this guy after a night at Red Lobster. :)

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Human Elder

Human Elders are warm, compassionate, nurturing and wise.

The Human Elders have gone through many evolutionary changes, most notable is their development of their brains. The Human Elders have developed a way to have a direct link between computational devices and their brains with out any physical connection to the hardware. (This was the key difference between the Human Elders and the Tech Lords.) This has given the Human Elders the ability access the computational powers of computers without being influenced by it’s (the computers) decision making processes.

The Human Elders have made a vow to bring back the human race and restore it to it’s former glory through a project dubbed Project Adam and Eve.

Tech Lord King

Here is a character that I created awhile back. He is a Tech Lord. Evil as they come. He was once fully man but in his lust for power, knowledge and his unwillingness to die has turned him into the monster that you see. His brain and the top half of his head is all that remains of flesh and bone, everything else has been replaced with metal, wires and circuitry. When he is fully machine his transformation will be complete and he will truly be an evil soul with the knowledge of good an evil but with the ability to live forever. He will be the reincarnation of Satan and will be known as the one called the antichrist.

Here is a close up shot of the Tech Lord King.

Hope you enjoy!

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Tortosaurs

Tortosaurs are a genetic mix between Human, Brontosaur, and Tortoise.
Tortosaurs are not the fastest moving creatures on the planet, in fact some would say that the are downright slow, but where the Tortosaur lacks in speed he well compensates for it in power. A Tortosaur is believed to posses the strength of over 100 men.
Tortosaurs live in the great plains with the wild WerkOx, but they do not hunt these great beast but rather use them as beast of burden.
Tortosaurs and domesticated WerkOx over the years have developed a special bond. A young teenage Tortosaur is bound to a calf WerkOx from birth.
Tortosaurs average life span is around 100 - 150 years. It is said that the eldest of the Tortosaurs, Eldor, has been alive for over 200 hundred years.
Tortosaurs are great keepers of nature, they single handily over see the health and maintenance of over 1,000 plants and animals in the Great Plains and Oak Wood forest.
Tortosaurs have also been graced with being the protectors of the TIME power core.
Tortosaurs are some the most gentle, compassionate, humble and loyal creatures you’ll ever have the pleasure of meeting.
The young Tortosaur by the name “Trunk” will eventually cross paths with A.D.A.M There is an instant connection between A.D.A.M. and “Trunk.”
Trunk vows to follow A.D.A.M. to the bitter end on his quest to restore the human race.

Here is a rendering of Trunk.
Here is a drawing of a Werkox.

Here is a drawing of a Tortosaur time ring.

Here are some drawings of what young Tortosaurs look like.

Tortosaurs live a lot like the Indians did on the great plains.

Here is a version of Trunk that I sculpted in Maya and ZBrush. Some day I will finnish all the fine detail work on this character

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My First Concept Art Work

Here are some concepts that I created working on my first game a little over 7 years ago. These were created for a small start up company, Greystone Technologies in San Diego. I had a lot of fun creating these characters. We were working on an arcade ride/game. The game was set in the future, you were racing a hover craft. When you played the game you sat on something that looked like a wave runner, you would then put your face into a type of 3D VR goggles. It was a very cool concept but unfortunately the game never got off the ground.
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Fallen Beast 01 Speed Paint

Here is a speed painting that I did over the weekend.

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