Hypernautz

Mall Sketches

2007-04-24T22:08:00.000-07:00

Just some sketech I did at the mall today. Trying to get back in the groove of things.

Mr. Takamura

2007-04-16T14:49:00.000-07:00

The year is almost over. Thank god.. Here are some concepts of a character for my forced 4th year film. An idea am probably not going to continue with. His name is Mr. Takamura, a Japanese Telemarketer in my story with a split personality.

Dark Elven Fawn

2007-01-09T00:01:00.000-08:00

Colored Version of My Fawn Elf.

Character Concepts 2006

2007-01-03T23:35:00.000-08:00

These are some character concepts and creatures i've been working on independently during my time off from school.

Polyphemus

2006-12-02T22:13:00.000-08:00

This was a painting done in Photoshop, for a Character & Literature project, of Odysseus Fighting Polyphemus the Cyclops, In the "Odyssey of Homer". approx 4hrs.

Colored Sketch of Sagat

2006-11-25T22:30:00.000-08:00

Took me awhile to get some time to finish this one. So much school work....

Experimenting styles

2006-09-10T22:09:00.000-07:00

Just experimenting with different painting approaches.

3rd Strike

2006-09-04T11:31:00.000-07:00

The Grind

2006-08-10T07:00:00.000-07:00

Colored version comming soon! ( when I have time.) Too much work T_T

Edit* Finally Done. Took about 1hr 45ms

More sketches

2006-08-09T07:38:00.000-07:00

Just to pass the time.

Mr.Poppy

2006-08-04T19:45:00.000-07:00

This is a funny Character I at the end of the year, who scared his Eyes permanetly open when he was young. And hes stuck like that for the rest of his life.

Robota By Doug Chiang

2006-08-01T08:17:00.000-07:00

Just stumbled on this the other day. Though I would post it for those who dont know about it. Its a pretty Kool 3d feature DC studios is working on. Mova has also helped them on this project. You can also check out the trailers at this site

http://www.dchiang.com/

For some reason I cant upload them to you tube. Ill try again and edit it later.

Also Take a look at the Tutorials. There is a good Marker Rendering one on there, for those who had Peter Beleski for Layout last year, its a similar approach.

http://www.stohl.de/movies/robota_turntable.mov

http://www.dchiang.com/trailers/480_teaser3.html

2006-08-01T07:16:00.000-07:00

CGI Test

Studio Mova has been doing some crazy CGI stuff recently. http://www.mova.com

They have been using progams like

*SOFTIMAGE® | XSI® & Face Robot™
* Autodesk® Maya®, MotionBuilder® & 3ds Max®
* All Vicon® software
* Applications compatible with OBJ, C3D and Autodesk Point Cache 2 files

I believe 3d is going to revolutionize the industry in terms of 2D animation, 3D animation and 3D gaming. So its something not to neglect, and to look into if u want to broaden your skills for future or personal benefit in the industry.

For the first time, motion picture and video game makers will be able to use digital cameras to accurately capture and depict full-motion, photorealistic computer-generated characters and other imagery.

"The subtlety and detail of Contour is way beyond anything I've ever seen," says Stephen Regelous, founder of Massive Software and creator of the Academy Award(R)-winning crowd animation software used in feature films franchises such as "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and the recent blockbuster hit "Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." "Contour is the most advanced technology I know of for creating photorealistic human facial animation."

Due to the enormous costs involved, most attempts to create photorealistic CG humans have been limited to big-budget films with long production schedules. In some cases, literally tens of millions of dollars are spent trying to create photoreal CG humans.... Contour results in such a dramatic reduction in photoreal production costs, it opens the door to using photoreal CG characters in a wide range of motion picture, video games...

Contour is compatible with popular animation software and hardware systems, including SOFTIMAGE(R)/XSI(R), SOFTIMAGE(R)/Face Robot(TM), Autodesk(R) Maya(R), Autodesk MotionBuilder(R), Autodesk 3ds Max(R), all Vicon(R) software, and the VICON MX family of motion capture hardware. Contour data can also be exported as OBJ, C3D, or Autodesk Point Cache 2 files and synchronizes with SMPTE time-codes.

Contour is being demonstrated at SIGGRAPH 2006 in Boston. Mova will offer Contour Reality Capture Services to motion picture and video game makers in the 4th quarter of 2006 throughout the world.

Speed Painting

2006-06-26T22:58:00.000-07:00

Just a speed painting I did in about 1hr

Alright alright....

2006-06-04T15:02:00.000-07:00

Sigh.. after constant questioning of my incomplete outdated blog, Ive finally decided to come back to it once again. (*stares at Alan Cook...) Well im glad to be back. Many have asked me to start updating again, and im more than glad to. Its just been a stressful year, mostly personal matters. But the worst of it has calmed down. But here I am! And ill be looking forward to posting more often. Im currently working on a story that only some know about. It will be revealed soon enough ^__^

Blind Samurai

2006-06-04T10:26:00.000-07:00

One of my sketches I colored of a blind samurai I drew awhile back.

Shakedown concepts part 2

2006-06-04T10:15:00.000-07:00

Some more concepts on "The Shakedown"

The Shakedown

2006-06-04T10:07:00.000-07:00

My first Story board assignment called "The Shakedown" for 2nd year. A story based on munipulation and revenge. I was limited to using anthropomorphic characters and one human character for this assignement. It didnt turn out the way I expected, But maybe I'll go back and refine this one some more.

Stagecoach Character Concepts.

2006-06-04T09:50:00.000-07:00

This was an interesting assignemnt. Im not used to drawing this type of style, But it was fun to do. A couple of friends and I got together and shared our research and designs, and then compiled all our stuff together, and chose one style to draw in. So it was challenging and lots of fun.

Concept Painting Stagecoach layout

2006-06-04T09:42:00.000-07:00

The was a exterior digital painting I did for a western themed assignment. It was fun at first until my entire year got smoked with assignments. Unfortunely I lost one of my sequential paintings. for this assignment. (dont ask me how...*rolls eyes) But if i find it around, ill post it up as well.

Samurai

2006-06-04T09:37:00.000-07:00

Ive taken another approach to digital painting with the use of no lines. This was my first painting in Photoshop with absolutely no lines. It was a painfully fun learning experience.

Shakedown Exterior

2006-06-04T09:24:00.000-07:00

An Exterior painting for an animation storyboard assignment, for one of my story ideas called " The Shakedown"

Dark Elf Lineage 2

2006-06-04T09:16:00.000-07:00

I did this one for a contest at around christmas time, but the event was cancelled due to new management. But nonetheless, Lineage 2 is one of my favourite games.

Elven sword singer

2006-06-04T09:04:00.000-07:00

An Elven Sword singer from the game of Lineage 2. www.lineage2.com Painting without lines is hard!!! T_T

Random Sketches

2005-10-14T18:30:00.000-07:00

2005-10-14T17:40:00.000-07:00

The Shakedown Concepts

2005-10-14T17:25:00.000-07:00

Some Rough Ideas for a storyboard im doing for my Storyboard animation class. Titled " The Shakedown" Its about a Mob Hitman story and this is a concept of what one of the locations might look like.

Advent Children

2005-10-14T17:20:00.000-07:00

Just something I drew and colored for fun. Havent updated this page for awhile. Ill see if I can keep up to date.

MGS 2

2005-08-03T23:47:00.000-07:00

Just a Metal Gear Solid 2 pic I did for fun of Olga Gurlukovich.

Final Fantasy: Advent Children Sept 14th

2005-07-28T10:46:00.000-07:00

The release date has been finally announced by Square Enix. Who plan to release advent children on September 14th 2005 on UMD for the PSP (Playstation portable) and Dvd as well. They are currently going back to the Venice International Film festival for the 2nd time in August 31- to September 10th to show about 25mins of footage before the final debute.

Female Night Elven archer

2005-07-21T22:44:00.000-07:00

Heres a Pic I posted at Blizzard Entertainment as Fan art awhile back.

Karas (The Crow) in japanese

2005-07-21T22:25:00.000-07:00

If anyone hasnt seen this anime, be sure to check this one out. It came out June 13th 2005, First OVA. Its licened now by Managa entertainment, and they plan to have a 6 part OVA on 2 DVD discs. Not sure when its supposed to be out but the first episode is out so far. Im anxious to see whats in store for this incredible series. Here The website to get more information.

http://www.tatsunoko.co.jp/Karas/

The Beginning

2005-07-21T22:09:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone. Nice to Be part of the Blogz. Hope to see more Blogs while im here and I hope u enjoy mine. More stuff to come soon!