The rig is coming along nicely! Here’s a pose I put her in to test the weights. There’s a bit left to do on her, but I think I’ll be wrapping her up within a day or two. She’s definitely the best character model I’ve ever made, and I think I’ll do even better on […]
Monthly Archives: July 2008
My American Girl games
My babies! Well, no, not really, but I put a ton of heart and soul into these games. I grew up reading American Girl books and just about fell out of my chair when I was asked by my company to design a game for one of the characters. On Julie, I was lead designer, […]
Portfolio Pages
No huge revelation for today – I spent this evening on portfolio page layouts. The book has about 12 pages in it right now, probably fewer once I cull some of the weaker pieces. I also started the rig for Cuda, which I’ll hopefully have completed in a day or so. Also, I found out […]
Cuda Zuri WIP 04
I had little over an hour to work on this today after spending most of the day helping my fiance’s brother move and then cooking a week’s worth of dinners! I tried to make the most of it and fixed up some seams, finished the braids, cleaned up the “hair wads”, and added a bunch […]
Cuda Zuri WIP 03
I put in several more hours today! Here’s what I added: lots of texture tightening-up, bump maps for both skin and armor unwraps, swords, and the design to the midsection of her armor. I also finally gave her eyelids. Don’t know how I missed that the first time through, but she has them now! All […]
Cuda Zuri WIP 02
It’s time yet again for the daily WIP! I got home late today so I only had about 2 hours to put into the model today. I spent most of it on the boots, which are still a bit of a wobbly unwrappy mess. I also added details all over and added some more textures. […]
Cuda Zuri WIP 01
Hullo! Another evening, another few hours of practice! Here’s Cuda Zuri, a warrior elf girl from somewhere far, far away. I’ve spent quite a bit of time on her already, having built her from a similar model I made last year that I decided to spruce up (a lot). The modeling is done, but there’s […]
Indiana Jones
My first completely new art since moving! Moving in with my fiance occupied at least the last five or so weeks of my life, so it’s a huge relief to finally be arting regularly again! Here we have Indiana Jones, a macho, rugged man, because my portfolio lacks macho, rugged men. I made him in […]
Firiona Vie
I think I originally painted this in February, and I spent last night touching it up. Her face had always bugged me in the old version, and somewhere in the last 6 months I must have gained whatever knowledge I needed to possess in order to fix it, because I am much happier with it […]
Out with the old
The first thing I’m doing to prep my work for my impending job search is to remove anything that isn’t my very best from my site. This is always a tough task – it’s like picking who’s going to be on your team in gym class, knowing very well that you’re about to upset someone […]