Merry Owlmas!

Since I'm without a printer and with a hdmi port-broken laptop...Here's my tablet-drawn quickie digital xmas card. Relearning to use a tablet after the glory of a cintiq feels really foreign! This isn't as nice as last year's card but I hope it makes up for it with cuteness.

   

Unicorn Cat Concepts

Some ideas for a funny little guy I call Unicorn Cat or "UC" for short. UC is the result of a unicorn dad and a princess' fluffy pet cat as a mum. Last of the litter UC got saddled with a horn and heart butt-mark while his siblings got all the cuteness and glitter magic. UC works at a quest-giving office dealing out jobs and managing a handful of dysfunctional heros/villians. He's usually high-stress oriented and no-nonsense which clashes with his fantasy world setting.

Copic Caricature

A bit lopsided due to my son being on my lap and watching me draw lol.

Coned: Thesis Film

Ugh, finally done! There's one scene I still need to paint issues out of but nevertheless here it is folks!

 

Computer Animation T-Shirt Design

 This is my recent submission for the 3D animation t-shirt design for our Sheridan 2013 summer class. I wanted a very sketchy look with some "hidden" maya/mudbox themes.



Texturing and Lighting Update

 

I just completed my layout rendering assignment with some additional lighting :3

 



 

 

Coned Room Texturing

Here's the latest Coned update...Seizure textures! I went a little nuts on the brushstrokes but I'm trying to get a very painterly look. Catformity used watercolour textures and so Coned will get a faux oil paint look.

I'm just using a low-res VRay rec light for now so my apologies for the bland appearance. >_<;

Shaving the Cat

 Our systems prof. Kris did a tutorial on how to use Shave today and I'm really liking it compared to my Vray fur attempts. The only thing is it doesn't mimic my uvmap outright like vray fur does...So if I do use it I gotta figure out how to do my circular eyebrows.

 

*Used the base hair, cut and brushed it out

 

*This Santa cat is the result of trying to get a neck poof like my roomie Kyle's cat.

*A ramp shader did the tail perfectly :3

"Coned" Kitchen Layout Start

Here's the starting of my kitchen layout for my 3D film "Coned". It's based off of my mum's kitchen back home. Vray didn't want to smooth things so the fridge is bleh and the bottom of the sink is poking out :S

Glad Rags

Feelin' a little 1920's-ish (ish,ish) as I take a break from my 3D stuffs (still super lightheaded from my flu). I haven't drawn with a tablet in a while...Feels odd.

Btw this is for Kyle Cahill, my awesome new roomie!

Sketchbook Pics

Since I've been down with the flu for a few days now I thought it'd be a good time to post some sketches from my newest sketchbook. Sorry about the quality, I'm using my phone instead of a scanner. :P

My warm-up sketch wish for warmer weather lol.

I drew this at Sheridan's Coffee Loft...The poor guy ended up spilling his coffee all over himself when he tried to take a drink (hence the backwards lid.)

Only had red and brown copics, a china marker. one ink pen and a white gel pen on me when I drew this on the VIA train home.

Coned Cat Render Pass

I gave this guy a super last minute make-over a day before my prof-student meeting and thankfully it turned out for the best. He got suited up with the general colours and some markings from our family dog Levi since the plain white was just not cutting it.

I just need to give him chompers and fix the maps of the textures on the bottoms of his paws then it's rigging time.

Fur Test

My professors helped me get fur on this guy, but I still have to map where it's not supposed to grow (I changed my UVs since my last post). So for now he'll have a fuzzy nose and paw pads. I still think his eyes are creepy. D:

 

Cat Fur

 I gave up trying to use VRay Fur...So I then took it upon myself to paint it all...Which was super time consuming anyway. The eyes wouldn't import so I'll get that sorted another day.

3D Cat Model

Well here's what I have so far in modelled form of my cat (re-hashed 2D design previously from my 4th-year film Catformity). I'm still fixing issues but so far it seems to be going rather well.

Self-Portrait Banner

A banner-in-progress. I got to lengthen my arms on it lol.

 

Here's the photo of the original sketch.