artshrapnel

2011-11-22T16:16:00.000-08:00

I put this scene together in 3ds max while exploring some material tests I did last week. I was working on dialing in a procedural brass material and thought it would be cool to see the inside of a futuristic bullet :D

2011-10-07T17:12:00.001-07:00

I have been following Choco's thread on Polycount about using Worldmachine to process erosion on terrain meshes so I figured I would give it a try! It was surprisingly easy to get up and running with the software.

I started with a base mesh from 3ds Max then brought it into zbrush to sculpt the basic terrain layout. I exported a height map from Zbrush and used that as a base in Worldmachine. I processed the mesh in Worldmachine with erosion and added a color overlay macro. After a little tweaking I had a mesh I was happy with so I exported out a series of passes including a mesh that I brought back into zbrush for more detail work. The final texture was composited in Photoshop using a combination of photos, renders, and maps from Worldmachine.

The next step is to bring this into UDK and set up a multi material shader for some detail diffuse textures and add in some sculpted rocks. More to come soon...

2011-09-21T11:04:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple concepts I put together for a run down building.

2011-09-21T10:57:00.000-07:00

I did a quick test of a vexel illustration of a Koenigsegg, this was so damn fun! Next time I would like to render out some parts in 3ds max and add in some extra polish.

2011-09-21T10:30:00.001-07:00

Above are screenshots of a test level I put together in about 8 weeks.

And above are some images of another test level that I put together over the course of about 4 weeks.

2011-09-20T18:35:00.001-07:00

This is a series of storyboards I put together to illustrate an action sequence.

2011-09-20T12:28:00.001-07:00

Here are a bunch of really old screen grabs from work I did on Pirates of the Burning Sea :D These were all environments that I modeled, textured, lit, and assembled. Each town took approximately 2 months to complete, on average they were about 500k tri's each.

Above is a screen grab from Maya of the town Jenny Bay, Below is a sample of the textures and light maps that I created for various Pirates towns. The light maps for Pirates were baked by hand in 3ds Max and then adjusted in Photoshop. My process was to bake out an occlusion pass, an overall direct lighting pass, and a localized light pass and then composite them in Photoshop. The average town had roughly 50 light maps so I would create an action in Photoshop to make consistent changes across the series of light maps.

Below are a few of the prop assets that I created for Pirates. These were used as dynamic placer objects that we could add to towns for missions.

2011-09-19T23:13:00.000-07:00

Above was a collaborative image I worked on last year with a few co workers. (The characters were modeled/textured/posed by team members.) I created the composition based off of a scene from the Harry Potter film series and then modeled/textured/lit the scene, and did the final composite and a little post process work. The image below is a stylized render I put together of the potions room from Harry Potter.

2011-09-19T18:29:00.000-07:00

Another couple pieces that I did a while back. The top is an old school sci-fi blaster concept, the bottom is a retro scientific power console of sorts. I was going for modern mechanical functionality with an 1930's look.

2011-09-19T18:10:00.000-07:00

Here is a portable generator I put together a while back. The bottom image is the asset in game. The motor housing has a repetitive shake/puff of smoke as well as sounds!

2011-09-08T16:44:00.000-07:00

Here is a concept I did a while back for an unreleased title.

2011-08-31T23:23:00.000-07:00

I studied some desert rocks and created this little stylized test.

2011-08-29T20:33:00.000-07:00

Exploring some 1950's futuristic space ship designs in an attempt to modernize the tech while keeping the retro appearance. These were based off of some rockets from the 1950's

2011-08-28T14:29:00.000-07:00

Concept for an armored Desert jeep. I did a paint over of a model to get a better feel for the final look and paint scheme.

2011-08-28T14:15:00.000-07:00

Concept for an experimental ww2 rocket launcher that loads from the rear. The operator would be able to hold the launcher on their shoulder with one arm and load a new round with their free arm. This would allow them to reload and at the same time keep the launcher pointed at their target.

2011-08-28T13:15:00.000-07:00

Some Green Lantern fan art based on a panel from a Kingdom Come graphic novel.

2011-08-27T23:48:00.000-07:00

Something I worked on a few days ago, It is a rock spire that a character could summon.

2010-09-06T13:35:00.000-07:00

Finished the high poly for the Serbu Super Shorty shotgun I have been working on for a while on and off :P

2010-09-01T00:22:00.000-07:00

I posted the first version of this gun up on the Polycount forums and got some great feedback so I decided to make another pass on the textures for the Sig. I chose to leave in a number of extra edge loops to maintain the best silhouette possible. I am going to call this project complete and move on to the next one as I could easily spend the next year dialing in every detail down to the molecule!

2010-04-23T00:57:00.001-07:00

This was probably one of the most fun models I have built in a long time. I baked all the maps down to a low poly game model, which is almost complete! :)

2010-04-22T00:14:00.001-07:00

Playing around with values and painting a fat man with a cobra commanders mask...

2010-04-22T00:02:00.000-07:00

This was a concept piece I did for an unreleased title at work, such a fun genre.

2010-04-21T23:53:00.000-07:00

Painted this for fun, I will probably make a model of him at some point.

2010-04-21T23:37:00.000-07:00

I ended up picking the chunky guy... It looked the most menacing.

2010-04-21T23:28:00.000-07:00

What better way to start a blog than to show off old work! I tried out this brainstorming technique from a Massive Black demo video to get some custom revolver ideas out, pretty fun stuff :)