Portrait I did of my brother. "Smetal" is a word he coined because he gets rather sweaty when he plays his guitar. Sweaty + metal = Smetal. Original thumbnail sketch is below it

boy and cat monster

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Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of updates recently. It's been a busy summer. I graduated from SUVA in May (with honors w00t!) so I was really busy putting my portfolio together as well as working on some side projects. I'm just gonna throw up some stuff I did recently and hope you all dig it.

Insect armor inspired by different bugs- Devil mantis, wasp, flying ant

small thumbnail that I started with to create the character

The maiden of the sea. She waited for her lover to return from a voyage but took an unfortunate fall off the cliff side and  into the ocean. A quick and tragic death caused her tormented spirit to repossess her body as it lay at the bottom of the ocean, where it became infected with sea life.

Some stuff

Yay Sundaaays. So I added a Video page to show my animations. I couldn't get Vimeo to embed the actual videos on the page (hope I can fix that later) but for now just follow a link to my Vimeo page to check them out. I'm currently working on some animations so I'll be updating that soon too. 

Anyways, I was pretty glad to see one of my favorite series ever was on Hulu. That series being Lupin the IIIrd. For some reason, I am always drawn to stories about thieves. I did a quick sketch a few weeks ago of my favorite character, Daisuke Jigen, in a realistic fashion.

Also been trying to get back at doing some studies so here's a knight helmet since that seems to be a popular thing to paint

And last but certainly not least is the technical illustration I did for a vehicle concept. First time I've really combined 3D models and painting, I think the result is pretty cool. Really wanted to throw this thing model in SketchUp to see what I could get out of it (never messed with SU before..) but each time I imported the .obj file, SketchUp crashed. Boooo. Want to expand more on this vehicle but this is what I could do in the time that I had.

Some info about the vehicle-

This is the STA-11-ION. A hovercycle powered by an Ion engine, this is a swift and agile vehicle used by the Hunter character I developed for a hypothetical sci-fi action game I came up with last term based on the story "Iron John". In the original story, Iron John gives the King's son a horse to aid him in a large battle. In this version, the Hunter (a combination of the King's son and Huntsman character) uses this vehicle to move across the planet at high speeds and to fend off threats. Sometimes, it's even used to chase down larger aggressive game.

Catchin up

Exciting things! Here's some recent sketches and other work I'm currently doing. Also check out my new gallery that is up for some recent paintings I've done :]

Some friends at school were working on an advertising campaign for Glidden house paint. They wanted a mascot character of sorts so I painted this for them. They didn't end up using her but it was still practice!

Just a silly sketch of a silly kid

This is a model of a vehicle I sketched last term. I'll end up doing a paint over on top of it since it is being used for a technical illustration assignment. :]

I'm currently working on a comic anthology with some buddies. Once we get the Kickstarter project up for it I will post it up here but till then this is  a preview of my story. The theme revolves around video games so I drew inspiration from Legend of Zelda.

Uh huh

 Still working on putting my gallery together for this site but I'd thought I'd post a little somethin' to keep things interesting! Just some quick character concepts :]

Ch-ch-changes

Currently working on updating this blog adding in a gallery for my portfolio and other pages so please stand by while updates are made