Origami Anteater

I built this model for school project. It was a fresh challenge for me because I had to balance between the smooth and hard edges to translate the feeling of origami paper.

Ani130B - Fall 2014

I decided to dust off my blog. I was super busy with internship and worked almost full-time during summer. New semester means more dedication into making art and projects. I think I came a long way from the first 3d model which is making a flare gun. Now I understand more about Maya and Zbrush. Also, Mudbox is considered a good pick up. 

This is my first pass for Magik (Darkchild) from X-men series Art by one of my favorite comic artist, Skottie Young. I try to stay away from generic anatomy and focus on the art style of the artist. Learning to translate 2D language without compromise it is extremely hard. There will be different versions coming soon as I will tackle some issues. 

Daily Sketch 01

So...summer is coming (there was no spring anyway!)

Update #5. Couple paintings that I did for 117A at SJSU

Animal Studies - Giraffe

Cayegory: Traditional Art

I've been super busy with works, TA's duty and classes'  projects that I barely to have enough time to work on my own projects. Hopefully things will get better with better time management in near future. Expect to see some models of character that I'll work on for class project (Medieval theme, awwww yea!)

Megara

Category: Digital Art

A really late update. This is the final version of Megara, character in Hercules (Disney). I've learned so much from this project, so you can expect to see more models in the future.

Life lesson: never export HD version of your model from ZBrush to Maya. You life will become miserable. 

Megara - Part 2 -WIP

Category: Digital Art

Ready for color and texture!

Megara - WIP

Category: Digital Art

Having a blast working on Megara from Hercules. Tackling those unusual anatomy from this character is both exciting and frustrating...yet I think it is worth it.

Mid-Program Portfolio

Day 1

Category: Digital Art

Based on photograph, Photoshop, 30mins.

Update #4

New list of my future projects:

1. A picture to celebrate my buddy's wedding.
2. A city landscape.
3. Modeling characters from Gantz, Sun-ken Rock, & Shamo.

...guess I should start learning time management!

Life Drawing

Category: Traditional Art - Pastel/Pencil on Newsprint paper
I think I'm in love with pastel right now.

This is it....for now!

Category: Traditional Art Charcoal on Illustration board

A final project for this semester. I'll definitely go back to this project in the near future so I can actually push the value to the point where I want. Personal projects are coming next.

12.12.12

Category: Digital Art

A gun model to mark this "special day" 12/12/12. Hope this will be a good start for what I want to do in the future. Work with Maya and Photoshop. 

Something for November

(been ages since the last time I used pastel)

Category: Traditional Art - Charcoal/Pastel on Newsprint paper

Just as the title said, a quick update of somewhat I did this month. All poses are around 20~40mins so not really enough time for me to finish...or I'm just a slow learner.

Akuma

Category: Digital Art
Infamous Akuma from Street Fighter series. My personal favorite character in its roster!

TKO

Category: Digital Art

Left: I drew in 2008
Right: Another try in 2012 using Photoshop.

Invented Texture

 Category: Traditional Art - Pen on Bristol Paper

Once, I found this portrait that really strike me. The impression was strong enough that I decided to choose his portrait for my next project, called Invented Texture. As you can see, the image is formed by multiple square, and each square has individual image. By reading what are these image about, audience can participate into the story that I want to say. This is my way to describe the Afghanistan War, a war that the U.S has fought for so long. For once, I want to work on a serious topic such as politic or wars, so I'm glad I have chance to work on this project.


Original version:

Update #3

Photorealistic metamorphosis: 80%. (pencil) [yes! almost done!!! will post it when I reach 90%]
Stylization/Invented Texture: 50% (pen)

I think Imma add a portrait in pencil color to test my new pencil color set. Haven't done anything using color pencil except drawing a square house with one door and two windows. Oh and stick figures also. [now, it doesn't mean I'm talking about my new set of pencil color..]

Value study

Location: Garage (!?)
Category: Traditional Art - Charcoal on sketch paper

Quick sketch of my friend. Focus on loose stroke and value.