New Idea

Alright, this is going to be short. Right now, I've been drawing up a storm. A small storm, but it's some sort of storm so it counts. It also got me thinking, that maybe I could try making my own children's books. I'll have to see how it goes, but I've been told my style would suit it. I think it would be really fun to do.

As I said, I'll have to see how it goes.

Mythology Double Feature

Since I never got around to drawing the Valravn during May, I decided I would do a double feature this month and put May and June together. So here is the Hvidslangen and Valravn.

Hvidslangen: A large white snake with red eyes that is usually surrounded by lots of smaller snakes, which help protect the Hvidslangen. They're said to bring death and sorrow.

Valravn: A raven that has eaten the dead on the battlefield, through this, they gain the intelligence of a human. If they drink the blood of a newborn boy, they will either turn into a knight, or a half raven, half wolf creature. They are extremely evil and dangerous, but can be befriended if you give them your first born baby.

Chopping Block Time!

I finished little animation yesterday, and added a little addition to my campsite scene. I figure it will definitely continue to grow and that's what I'm looking forward to. Anyways, this is just a little object animation of an ax chopping a piece of firewood.

On another note, I'm thinking of working on some illustrations once I get back home from Truro. I haven't really illustrated too much since I've been working on 3D, and I quite miss it. Plus, I've got to work on my monthly challenge for May and I've got an arsenal of scans I can paint. I'm also hoping I can get a commission or two, which would be awesome. A distraction for when I come home after working at ShoppersDrugMart would be lovely.

Feels good to have it done.

I finally finished my campsite last night. So here are some more progress pictures and a short video showcasing. There will be another video for it too, but more of a 360 view. Even though I say I'm finished with, I'll probably go back to it and see if I can keep adding stuff to it to make it even better.

And here's the video~

EDIT: 360 View

Bonfire, anyone?

Right now I'm taking a break from the Dragon Egg character, and I'm starting to work on more so the modelling aspect. I've come to realize (finally) that there are certain things I'm going to be better at doing when I try to tackle them. For one, it's become apparent to me that perhaps rigging and weighting are not my specialty; that I'm better at modelling and animating in Maya, for 3D works. Texturing may not be my strongest suit either, but I've been discovering new things I can do with the texture files that are within Maya. I guess this is what people call, "finding where your skills are allocated". I must have messed up on a skill roll somewhere (Dungeons & Dragons joke).

Anyways, as I said, I'm currently working on modelling. I'm in the process of making a little campsite. Bonfire, rocks, sticks with marsh mellows and maybe a tent or cabin. The logs for the fire are made right now and I've been playing with the fire a little bit, but it needs to be played with a bit more so I can get it the way I want. Once I get the fire done, I'll post a little video of the fire animation. But for now, here are the logs.

It's off to work we go!

I finished a simple little model today; a little dragon egg with his feet and tail sticking out. He wasn't overly complex, but I think that's why I really like him. It's kinda cute. It's just the model that's done, but I plan on trying to rig him and seeing what I can make move. I was thinking about putting a constraint on him in order to make him squish, even though eggs shouldn't really. Overall, I think he'll be fun to play with.

There are other things I plan on working on as well, like modeling my computer and getting around to modeling my small little room as well. It would be fun to have the little dragon egg walking and jumping around on my bed. I was thinking about modeling a weapon of some sort too. Since I'm reading and watching Game of Thrones, I was thinking of modeling some sort of medieval weapon...maybe put an emitter (I think that's what it is) on it and make it ghostly or something. As you can see, I'm just really happy I'm out of my rut.

I'm also gonna try and do more illustrations, going over pictures from my sketchbook. I've been meaning to do that for quite a while.

The Heron Watches

I have all my gaming out of my system now I think, so I've gone back to doing some 3D modeling and such. Tomorrow I'm actually sending off my commission of 10 bookmarks to my Aunt, who commissioned me for them. I'm also sending her the digital print off test, to see what she thinks of them being done digitally. I find it's definitely easier to just make and paint them in Corel Painter 12, and then just print them off. They look much nicer.

As for 3D, right now I'm trying to do some simple character modeling. One is a dragon egg with the tail and legs out through the shell and the other will be a sheep. I might make a visor in the egg shell, so he can see, but I haven't quite decided yet. Along with the sheep, I was thinking about making a simple wooden fence for him to successfully jump over or to fail jumping over. Maybe both. It could be fun, haha!

By the way, April's Monthly Challenge picture is up! Medusa Is Here!

These are the digitally painted images for the test bookmark.