. : Camtrack : .

This was one of the first characters I ever created.

Camtrack is a service robot who maintains the upkeep of military vehicles. 

He is not controlled remotely.

Autodesk 3DS Max

. : Lost at Sea : .

A concept drawing for a university project. I painted this in Sketchbook pro for iPad.

. : 1968 Ferrari Dino : .

Tonight's session was proving fairly difficult. I managed to finish the door scoop without too many problems but my reference pictures haven't allowed me to completely understand how the window trim sits. If I can't find any close up reference pictures of the trim I will just have to recreate how I think it sits from the pictures I have.

One of the main challenges I have found whilst modelling the Dino is in order to create the cutouts, for example the indicators, I needed enough polygons to produce the right shape but not so many as to create creases in undesired places. I'm trying to keep the topology as neat as I can, it's always difficult to identify the source of a problem if your workspace is cluttered.

A little more progress has been made since my last screen grab, here is the latest. I have been working on this model in between lectures and quite a busy schedule, so the updates may be a little slow.

I have started to model another one of my favourite cars. The 1968 Ferrari Dino 206 GT. It is a mighty fine looking car and I wanted to replicate it in 3d. I gathered a few reference pictures to ease the modelling process.

. : Plunger Gun Poses : .

Have been playing around with some poses for the plunger gun I modeled. I'd like to animate it soon but thought I'd block some poses out first.

. : Semester One Showreel : .

Here is my Falmouth University semester one Showreel. I am very happy with the progression I have made within the first few months of the course.

. : Box Push : .

My task was to animate a character pushing a box. It was important to get that sense of weight. I feel that I could have improved upon the anticipation.

. : Loading Up : .

This was a project completed by Jacob Pickering and I. We wanted to combine live footage  with VFX to create a composition in which 2 characters were loading up for a video game.

Music by : Elliot Forrest & Jacob Pickering

. : A Change in Emotion : .

A video created for university, my task was to replicate a change in emotion, I feel that i satisfied the brief. I tried to make the timing of his reaction quite comical. I have also included the video i used as reference.

. : An Heavy Weight : .

My task was to perform a heavy weight lift, paying special concern to anticipation. I feel the anticipation is good but the ball does look a bit light when it is in the air.

. : Lip Sync : .

My task was to take this audio clip from Diehard with a vengeance and sync the speech to the action of this pre-rigged character I animated. I am happy with the overall outcome but will revise the video in the near future. I feel that I have over animated, the mouth doesn't need to open as much as it does and the expression and performance is still quite flat.

. : Typography : .

Here is a little typography test created in after effects. The vocal sample is taken from the film Network.

. : Wings Trailer : .

This was a trailer that Jacob Pickering and I made for our final project at college. The trailer is for a game conceptualised by ourselves called Wings. Everything within the video is created and animated by ourselves. 

We used, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3DS Max, After Effects and Adobe Photoshop.

Music by : Elliot Forrest & Jacob Pickering

. : Mission Briefing : .

This was a video that I created in college. The idea was to replicate a motion graphics technique used in a video game. I wanted to replicate a mission brief technique, commonly seen in a lot of first person shooters.

. : Sea Test Shot : .

For a university project we were required to create a test shot of the ocean. We could create it in any style we wanted. I think i should have used a different medium to create it. I am very much a 3d man but would like to get into a good routine and widen my horizons. I don't want to be blinkered, this will only limit my creative potential.

On Reflection, the ocean is too silky but I do like the specular highlights of the sun on the surface.

. : Synth is Eyes : .

So I have been fairly inactive for a little while now however I have still been working hard to improve my portfolio. I'm going to kick start my blog back up with a mixed media image that I created. This image started as a pencil drawing. It is more illustrative than my usual doodles and I wanted to build on that by scanning the image in and working on top of it in a digital painting package. I scanned the drawing in and transferred to my iPad. I then used Sketchbook Pro for iPad as a painting package and completed the image within.

I find the iPad an incredible way to paint. Although the painting packages on the iPad don't have quite as many tools as you will find to their pc/mac counterparts, Sketchbook Pro is getting there and still provides enough to not feel hindered.  Until I have enough money to buy a Cintiq this will be my graphics tablet.