Current Projects

Okay, so if I start from beginning to end then one project I started and haven't completed would be one that I didn't even post.

Looking at it now after all this time I can really see some major problems in this sculpt. The arms and legs specifically as well as the face.

Next up is the dog-boy sculpt I was working on last year. Though it doesn't look like I touched upon it much since then, I did however do some major clean ups in optimizing such a big file. Seriously, my machine was really chugging just to do anything in Zbrush for it. Now it's at a much more manageable size as well as having properly laid out UVs. And as a size note, kudos to Zremesher cause it's awesome. 

My newest sculpt is one of Luna from a little known anime that started this last year called Day Break Illusion. The version I'm going for is of her battle form on the right.

With this one I wanted to try a different method for my workflow. I used Dynamesh to make a very quick base mesh, yet I did the body in pieces: torso, head, legs, arms, hands and feet. From there I starting "stitching" the pieces together little by little. Currently the head is the only separate thing from the body. I was rather happy with the speed of this flow and believe I'll continue to use it from now on.

Lastly, I want to enter this contest my friend linked me to on Game Artisans. I'm not really in it for fame or prizes, I just want to do something and finally finish it. I'm hoping having an actual deadline will help.

After a long back and forth, I finally settled on picking Poison Ivy for my subject. What I want to do is recreate her with a new look. Preferably one that's not as revealing as most, but is definitely still sexy. I have many other ref images ranging from plants to clothing, but I imagine I'll have more for makeup and such later. It's a tall order, I know, but I hope I can do well with having so much time to work on it. Wish me luck!

Finally Updating

I know it's been a long time since I've done anything on this blog, but you know it's hard finding a well paying job that's permanent. As such recently I was able to get a hold of two jobs, but alas my full time one's contract has come to an end and I'm left job searching again since my part time won't pay the bills. It's not the best of situations, but I can use it to my advantage by using what "free time" I do have now to update things art wise. So I've done some re-branding as you can all plainly see and am hoping to get some much needed progress going on all the sculpting projects I have hanging out, begging to be finished. Maybe I'll even get an illustration concept or two penciled out at some point, we shall see. I'm not stupid, I know I can't do EVERYTHING on my list like right this minute, but I do want to knock some stuff off in the near future because well, I want to put new things on there, lol.

Homegrown Heroes

Hey all! Sorry for the lack of updates lately. I promise I'm still working on mister dog boy, though probably not as diligently as I should be. Yes I know, bad Ann, bad. Anyway, to tide you over until I post a new update of that project I decided to show you a recent design contest entry I did. Okay, more like I actually remembered I did do something recently that I could share and thus am now showing you now. Like right now. Yeah.

 

It didn't win because there were like a whole bunch more last minute entries that just blew mine out of the water, but if it had it would have gone on a personal hand towel provided by PeopleTowels. I know crazy name right? Still they are all about helping the planet by reducing waste by selling towels that people just carry around in their pockets/bags instead of using paper towels constantly. The theme was about supporting our local farmers by buying and eating local. I thought it would be cool to do a simple design based off some of the retro-ish, vector superhero posters I've seen. After all, farmers are sort of like heroes too right? They do all the hard work of planting and plowing the food while we enjoy the fruits of their labor. If it weren't for them, we'd be all doing our own farming which I assure you, most of us don't have a clue as to how that all works. Not yours truly of course, but some others of which won't be named. Mostly because I can't think of anyone who wouldn't know how farming works, lol. 

Anyway! Please enjoy!