Updates a'hoi!

I said I would post something, didn't I?
I put on some obscure electronica music (which I never fucking listen to normally, but I've seen so many awesome artists overdub their timelapse videos with it, so I figured I'd try to get in on some of that positive mojo) and sculpted away. Here's what I got after about an hour and a half.



Now I've got to listen to some Symphony X tunes before bed so I don't turn into some headband wearing, glowstick waggling pussy while I sleep. Heavy guitars fo' life fool!

Sleep tight,
L

Showreel anno 2010

So, it looks like my current main gig might be on its way down the fucking drain. The company I'm currently at (which I wont name here) has had a tough time the past year on the financial side, so the writing has been on the wall for a good while. So, just in case that should happen (God forbid) and everything goes to shit, I am going to need to freshen up on how to be a real artist, as well as get crackin on a new showreel.

I have planned on working on the reel for 8 weeks, primarily after work and on weekends. I do also have a shitload of overtime compensation leave I have to spend, so I'll be taking some time off of work between now and my 4 week summer vacation coming up in July to work on the reel.

So, what will be on this reel of which you speak?

Well, as I haven't had the time or energy to work on any personal projects outside of work, I pretty much have to drum up most of it in the aforementioned 8 week period. I have managed to dig up a few clips from work projects that might be decent enough to warrant a spot on a showreel, but they are few and far between. Here is the lineup I've been thinking of doing:

1: A new character model, short breakdown of sculpt and textures.
2: A spin of the new character model, posed and placed in an environment, with a breakdown showing the parts of the final composition (model, environment, set pieces, atmospherics etc.)
3: Creating a short VFX shot, doing some explosions, particle effects, smoke etc in a live footage.
4: A mix of work projects and some older personal stuff to show variety

Timeline

Week 1 - I just spent the first week gathering material from work projects, figuring out a concept for the new VFX shot and the new character, as well as writing a new CV.

Week 2 - Making and finalizing the new VFX shot

Week 3 - Creating the base meshes for the new character, both body and gear. Begin sculpting the main anatomical forms and begin sculpting the head.

Week 4 - Sculpting the head

Week 5 - Sculpting the body

Week 6 - Texturing body, head and gear. Setting up the environment for the spin shot.

Week 7 - I'm going away on vacation that week, so I might get that much work done. I I have some time left over I'll probably try to work on the environment some more.

Week 8 - Posing the character, placing it in the environment. Rendering the spin shot. Finalizing the full comp for the reel.


So, there you have it. There's a hell of a lot to do, so much I've in fact had to swear off porn for a while, and I'm not yet fully convinced I'll be able to pull it all off in 8 weeks. But I'll try, and now at least there will be regular updates on this here blog. I mean, it's not like I have a choice. I hear things cost money. And that the only place to get some of those moneys are from having a job. So, yay, right?

Peace
L

Morning Sculpt 02.23

So, here are the first fruits of my new morning sculpting routine, half eaten and soggy as those fruits might be. I did this one in a sort of cartoony fashion, as I apparently suck ass at doing more realistic stuff at the moment and wanted to make myself feel better. Gotta love the path of least resistance.

Expect more of these going forward. Dont hold your breath though, we all know how much these promises of regularity I keep doling out are worth.

L

Big fat liar

So, like, I'm sorry for drowning everyone in updates and such lately. The lack of which does not seem to be possible to do anything about some times. Just through a rough patch at work, and all the overtime that goes with it. But one positive thing has at least come out of the past month or so, and that is my new daily sculpting routine. I realized that I obviously seem to be fucking unable to get any sculpting done after work. So I've switched it up a bit, the past 2 weeks I've been going to bed a couple of hours earlier, and thus getting up an hour sooner. Man, sitting back with my morning coffee in one hand and the tablet pen in the other is like freakin' therapy. I wont promise any pics on this here blog any time soon though, you cant even begin to imagine how bad my skills have deteriorated from the absence of regular practice. I wouldn't fucking hire myself at this level.

I'll let you know when the quality is back on "sure little Timmy, I'll hang this straight up on the fridge. Awesome horse Timmy. Oh, its an alligator. Well of course it is" kind of level.


Peace and love and good happiness stuff to all y'all

Heads up

Sorry, no image this time. Just wanted to let you know that I'm starting to get back to sculpting on my spare time, which there unfortunately does not exist much of these days, and I'm actually recording a time lapse video of the whole sculpt session for your future viewing pleasure.

Other than that I'm real busy at work these days. A lot of projects, no time in which to actually do them, and a pipeline that is all but straight and organized at the moment. Nothing we cant handle of course, but it still means we'll be getting our asses kicked for the next couple of months.

And happy thanksgiving for those who give a crap.

Peace
L

Internal Company Competition

Whatup, hebrews and shebrews.

Just figured I'd post this, its a retouch of the old warrior priest model I did almost 2 years ago now. The reason for this is that we're having a small competition at the office, where the 5 best entries gets framed and hung on the office walls. And I was told there would be prizes... Anyways, here's one of my 3 total entries.

Peace out

Qucik Sculpt

Tallyho! What brings a fine fella like yerself to a raggety inn like this here blog? Uhh.. Sorry about that. I just came back from London. A day at the British Museums Greek sculpture section put some of the fire back in me to get back on the horse. The real reason we went, though, was all but cultural. The British currency went down the drain compared to the norwegian krone, so I went down there to buy all of their shit and get the fuck out before the pound sterling had time to recoup. Like a friend and colleague of mine once said : "hah, your currency is weak and feeble".
More specifically, I went to get myself a new axe (cool kids speak for a guitar). But it seems like London still spends most of its time in the wayback machine, longing back to the days when the Beatles were cool. Which in turn means that trying to find a newer Ibanez guitar in that town is as hopeless as trying to find a a female Russian shot putter who actually looks like a broad.

I guess I will have to throw my handful of strong, manly currency at the interwebs then.

Tonight's sculpt was about an hour or so, further refining a head I started the last time I sat down with pen in hand. Probably 2 hours total, or somewhere around there anyways.

Peace out,
Lars