In the Beginning

Very Old Art (Late 80's - early 90's).
I think it's good to always remember where you started. Since my 1st blog post was old drawings I found from when I was 13, I decided to keep it going from there and work up to my recent works. It's fun to look back at times and recollect, and laugh or smile at your old work. Putting them on this blog is also a way to back up these minimal bits of old school work, just in case I ever want to look at them again, lol. Most of my many other early art and design works are gone or buried in my parents stuff.

I took a computer programming class in 8th grade and didn't like it. I had zero interest in it, even though at the time I really liked playing my Atari. Once I actually got into computers in the early to mid 90's it was because I was drawn to programs like Lightwave3D and what you could create with them. Working at CMS I was sent to NewTek in Boulder for a week of Lightwave training in order to earn our authorized reseller license (and a copy of Lightwave3d)! During this week I learned the basics of box-modeling among many other things. My first ever box model was this fish. I was stoked and pretty much hooked on box-modeling from here on. It was much better to me than the more rigid autocad style modeling. Lightwave became my favorite modeling program.

My second Lightwave box model was this hand. It was my first ever attempt at modeling a human part.

Once I got comfortable with Lightwave I quickly tried a vehicle. This truck is my first. I was stoked when I found a way to use a piece of crumpled tin foil as a reflection map. Hahah.

In high school my favorite mediums were pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor (and making artworks from wood such as skate ramps). I mainly liked drawing cartoons and painting landscapes but I tried anything. Here are the few remaining pieces I found in my box of old photos.