TF3D Snowclod

Over the years, every christmas break I've worked on my "Project GF". This is one of two vehicles for a chase sequence. I designed it in a sketch in 02, modeled it Christmas 04 and did this texure paint-over Christmas 07. It's included in a 280 page GF Book One, published in 08. Some projects just take time. I wrote the initial script for this project in 94.

This snowclod design was partially inspired by my 5 year old son. We were sketching together and I told him to design a vehicle using only 3 shapes. He drew a large triangle, a circle in the rear and a trapezoid in the front. He referenced my other half-trak vehicle I'd already modeled but still. The proportions of his primitives did influence me a bit on this design, which I think is pretty cool. Below are a couple quick concept paintings I did in 08 for the same chase sequence. Vehicles will soon be fully rigged, ready for animation...

Patrol Gate

08. Another painting exercise, this one inspired by one of my favorite movies.

Pony

08. Decided to try and make time to paint atleast an image a month. I painted this one with my daughter in mind. I could continue working it to improve appearance of anatomical proportions but I authored the image at a small resolution and had no interest in further refinements. I'm not sure the puffy shoulders on the dress are working, actually the entire dress seems to be riding up too high. I printed it for my daughter, she likes it and put it on her wall so this exercise is complete.

Run

I don't paint often but when I do it is fun. Sketched this testing the pen-pad on my 09 laptop.

Insight

One day in Vancouver I thought - for some reason I rarely paint. With no particular reference I sat and decided to just paint something. I moved paint around for an hour and this appeared. Then I thought - ok, I painted, done. Not sure what it is but I named it Insight.