Note

http://andyvn.ath.cx/?sect=tech&cat=soft&topic=aqu
http://www.unbearablerecordings.co.uk/devices/index.html

Music; Round 2 (and change)

Following up on that reggae loop, here's a slightly more developed one. It still needs some more thorough drum programming and overall mixing/EQing but I find the melody to be catchy.

Note to Self

Formant Filters are cool. These may work:

http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/OttoPhormant/

http://www.thepiz.org/mralias2/

Taking A Break

And now for something completely different: 45 seconds of relaxing (read: rendered way too quiet)
dub reggae loops.

Not a Sequel: A Reboot

Monday Monster Update

I have until next Monday to finish this. So, not really on track time-wise, and not going to win any beauty contests either, but it is what it is:


Monday Night Update:

Note to Self - Cheap cpu Reverb VST

Nontimelimited Demo:
http://www.stillwellaudio.com/?page_id=21

Swine Flu

This place is getting to me, man. I think I'm getting The Fear.

The New Isis Album is Great

Note To Self

obtain Isis - Wavering Radiant

975,000 4-sided faces later...

Sloooow progress but I've only had about 1.5 hours to work on this. Maybe I can find time in the morning before work? Gotta figure out something because I'll finish in 2010 at this pace.

Slow Progress

245,000 4-sided faces later...



...I got me some work to do

3d-ification

Oops! Started with the 3d version...I'm getting concerned about meeting the deadline. Believe it or not, I've never actually completed something this complex, so...hitting it will mean a lot.
Thats not to say I'm not confident.

Color reference

Working on a 'cute' version of my centipede monster has been helpful, results incoming.
Color/material reference:


Misc. Insect Reference:

El Presidente Smurf

Smurfs are way too easy to draw. But why?

Another Profile

Update: throwing some colors on it
Doodling at work during a meeting

I suppose this represents progress. 'Action pose' + tentative color scheme. I need to use gold/white as per contest requirements, but I may want to make the carapace a darker shade of...something. Not necessarily red. Let me know if the colors are offensive, suggestions, etc.
The other day I learned that the "rainbow" color scheme represents sexuality. Noby Noby Boy is starting to make a lot more sense.

*facepalm*

Positive Progress

Finally, a productive night. Unlike my week at work, so far..heh... I'm finding that listening to Anthemic Black Metal sets the mood nicely.
I like how this sketch turned out, but I'm consumed with doubt - is it less 'Power Rangers,' or more?

Future face reference:
http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images/c?q=9c3de0400f0bd103_landing
http://www.minyanville.com/assets/Image/bridgette_bardot_6.jpg

Negative Progress

I seem to be moving backwards; This concept seems to get less defined the longer I work on it. Maybe I'm just in a mood. Anyway, here are some kind of sloppy sketches attempting to work out how her torso area connects to the carapace.


Listening to Wolves In The Throne Room, thx last.fm

About those Pencil Sketches

The windburn on my face fucking kills, and about those pencil sketches...I lied.


Reminder to self: buy this for next winter.

Surface Treatment

This is pretty close to the final 'skin' look/construction I'll be going with. I like this drawing : 3

Taking a couple days off for a tropical vacation in VT, maybe doing some pencil sketches there.

When I return it's time for a few days worth of final model sheets.

Tone Study

This is an example of doing linework before 'painting.' The downside: it takes fucking ages. It's a testament to how bored I am at work, that I'm more than willing to sink epic amounts of free time into producing a weird monster. Sometimes I worry about monitors shooting electrons (?) into my retinas 14 hours daily, but if I actually finish this project it'll all be worth it.

Color Concept

Ugh, I need to force myself to always start with a line drawing... now that I've spent a couple hours with colors I'm realizing this pic needed more linework.



Inspired by http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/466057062_0a20693e6f_b.jpg

Apropos...

It was a critical moment in my life; I’d just made a discovery that had changed my world view forever. The discovery came during a year-long period during which I had been regularly treated by psychiatrists for extreme hypochondria. I’d passed a whole winter unable to sleep, focus, socialize, even so much as read a page of a magazine, so convinced was I that I was dying of some dread and mysterous brain disease. Psychiatrists who treated me tried to help me out of it by discussing my relationships with my parents, but I wasn’t cured until I had completed a battery of expensive physiological exams, including MRIs and countless X-rays and blood tests. What I found out during that period was that modern science, and modern doctors, knew almost nothing. If I was dying of some mysterious brain disease, they would never be able to tell me for sure. They openly admitted to me that their jobs, ultimately, came down to guesswork. By August I was coming to terms with the reality of being alone in nature, essentially left to fend for myself against the horrible things in life. A year later, believing that no life strategy was inherently safer than any other, I’d moved to Russia and then Uzbekistan, where I drank water out of the tap and quickly learned to thrive in the philosophy of Being Fucked.

Taibbi, Matt. "Combed Over." The Exile 10 August 2001

Centipede Demon

I like this concept, probably inspired by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3APJA0EedSE (do not watch if you value your sanity).

Monstery Goodness

More monster-y sketches...I'm giving myself until Wednesday to come up with something I like.
Tight deadline.

Raecha

I'm going to be trying to develop a scifi/fantasy character over the next couple of weeks for an online contest. This was the first idea which popped into my head during the drive home. More to come.

City WIP

How appropriate...

Virgo (Aug 23 – Sept 22)

Why do we live in a brutally cold, snow-heavy environment? Because it’s at a key location on a long-obsolete trading route. Enjoy the last leg of your annual stint as an ice-bound hermit.

Yeah I know, WTF

I saw this guy in a dream - he was actually much less terrifying, more like a comic book villain. Which happens to make sense, somehow, because it was the second consecutive night after I saw Watchmen in which I experienced astoundingly deranged dreams. That movie was over-the-top gory, to the point of having an effect on my psyche. So consider yourself warned.



edit: not that i'm blaming this bad drawing on violence in media, more like 2 beers and a shitty day

Signs

I had CNN's live feed running in the background at work... I just listen to the audio most of the time (Obama announces 2010 Iraq withdrawal) so I wasn't actually watching as the feed got disrupted and the video froze on a highly interesting frame. Therefore I have no idea what the context or origin of this awesome image is, I just had to get a screencap. Clearly a sign of the apocalypse.

Blue Field Entopic Phenomenon

Eh...

Quick Sketch At Work

Procrastination...

Hammerteeth

30 minutes didn't really do this idea justice, I'll have to revisit it.

Valentina

Back on the wagon...Been lethargic and/or distracted for a few days, I'm not feeling 100% yet but getting there. If you happen to read an art blog for stock tips, I'd strongly consider total divestment. Thats what we in the business call a non-sequiter. I'll be moderately embarassed if I misspelled that - obviously never took Latin.

Doodle...I hate that word...

Spent WAY too much time on this

Part 2 of a 2 part series

Compromises...

behold; a pale horse

Pirates and Ninjas... so what?

Lazy Monochromatic Geetar

[2/6/07]

Try at a Landscape

~1hr on 2/5/09

Dreamcatcher

~2.5 hours
[2/4/09]

First!

~1.5 hours [2/3/09]