Wavicles

The first color idea is the far left one. Then I messed with Hue/Saturation.

This was just some Lightwave and Photoshop fun.

ZBrush Practice

I worked on this guy a while back but wanted to get some renders posted... so, here are a couple. More to come of full body.

Update on Boris

This is a character I've had for a while and I finally got around to rigging him and next will be some animating. I haven't decided if I want to actually give him a lower half yet... legs? Tank treads? hmmm..?

Flight of the Stag

Stag in the Box

When I worked at Rhythm and Hues we all got a unique gift. In fact the gigt was a dead bug that had been displayed in a pine box by perhaps some bug killers... (Entomologists) Anyway, I was inspired to create the very beetle I randomly recieved. It's called a Stag Beetle. They look fierce and quite moody. Crikey!!!

Here's one with a reflection more obvious.

 

Game Asset (Mid to Background resolution)

This was a test to create a game asset under 2,000 Tri's and keeping the Diff, Normal, and Spec maps at very low resolution.

Boris in the Black Car

This is a character I've been working on and I thought would look cool cruising in this old car I modeled a while back. I did all aspects. This was good practice for tying in the real photo background with 3D.

 

McHail @ 6 Months

This is an old model I re-textured, lit and rendered for fun. My wife and I just had a healthy little girl we named Mia and so this is inspired by her. She looks a lot like McHail did as an infant. I also couldn't quite decide yet, so I'm posting a couple.

Boris

This is a new character I came up with this weekend. So, far I'm really liking the direction it's going. Yet another WIP.

FunGoPlay @ MTV Geek



I wanted to show off a cool project I had the pleasure of working on while in NYC. I had the chance to work with some great artist and all around fantastic people.

(Since I did leave this project while in progress to work in Las Vegas at Atronic, I was not mentioned in the credits of this current article. :( I did want to show off the work anyway and my supervisor William was happy to comment about my time with FunGoPlay.

"Chris's involvement on the cast of characters created for the world of FunGoPlay was invaluable. His speed and attention to detail in his modeling, texturing and animation work helped create what would have been an impossible task given the amount of time we had to produce so many assets."

-William Vaughan,
Animation Director
FunGoPlay

3D Character Sketch (Z Cook)

I haven't posted anything

new in a long time. So, I wanted to

do some modeling on a new character.

This is what came out. I just watched

Ratatouille again, so... there's the chef theme.

Bar Karma on Current TV

 

I recently worked on a pilot for Current TV called "Bar Karma" which was picked up for 12 episodes.

You can read more here at PushingPoints.com . http://www.pushingpoints.com/2010/10/bar-karma/

...or go directly to the press release. http://i2.crtcdn1.net/images/ed/2010/10/06/408144.pdf

The Wheel Workers

This is an illustration I created for a good friend and the mastermind behind the band...

"The Wheel Workers."   (http://www.thewheelworkers.com/)

New Gallery Uploads

I just added a few new images to my "CG Professional" gallery. The images are from a stereoscopic theme park ride I worked on for the 2010 World's Fair in Shanghai China. All content was created at   I.E. Effects (http://www.ieeffects.com)

Latest WIP

Okay, so I didn't take my last WIP as far as I wanted to but, I did find time to start a new one. :) So, here's how far I got today with this guy.

WIP Update

Here's a an update on the direction this character is going. So, far I like how he is looking but, I have a bit more to do.

Character WIP

Here's a couple images of a model I worked on for a while today. I plan on updating this guy as I go. I'm thinking some ZBrush eventually. I may add a WIP gallery, but for now this spot will work.

HDRI Latest Issue #32

In HDRI Magazine Issue #32 Dave Codeglia, the VFX Supervisor at Digisynd in Los Angeles, has written an article about the process of creating an ad spot for Disney Interactive Studios property "Spectrobes: Origins." Dave takes you from pre production to post as he experienced it. I was privileged to work with Dave on this project and was very excited to read about it in the latest issue of HDRI Magazine.

Link to "Spectrobe: Origins" Animation

Nickelodeon Pilot

I've just finished working on a pilot for Nickelodeon which was an absolute blast. The style was so fun to work with. Here are a couple frames from the teaser.