Meh-ntal ray

A little test to get re-introduced with mental ray and it's wonderfully intuitive and not-at-all intimidating shader/render settings. ;)

Dart Frog Creative

Here I'll be posting some examples of the work that I'm doing as a contract artist with Dart Frog Creative. The tools I'm using for this are; Autodesk Maya, Photoshop and GLC_Player.

More Props

Dorothea Lange Project WIP

This is a personal project I've been working on here and there. I'm recreating the objects in this photograph taken by Dorothea Lange. I'm using Maya, zBrush, Photoshop, nDo and xNormal to create these assets. Final renders to be done in UDK and Unity.

*Update, 7/11. Models with current textures applied. Lots of work left to do. :)

Reference photograph taken by Dorothea Lange.

Mental Ray render of game resolution models completed thus far.

Models and texture for patio chairs/bench. Modeled in Maya, painted in Photoshop.

Texture and model used for patio elements. Modeled in Maya, painted in Photoshop.

Texture and models used for signage on building face. Painted in Photoshop, modeled in Maya.

Models/Textures used for patio elements in the scene. 

Game and High Resolution models used for an updated gas pump. Modeled in Maya.

Stones used to prop up the patio. Sculpted in zBrush, normal transfer in Maya, textures in Photoshop.

Base texture for building siding. Painted in Photoshop.

Turntable of stones with diffuse/normal/spec applied.

Random Works

Here I'll be posting some random assets that I get to work on in my spare time or studies that I do while I work on projects. 

The Green Bastard

The Green Bastard was my first go at zBrush and my first attempt at transferring normal maps for a high res sculpt to a low res model. The idea was to go from concept to completion using Photoshop for my concept, zBrush for the high res sculpt and Maya for my low res mesh and normal map transfer.