Kirby Skype icons 9 Apr 2013 | 09:46 am

It's Kirby! In Skype form! I had a sudden urge to make something to use for a Skype icon, and while I ended up going with another idea entirely, I figured I'd continue on this simple concept once I ha...

dAvatar "Hip To Be A Square" 21 May 2011 | 12:16 pm

And this is the new avatar (at least at time of posting). Inspired by Huey Lewis's song. OK, so the song is actually called "Hip To Be Square" (though, I believe it did inspire a Sesame Street sketch ...

dAvatar "Monster Eye" 21 May 2011 | 12:05 pm

Due to the change of avatar, I've decided to upload the old one for posterity. I'll also take this chance to explain that it was inspired by Pokémon and Digimon -- the design of the eye is based on th...

Super Cream remastered 9 May 2010 | 11:01 am

It'd be nice if I had something good to show you guys, but instead you get a redone version of one of my old pics. Let's hear it for digital color remastery! I'm not sure whether to send the original ...

Eeveelution Kirbys colored 25 Nov 2009 | 11:48 am

Hmm, didn't realize it's been almost a whole year since I submitted the original lineart drawing. But in any case, here's a digitally-colored version. I apologize if you have a darker monitor and can'...

Just so the year doesn't pass without comment... 20 Nov 2009 | 05:26 pm

Pig King model render 20 Nov 2009 | 08:29 am

This is the result of exporting a normal map of ZBrush's super-high-poly mesh and importing into Maya, making a new lambert material with the color of used gum, setting up a basic three-point lighting...

Pig King posed view 20 Nov 2009 | 08:19 am

As a secondary theme, students working on this project were supposed to choose one of the seven deadly sins to incorporate into their model. In the case of the Pig King, it's a combination of gluttony...

Pig King model views 20 Nov 2009 | 08:08 am

The actual modeling of the Pig King started in ZBrush, using the ZSpheres tool to quickly shape the basic structure and proportions. Next, the Retopologization and Adaptive Skin functions were used to...

Pig King orthographic views 20 Nov 2009 | 07:51 am

As a final project in a 3D modeling class, I had to develop a character whose form invoked repetition of a single shape. This character, simply dubbed the "Pig King" (no relation to Pokey/Porky of the...