Gary Draws - Images

Creature Concepts 03

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:50:00 -0500

A series of quick pictures. The exercise is meant to just get ideas onto canvas as quickly as possible, without censoring oneself. I did edit these quite a bit as I went along though, so I'm still working on that whole "no censoring" aspect. I'll probably be doing these for the next few updates.

Creature Concepts 02

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 1:25:16 -0500

Man, I love jumping around with ideas. At this point I've accepted that I'm just not fond of animating. So, I thought I would try designing some creature head that I can model. My plans always start off too grand. This time around, I'm starting with something more manageable. The plan (not that I'll ever adhere strictly to it): -finish a head design I like -color it while practicing more realistic lighting and texturing -Zbrush the crap out of it. Yeah... we'll see how well this goes.

Pincushion concept

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:47:21 -0500

Since I'm trying to do more original stuff, this idea came later in the week. Hence why it's just a sketch yet. The idea here is that this creature uses its own body to sheath its weapons, which mainly consist of swords and various blades. I just thought it would be pretty frightening to see a lumbering beast coming at you, seemingly injured due to amount of weaponry jammed in his body, only to find that those are all for its own use. I think this is an original concept, but something about it seems familiar. So, I can't recall if I've seen a character like this before, or if I'm just recalling an older idea I had similar to this.

Apparition

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:26:34 -0400

An original piece. Holy crap!

Lemmy Koopa - finished

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 0:05:37 -0400

I was focusing on lighting a bit more for this picture. So, the overall detail is a touch lower than the other koopaling pieces. Character copyright Nintendo.

Lemmy Koopa - part 3

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:10:30 -0400

I'll try to finish this in the next few days.

Lemmy Koopa - part 2

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:51:14 -0400

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Lemmy Koopa - part 1

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:06:09 -0400

Ugh, I haven't drawn anything in a while. This doesn't mean I've abandoned the Carrot animation. I've just had an urge to color some stuff again, so I don't get stale in that area. I'll finish this picture then probably get back to work on Carrot. For people that didn't read my latest News post: "I will try to update at least once a week. Every Sunday (at a minimum) I'll post some progress to whatever I am working on. As per usual, the update will probably be in the evening. So, you'd best check Monday mornings."

Carrot Rig - part 1

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:00:48 -0400

About as exciting as you would imagine rigging to be. It's been a damn long time since I've had to build a rig, so if anybody who happens pass on by has some pointers... yeah, feel free to comment.

Carrot Model - finished

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 0:10:08 -0400

I've got to call it somewhere, and this is it. The model is essentially done. I might do some shader tweaking and texturing down the road, but this is the geometry I will be rigging. Tomorrow: the rig.

Saturday

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:26:31 -0400

Tomorrow. While I'm wrapping up the models, there really aren't any note-worthy updates, so I'm getting them all in one larger update for Saturday. Also, Castle Crashers is taking a lot of my time... Damn that game!

Carrot Model - part 6

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 0:11:14 -0400

Again, it may not look like a whole lot of improvement, but this is actually a large leap over the last update. I've converted him to polys, and optimized the crap out of it to keep it smooth with the added body detail. There are still a few rough spots, but this basically means he's getting close to done. I've just got to build his hands, tweak details, and mess with shaders some more.

Crash

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:48:22 -0400

I had a fairly big update planned for tonight, but Maya ended up crashing, and I lost most of it. When you're used to working in Max that actually has a competent backup system, you tend to rely on that. So, I'm digging around arbitrary directories for a file that's probably corrupt. Damnit, this is one of the few reasons I abhor Maya. That and the lack of integrated Pelt. I'll try to get caught up and even further for tomorrow.

Carrot Model - part 5

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:30:27 -0400

Shaders, gun, mouth, jet pack, feet, and back hatch. A handful of tiny updates that didn't really seem worth updating by themselves over the last couple days. So, you get it all in one. Still, it probably doesn't look like much.

Carrot Model - part 4

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 0:26:49 -0400

Foot in progress. It's at least better than yesterday's update.

Particle Test - part 1

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:23:21 -0400

Ok, it's not amazing to look at, but I'm just experimenting with particles for Carrot's jet pack. I realized after rendering a few frames that I don't have any video editing software on this computer yet. So, you get a single render of a particle ring in progress. Woo... Keep in mind that I'm basically trying to relearn Maya while I do all this.

Carrot Box - Environment - part 4

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:00:29 -0400

Adding the greens, adjusting materials and tweaking lighting.

Siggraph Swag

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:28:18 -0400

Besides being great as an overall learning experience, Siggraph shines as a source for completely random free stuff. Some more info here Carrot updates will continue tomorrow.

Away at Siggraph

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:01:00 -0400

Well, I'm off to Los Angeles for the work-related trip to the annual animation conference, Siggraph. I'll be back next Saturday sometime. Depending on how I feel after travel, I may be ready to update again either Saturday or Sunday. If the hotel has internet in the room, I'll probably continue to check email while I'm gone. See you in a week. All six of you.

Grass Box - Environment - part 3

gary.storkamp@gmail.com (Gary) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:53:48 -0400

More environment stuff. Amazing. I realize the grass is flowing over the edge a bit right now. This will probably be the last update until I get back from Siggraph next Saturday. I'll be leaving Sunday, but I've got to get a lot of stuff ready tomorrow.