Minecraft Creepers On a Boat. On a boat.

We had to postpone our little rampage project.  We've decided to work on something else for now.  I've still got some of the assets to use if and/or when we go back to the rampage project, but who knows if I'll be a better artist by then and can do something even better.

This is what I had by the time we had finished.  I suppose i could continue working on this in the meantime.  I ended up cutting these buildings up into equal segments so we could just stack the segments and create new buildings.. also switch out segments when they were damaged.  Ignore the street.  I was just testing some brick I painted in corel painter.. but it wasn't working.

I got a little distracted by Minecraft and youtube videos.  The other day I stumbled across one Minecraft video that asked for fanart.   I don't like the phrase FAN ART.  Its too.. uh.. fanatical.  But the winner gets a free Minecraft code.. and I get off of my unproductive streak.  I already own minecraft, but I could technically give it out to someone who doesn't.

The guy holding the contest is always yelling PENIS when creepers show up... because.. well.. they look like green penii.  So, I did this.

Also recorded most of the time.  I didn't fully know how to use Camtasia properly so I lost one or two clips in the process. :(  I posted the video last night, and it already has 100 views.  Crazy.  Minecraft peoples come out of nowhere.

I also posted on a photography contest thread over at 3DBuzz.com.

http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/showthread.php?186632-Photography-Contest-Mark-XIV&p=1527603#post1527603

MAMM, could I have some rice pudding?

PLOP THESE IN HERE RIGHT QUICK!

We're making this game in Unity.  Trying to fix up these models and damage these buildings like they've been punched by some behemoths!

At some point, I really have to plop myself down and learn about lighting and rendering.  Just randomly turning knobs isn't working out for me.

Off to a slow start!

Off to a slow start on my new years resolution.. which was to work on something every single day.

All I've gotten done so far is this:

The guy on top of the building was me getting carried away in zbrush.  I did exactly what I hated about some games I played earlier in the week.. too much unneeded detail.  I think I'll stick to animating a 2D version of the monster.

Heres a profile of the model.

Took a photograph a while ago with my new 50mm lens too.

50mm f/1.8 for my Canon T2i. :D

Taken with, not of!

Ye Olde Watercolor Man

I wanted to design a layout for http://www.joshbeswick.com/ because it has been ugly and empty for a whole year.  Ive kind of liked this certain style recently.. thought watercolor or gouache would go well with it.. and instead of pulling out some gouache, I decided to try out some of the Corel painter 11 digital watercolor brushes.  Then I completely got distracted and painted a self portrait.  And then the self portrait turned into someone else.  And then I started turning layers off and saw how awesome some of them looked separated.  Heres every layer and every combination of layer. :p

End of the Year

It's the end of the year.. and i haven't posted much on here lately.  I got a job, bought a Canon T2i in the middle of the year and edited quite a few videos.. learned a bit of after effects, filmmaking, and dslr photography.  Got a new Wacom tablet.  Made a Halloween Stand-in thing for kids.  Still, I'm left with the feeling that I wasted a majority of my year.

The past couple months I've been trying harder.  Renewed my JoshBeswick.com domain.

Now I dump the art from this year.. and I wait for the new year to come, when my new years resolution will be to practice every single day so I waste no time and see progress at the end of the year.