Jeffery Redcloud Barros

The Sun God -- With Color This Time

2011-11-24T20:20:00.000-08:00

Despite what my lack of updates might otherwise suggest, I HAVE been actually working on stuff.

Today I bring you a rough draft of the Sun God in color. I am revving up to do a model sheet, and subsequently a model in 3D. This little number is just a rough sketch to get the lead out and see if I could dust off the ol' Photoshop skills. I plan to begin another from scratch. The tone and color needs reworking, the head needs to be bigger and the anatomy needs fixing. The hair isn't supposed to be a fuax-hawk either, but I couldn't get the whole 'underwater-but-not-actually' flow-y type look. I began this knowing full well it was just a rough sketch, and that I would do another afterward.

Any suggestions/criticism/comments appreciated.

It's zoomed out a bit, the original is in 16x9 (if I did a model sheet for it).

Also, I think I am going to do some scanning tonight and put up a bunch of process work. Not for just the Sun God, but for all of the deities I have been designing. I call it Project:Pantheon.

Gotta Jet

Long Awaited Update

2011-02-23T18:56:00.000-08:00

Hey all, haven't posted much of anything on here in a long time, mostly because I haven't worked on anything. Well I have been working on something and I want to post my process work, mostly sketches and things. I'm ramping up to do a finished Character Sheet. :P Tell me what you think!

I'm designing a Sun God, if you were wondering. Also in there is a map of the Cosmos for the universe he's from. Enjoy!

Sheeta Complete

2010-04-24T17:41:00.001-07:00

Here she is: Sheeta the Averian. She is complete! Time to turn her in to Peter, if he gets around to telling us how to turn in our stuff to him.

There are some hiccups in the cloth, but overall I think she turned out really well. It's a little dark, I might reduce the opacity on the Ambient Occlusion pass if I re-render this ever.

I'm so excited I was able to render her successfully (I think) in 3D. It's nice to see how far I've come and how much I've improved. Now it's time to re-organize my portfolio and hit the ground running and apply to places en masse.

Hope you enjoy! Watch in 480p if you can.

Thanks for watching! Gotta jet!

Soldier Complete!

2010-04-21T21:30:00.001-07:00

So The Soldier/Civilian Burt is finished and ready for viewing. I think it turned out better than I was expecting, but I can already so where I can improve on so many things. That's how progress goes, I guess.

Adam Chandler did all of the environment.

I designed, rigged, posed, modeled, unwrapped and textured Burt. It was a learning experience. I'm excited to do better work.

You may want to go to YouTube and watch directly in 720p. It's better that way. But since I want an excuse to embed a video from YouTube, here it is. :P

Hope that was everything you hoped for and more. Or not. Either way, now to render Sheeta.

Gotta jet!!

Sample Render!

2010-04-19T21:55:00.000-07:00

Hey, so here's a sample of what the final render will look like more or less. The environment that she stands on still needs to be completed, but it'll take like no time. I'm so excited. She's gonna have her scarf blowin' in the wind! Oh man! Stay tuned, kiddies!

Gotta jet!

2010-04-19T12:39:00.001-07:00

Hey all (like anyone is reading this blog)!

No pics this time, but updating to let you know that Sheeta's model and texture is done. All that is left is the environment, the cloth and the posing. Her final render is quickly approaching!! Stay tuned.

Gotta jet!!

Sheeta's Face WIP

2010-03-22T15:07:00.001-07:00

Hey there! Just my work in progress of Sheeta's Head. So far it'll be the third human model I've done, and so far it's been my best. It's exciting to see her come to life! I'll keep you guys updated!
Gotta jet!

Peter's Class 3D Wok In Progress

2010-03-15T18:39:00.000-07:00

So here are the Work in Progress of my character for Peter's Class. That cylindrical stump she has for a 'head' is just for the scarf. I basically modeled a basic shape, popped on some MeshSmooth, Cloth Simmed it and let it drop where it fell. Then I collapsed the stack to get the scarf. It would prolly be a skinning doozy, but I don't plan for very much animaton.

The leg pouches were a little strange, I think I would do them a lot differently the next time I have to model something like that.

The tails of the scarf are gonna be cloth and will be flapping and/or swaying in the wind.

There isn't a belt in the concept but I put one on the model because I was trying to figure out how to get the back and front tassels of her shirt/tabard/thing to sway with cloth while keeping the upper body stiff. I finally just plopped on a belt to separate the two into multiple pieces to allow for a stiff shirt and clothed tabard things.

Time to Jet!

Peter Moerhle's Class - Character Concept

2010-03-15T18:30:00.001-07:00

So for Peter Moerhle's class we basically can do whatever we want so I decided to do a character I have been pondering upon for .... years. Looking maybe to make this a portfolio piece. This is just the concept of her to show Peter. I didn't plan on coloring it in, but I might do it just to have yet another piece to put in my portfolio. He wants me to animate her on this weird Jetson's treadmill floating high in the sky, but I don't want to animate her other than having her cloth parts swayin' in the wind. ALso, that would require making an environment, which I can't do to save my life. I guess I could go outside my comfort zone, but time is kind of a critical commodity at the moment, so I may just pass on broadening my horizens . . . at least for now.

In Progress 3D model coming soon! Time to jet!

Bored in Class

2009-10-23T17:29:00.001-07:00

So I was bored in Sound Design Class on Wednesday, and I decided to sketch myself. I finished it pretty quickly and decided I would very much like to paint it. So I did. I had to clean up the line-work a bit, and the next time I do something like this I think I'm going to take it into Flash. Anyway, I got a professor to give me advice on the hair, namely Peter Moerhle. That man is a genius. And did the rest myself.

Well, that's all I have to say for now. Gotta jet!

Concept Art Class

2009-10-10T16:07:00.001-07:00

Hey there. So there is this assignment that, for awhile, I loathed with all my heart. I am not particularly good with environments or vehicles, and so this assignment, the H.M.S. Terror lost in the Antarctic, was somewhat lost on me at first glance. My painting skills are also not very up to par, but while working on the final Illustration (I think/hope) I received some help from a friend of mine, Tyler Gibbons. His strange witchcraft in word form exponentially increased the quality of my painting. Thanks to him. I actually started having fun towards the end. So here it is:

I hope we move on to Characters next. I really want to design the Eskimo Witch! Well, that's it for my second post. Gotta jet!

First Post

2009-09-29T12:15:00.000-07:00

I was reluctant to start one of these at first, not because I don't like 'em or anything like that but because the purpose would be to post 'art' and I don't think my work is quality enough to warrant being posted. I, however, decided to cave in and start posting.

I might as well start with the project I've been working since the summer. My close friend Sarah Grissom, a few of our other friends and I have joined forces on our Senior Project and I have been given the role of concept artist/character designer/texture artist. At the moment, I've done a look and feel painting as well as designing the secondary character, the Citizen Soldier Burt J. Finnigan.

That is Burt. I did some process to come to his current design, but I'll be posting those in a later post, I guess. Up next is the Look and Feel. It's not terribly good, but it's a step in the right direction. Practice makes perfect. It's already a vast improvement than my previous endeavors.

Well, that's it for my first post. Hopefully this will be a successful attempt at my first real blog. Thanks! Time to jet!