2013-06-06
2013-05-31
2013-04-20
2013-04-15
2013-04-10
2013-03-26
Graphine Concept Aircraft
This is a vehicle I created for Graphine, a newly founded company that specializes in HD texture streaming and compression for realtime rendering applications (e.g., games). They asked me to design and model a plane for a Pilotwings-type tech demo that utilizes large amounts of unique texture data for the landscape. Below are some of my initial terrain & aircraft sketches and some progress shots.
We decided to explore the twin fuselage approach a bit further and go for a hybrid of E and J, with slightly more surface area. Based on the last sketch I first did a quick digital sculpt to refine things from different angles and clarify some areas and then used that as a guide for the model. Those large round intake things at the wing bases didn't translate into 3D very well, so after a few attempts of simplifying I scrapped them completely. Once I had the main shapes in place I went back to Photoshop for more pondering & detail planning before finalizing the mesh.
2013-03-09
Rotor
My friends Ben & Ágúst have just released their first mobile game, Rotor, a shoot 'em up for Android and iOS. You can check out the trailer here. This is some of the artwork I made for the intro screens and in-game character portraits.
2013-02-24
2013-02-17
Katzilla
Monty Battles is a new live DnB project by drummer extraordinaire Patrick Schröder. His debut album Landfall was released on Zeitgeister Music last month, you can get it on CD here and listen/download here (and you should, since it's pretty great). The project is named after Patrick's cat Monty - an old British Shorthair who, despite his gentle and peaceful nature, gets battered in feline fights on a regular basis. Things quickly led to the idea of a godzilla-sized Monty grinding his way through a city with a confused, uninvolved gaze.
Here's a close-up of the cover artwork, some early sketches, both sides of the three panel booklet, and the finished item.
2013-02-16
2013-01-17
Tablet doodles
I picked up a Samsung XE700T1A recently, one of the few current tablets that come with a Wacom digitizer (that I'm aware of). I've only tried Photoshop with the BT keyboard and a few onscreen hotkey scripts, most notably ArtDock & PaintDock - they're sometimes flaky but good enough to work with. It's a really nice experience so far.
2012-12-24
Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School Cologne
Sketches from last month's xmas-themed Dr. Sketchy session, and from one of their first shows about a year ago.
2012-12-20
Animals, Nov/Dec 2012
Locations: Senckenberg Natural History Museum Frankfurt / Natural History Museum Berlin
2012-11-13
Cyclorpse
This is a piece I did for my friends at Zeitgeister Music recently. It's the cover artwork for Valborg's new album, Nekrodepression (available here). The working format was around 120x30cm and it's all watercolors & water soluble pencils on cardboard, except for a slight canvas extension and some color/level adjustments in Photoshop. It is being used as a three panel album inlay and for a limited run of posters and shirts.
2012-10-02
2012-09-30
Animals, misc objects, Neville Page
Locations: Museum Koenig Bonn & Zoo Gelsenkirchen
Things from around my desk & the Cologne City Museum
Lastly, here's a drawing of Neville Page who I had the pleasure to meet at the Behind the Iron Curtain workshop last month along with loads of other great people. It's been an immensely inspiring and informative weekend. I drew this with a ballpoint pen during one of Neville's presentations in which he shared his ZBrush/Modo workflow.
Things from around my desk & the Cologne City Museum
Lastly, here's a drawing of Neville Page who I had the pleasure to meet at the Behind the Iron Curtain workshop last month along with loads of other great people. It's been an immensely inspiring and informative weekend. I drew this with a ballpoint pen during one of Neville's presentations in which he shared his ZBrush/Modo workflow.
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