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Archive for January, 2010
January 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment | filed under Hidden Place
This piece is based on a folktale about a couple, Eyvindur and Halla, who were both outlaws and lived high up in Icelandic fells constantly moving from place to place and receding deeper into the wilderness. They had many children in their outlawry but had to dispose of them all in times of threat or danger of being discovered. One time the farmers came upon them suddenly and the couple had to flee. Halla just had the time to throw their two-year-old daughter off the cliff. It is said that Eyvindur grieved deeply over her death for she was their favorite child and they had intended to let her live.
60 sec seamless loop, silent
To view the rest of the videos from this project, click here.
January 21st, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process
Creating realistic looking water and caustics in AE is not easy. Two full days of endless tweaking and slider adjustments:
combination of various filters and masks
looking for a color palette for the final piece:
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Overall, I’m quite pleased; final will be posted shortly!
January 19th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process
composite is ready to be taken into AE:
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January 18th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process
I’ve decided on three tentacles (top right) vs four or two:
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Here are final render passes ready to be taken into and composited in Photoshop (my favorite part of the process :)
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January 15th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process
Colorizing (polypainting) – my least favorite stage of the process.
WIP: click to enlarge
January 13th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process
No, not done sculpting yet. More tentacles and rough background placement:
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January 12th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process
finished sculpting; onto texturing…
finished ZBrush sculpt
January 12th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process
Here’s the second protagonist, inspired by Guanajuato mummies. The story of the whole piece itself is based on an Icelandic folktale (surprise!) about two outlaws. More details to follow.
ZBrush WIP
January 11th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process
This is a test render of one of the protagonists for my new animation piece that I’m currently working on for the Hidden Place. Stay tuned for more progress updates!
Zbrush render
January 7th, 2010 | 1 Comment | filed under random photos, word
‘rosebell’ is the secret word
kiss of the trolls
Ahab’s whale
flute made out of a bird’s beak
condemned lovers turned into islands
night, day, oblivion, and memory
a place where no one could imagine him, let alone see him
look at the flowers
Gale, Summer 2009
