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Turquoise Mountain

sg2046 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:06:37 +0000

three-legged Buddha
Needle and Thread Alley
this is your past haunting me
beads of ashes
map of Utopia
elephant resting
Turquoise Mountain

Mountain render, WIP for Hidden Place

makeshift studio

sg2046 — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:43:33 +0000

A little still life set-up for the next piece for Hidden Place. The silver sphere (thanks, Rocky) is an HDR-probe that will be used to light a 3D model. Stay tuned!

makeshift studio

wolf mask

sg2046 — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:45:17 +0000

Here’s a quick rendering of a wolf mask for my new piece that’s in development right now:

3D sculpt

Process: The Earth Will Know

sg2046 — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:34:44 +0000

The background plate was taken during a trip to Peru in November, 2009.

trees imported from Europe and Peruvian mud-soil

This is the original concept sketch (something that I rarely do). The idea of ancient insects and creatures preserved in amber for millions of years is exciting.

sketch 01

Photographing “amber” at home on a window sill. This hefty piece of material is actually resin. Thank you, Gale!

resin

Second sketch was done with quick untextured renders of 3D models to test placement and overall composition. To view some renders of insects form a previous post, click here.

sketch 02

Final composite ready to be taken into After Effects. This is my most complex piece to date, which I greatly enjoyed working on. Next step – building a housing for the monitor (or an animation box, as I like to call them). Stay tuned!

final composite

You can view the final animation here.

WIP: The Earth Will Know, Hidden Place, 2010

sg2046 — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:12:18 +0000

The Earth Will Know

A woman gave birth to a creature of the twilight, all splotched and bristly-skinned, which no one could seem to identify. The angakok said: “The Earth will know.” So they killed the creature and buried it in the ground, to learn what kind of thing it was. The ghost came back: a pretty little girl.

- Eskimo Folktale, retold by Lawrence Millman

new zbrush sculpts

sg2046 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:16:22 +0000

Rainy weekend ZBrush sculpts for my next animation for Hidden Place. Stay tuned!

leafy sea dragon fossil

sg2046 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:37:28 +0000

for Hidden Place