New World Building job at SUPERGENIUS in Oregon City!

admin — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:28:42 +0000

Well… I just got myself a very awesome World Building job back in the game development industry, on a potentially very awesome title. It looks like I’ll be putting my UDK project on hold, but that’s a good thing! I’m going to start trying to use the 1080p camera on my phone to start creating a texture reference archive, and I plan to share that with everyone else. Here’s a couple pictures to start off. Bare with me as I figure out how to maximize the quality of my pictures (I really need to take a good photography class). The images aren’t full-rez for a reason (they are still quite large though). They will eat up server space on my FTP very quickly, and will also eat up other resources. At some point I will allow the full-rez versions of the images for download, perhaps on a donation basis, i.e. you guys would give me a donation of any amount, and the download will then become available to you.

Here’s what I’ve got as far as texture reference so far:

Unnamed UDK Project

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:46:36 +0000

I’ve been distracting myself lately with an unnamed UDK project. I will be posting work in progress screenshots within this post for inspiration and personal use. It is a project a very talented friend of mine, Alex Yao, started a while back. I haven’t done much with the project thus far, but I have recently had a spark of inspiration and productivity which I am trying to take advantage of.

Here is an orthographic overhead view (in Maya) of some modular road/sidewalk blockout assets I have been experimenting with. Click on the image if you wish to view a much larger (both resolution and size-wise) version of the image.

Come join my livestream and interactive chat as I attempt to create a full video game using various computer programs such as the Unreal Development Kit, Maya, and Photoshop! Ideas? Critiques? …bored? Whatever your reason for watching, remember, everything you see is LIVE. YOU can take part in the game development process. I encourage feedback and interactivity! Cheers!

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Star Wars Gormak WIP – Maya

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:59:42 +0000

With the release of Bioware’s new MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, I started to model a bust of an alien species called the Gormak. My plans are to eventually bring my Maya model in to ZBrush and/or Mudbox and do a high-poly sculpt. Here is a work in progress screenshot of the bust thus far. It has been nice modeling in Maya lately. It has been a good break from the Photoshop texture work I have been doing recently.

The Mystery Pyramid Casino

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:52:02 +0000

I bumped in to one of my buildings while “playing” Mafia Wars 2. I used quotation marks there because, well, I don’t think Mafia Wars 2 can really be called a game. The silly game won’t even allow me to build my own building unless I pay real money *sighs* I insists on continuing to “play” the game though until I can find a way to take screenshots of the buildings I made for the game, if that is even at all possible…

Job status update – new job at HERENOW Creative

admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:38:58 +0000

I thought it was about time to update my job/work status on my blog since a couple posts back I noted that I was looking for a work in the greater Seattle area. I have recently been doing some in-house freelance design work for a Portland-based creative company, HERENOW Creative. I have been texturing a lot of Nike apparel and have been taking part in the design and construction of the interiors of new Nike stores (all digital pre-visualization work). I am still on the job hunt for a permanent position at a video game or design studio though. I am willing to move anywhere for a new job so long as I feel the company fits me well enough.

Carnival Island for PlayStation Move

admin — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:47:12 +0000

I recently found out that one of the games I worked on earlier this year was shown off at E3: the game Carnival Island for the PlayStation Move. To learn more about the game and the work I did, check out the corresponding post in the Portfolio section on my website.

My 2D Gallery

admin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:51:10 +0000

Well, I really don’t have much 2D work that I want to show, but I do want to find a way to show a little bit of it on my website. I am not exactly sure how I am going to integrate it to my current website and portfolio, so for now I have decided to make this post. At the bottom of this paragraph you can see a few of my old 2D drawings and matte paintings. These range from the year 2006 to 2009. I hope to update it some day with some polished and professional 2D art.

Looking for work in the greater Seattle area!

admin — Sat, 21 May 2011 21:07:17 +0000

I am now officially looking for work in the greater Seattle area! I am currently living in Portland, OR, but I am willing to move and start working as soon as I find a job that suites me. Before I apply to any jobs I really do need to update my website, portfolio, reel, and resume. I hope to do that soon, but in the meantime if any potential employers are interested, you can find my latest and greatest work experience and information on my Linkedin profile here.

Tron: Evolution – my work

admin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:12:12 +0000

I just realized I hadn’t made a note on my blog that I was able to work on Tron: Evolution the video game. I did a bit of asset integration and also the modeling of my own props.

This first image shows the highway system of Tron City which I helped make with the assistance of some of my fellow colleagues. The highway was already blocked out and placed within the game when I started work on it, and with myself micro-managing a couple of my co-workers, we propagated the final approved highway geometry through all of the “modular” highway pieces, destroyed and non-destroyed versions for most of the pieces.

This next image is just a concept of one of the buildings I had the opportunity to model from it’s provided blockout model.

This last image is a screenshot of Spiritualist City which is one of the levels I had the opportunity to integrate assets in to and do modeling on. Modeling and integration included buildings, roads, platforms, etc.

Dragon Age II Helmets

admin — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:09:59 +0000

A friend of mine found one of my Dragon Age II helmets while playing the game. I thought I would share.

And here’s an old Max screen grab showing off the gold diffuse/spec work that I thought turned out decent. Unfortunately, it looks like the spec was not used in game.