Character Study

Just a quick character study for the lead in my personal project. I'll do a Zbrush portrait of her next :)

Weta Workshop Works

Well in May it will be my 6 year anniversary working at Weta Workshop! What a crazy ride it has been thus far.  I thought it would be a good time to just post a few pics of  works I've done in various departments.  There are some early ones from District 9 and more recently some work on The Hobbit; and Unexpected Journey.
I work with many amazingly talented individuals, and I'm proud to be apart of the creative process with them :) 

I was apart of the team that sculpted Wikus' transformation prosthetic. It was then painted and applied by some very clever people!

 

This bad boy was designed by the one, the only Greg Broadmore- I was proud to model-make, mould and cast this baby.

 

Some early designs I did for Bofur, the last one being the approved design.  It barely looks like him without that iconic hat!

 

Good ol' Oin. I'm glad his little top knot braid made it in.

A design for Kili, back when he had blue eyes.

 

 Sculpting Orc prosthetics and Dwarf hands golore.

I sculpted this Balin collectible in Zbrush. It was touched up after 3D printing and painted by some of the clever folk I work with.  More Hobbit collectibles I've sculped will be posted as they're released!  I hope to at some stage be able to post the Zbrush model turnarounds.

Pride

I did this several months ago but forgot to post it here!  I was wanting to physically represent certain human qualities.  This is my representation of pride or arrogance, as it usually isn't the first thing we see.  We see the beauty and confidence first and foremost, while arrogance becomes clear upon observing someone more carefully. I'd love to do more pieces based on different human qualities.

Nectar Creeper (CG hub challenge)

With the Tide

Guard Dog

So I've been terrible with posting. Let's try and get back into rhythm here... Here's a recent Zbrush and Photoshop piece :)

Scout

Had fun with this one :)

Dragons galore

Pieces I entered into the recent Unscripted Exhibition.  For the first I used Z-Brush and Photoshop, the second is Pencil and Photoshop.

Old Man in pencil

I shamefully haven't been able to post anything in ages so I'm chucking up an old pencil piece I did years ago.  To ever so slightly diminish my shame.

Lady Alien

I did say there would be more... :)

baby fairy

The Leap

An idea for a creature in the world I've had in mind for some time.  At some point I'd like to go into detail explaining more of the conditions of the planet.  This guy spends the vast majority of his life on the ground, only spreading his wings to fly when completely necessary in order to migrate across bodies of water.  His skin has formed in a way as to create maximum surface area, since this is the organ he uses to "see".  Receptors in the skin detect infrared and sound waves.  This helps to detect both predators and incoming harsh changes in the weather.
I started with a drawing, then sculpted it in Z-brush, and finally took that into Photoshop. I'll post the Z-brush model soon :)

Aaaanother Alien... and not likely the last

I included my drawing on this one too since I scanned it in and just played colouring book on Photoshop for the finished piece. Tried to colour inside the lines...

The Dragon King's Daughter

New Growth

Just a quickie fun time piece.

Mulambitus

I was just having a play painting a marine creature and rather liked how it came out :) I think this guy could come out on to land if he pleased, but is much more adept at getting around underwater...

Terrakan; nomadic rider

This is the rider of the beast in my previous post, "The Move". He comes from a very cold climate and withstands abrasive weather conditions whilst leading the way for this nomadic race.

The Move

 I posted a bit of my thought process for this one.  I started with some silhouette ideas for riding beasts and then moved to grey tones with numbers 3, 6, and 8 before I decided which creature I wanted to go with :)

Alert Sculpt from ealier paint

Kittehhh!

Nymph

Demon Daughter 1 of 10: Datsu Issaishujo Shoke or Robber of the Vital Spirit of All Living Beings

 

There is a Buddhist legend of the 10 Demon Daughters in the Lotus Sutra.  In the legend, these 10 Demon Daughters vow to protect the practitioners of the Lotus Sutra.  They symbolize protective forces in one's environment that come to their aid as an effect of the causes they've made to uphold the dignity inherent in all life. I thought it was such a cool metaphor to explain this concept, and my imagination went wild ;)

Troll

Alert

Dragon