snows's CGPortoflio Gallery

Death Knight

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:26:10 +0000

This model was originally done for a short film by a good friend of mine. I worked from a concept drawing that was given to me at the beginning of the project. I first started with modeling in Lightwave and then I moved the character over to Maya where I did everything else in the image. The character and environment were also sculpted in ZBrush.

Now that this is finished I can move on to other ideas I have... I think the next image will be a sci-fi environment.

Any comments are always welcomed.

Cheers!

Just Some Stairs

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:56:16 +0000

I haven't added anything here for the longest time, I'm currently working on a fantasy character but until I finish that one here is another image I created for the LW9 Texturing book. Quite simple but I demonstrate some neat techniques to texture this using procedural layers.

Red Canyon

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:33:43 +0000

This image was created for a tutorial in "LightWave v9 Texturing"
I show readers several different techniques to texture this canyon only using LW's built-in procedural textures.

LW9 Texturing Cover

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:56:22 +0000

I've been so busy that I haven't been able to post anything lately, so I decided to post the cover for the LightWave 9 Texturing book and besides, I love robots

The robot was concepted by Leon Harmon (aka sagleon). The image was created completely in LightWave and showcase LW9's new features; post done in Photoshop.

I have some concepts that I would like to realize in 3d so hopefully I'll have new stuff soon.

Horse Head

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:34:47 +0000

I originally created this character for a LightWave/ZBrush workflow tutorial included in my book "LightWave 3D 9 Texturing"

I tought that it warrant a hi-res render and here is the final image. I made some additional PS work in addition to what I had done for the book.

Hope you like it!

A Peek Inside My Head

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:54:23 +0000

I wanted to make a self portrait to better my skills at modeling realistic heads. I got as far as sculpting in ZBrush just to put it off for a while. A year later I decided to finish it but I just wasn't completely happy with my UV unwrap so I started the sculpt over. Everything is done in Maya with the exception of the glasses and brain/brain canister which were modeled in LightWave Modeler and imported into Maya for final rendering. I used the fast skin shader in Mental Ray; that layer took almost 7 hrs to render at 2000 x 3000. Everything was rendered in layers and composited in Photoshop. The hair is Shave and a Haircut with the exception of the eyebrows which are painted.

Hope you'll like it and that it puts a smile on your face
later!

Awe at Thistledown

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:27:30 +0000

Hello everyone.
This was my entry for the recent EON challenge. I wanted to show Patricia awe struck by the spectacular view of Thistledown. The image won 5th place in the Model category which was a total surprise for me.

I used mostly Maya for everything with the exception of Patricia which I modeled and UV unwrapped in LightWave Modeler. I then brough this model into Maya where I created a quick skeleton to be able to pose her, applied materials and rendered in several layers using Mental Ray. The final elements were composed in Photoshop.

the WIP thread is here if interested to see its development, there are closer images of the character as well.
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?threadid=413019

Thanks!

Under the Boardwalk

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:44:49 +0000

Lighting excercise conducted by Jeremy Birn here at CG Talk. I did the texturing, lighting and compositing, modeling by Serguei Kalentchouk.

Where We First Met

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 22:12:36 +0000

This is my entry for the Spectacular challenge.
My main focus was on the evocative aspect of the image and how powerful love really is.
This is the story that I wrote to go with the entry:
Impact is imminent. All the efforts to avoid catastrophy failed. During the chaos of a last minute evacuation David and Renee separated but destiny works in mysterious ways and by what some call coincidence, moments before the giant arrived they once again found each other at the same place where they first met.
They embraced one more time, every second feels like hours and not a word was spoken, none had to be said. now death is rapidly coming with a thunderous sound but that's allright now, they have each other and they leave with the greatest thing one can have... love.
hope you all like it as much as I do.
edit-made the car interiors darker.

Mazinger Z

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:01:20 +0000

Maazziingeeeerrr GO!
I was recently inspired to finish this image... my childhood hero. My brother and I never missed a show, even the re-runs. I'm going to send my brother a poster size print, I think he'll dig it.
The background is composed using many images... you can see Mt. Fuji in there, lots of battles took place at Mt. Fuji's skirt. Anyway's I hope you all like it. Comments are always welcome.
Here is the old wip thread:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=116414&highlight=mazinger

Disturbed

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:53:20 +0000

Here is what I did for the Master and Servant challenge, An abused little girl gone mad... Her doll (in her twisted mind) gives her orders to kill her abusive father.

Character - Burner Flyer

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 15:52:07 +0000

After I finished the Machineflesh challenge I started to model the second type of character of my challenge concept, here is the result. Everything is 3d with the exception of the dead bird which is composited. Hope you all like it.
Updated image, fixed the finguers and other minor things, plus fixed the thread title that which I had erased by mistake.

Purist Flyer

Sun, 25 Jun 2006 01:51:26 +0000

I made this during the "Machineflesh" challenge a while back and I thought to go ahead and add it here.

Mantree

Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:42:43 +0000

Here is my first attempt at using ZBrush with Maya.
The original sketch the character was depicted as angry but later on decided to change the composition and present him as a gentle chreature looking after the forest's creatures.
C&C always welcomed.
-edit-
added an unsharp mask in photoshop.

Waterworld

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 16:00:07 +0000

I always wanted to place this character in a scene of her own. She is one of my favorite characters I made for the GSO challenge a while back.
I wrote an overview of the creation process of this image for 3dtotal which I hope you all find usefull once it goes live.
Here is a detail shot of the head.
EDIT
Changed the image based on feedback.
Thanks!

Sea Monster

Fri, 06 May 2005 17:12:56 +0000

I made this model for a short film I was doing that now seems it'll never be finished...
I was never going to post it but what the heck, hope you all enjoy it.
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Treason

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:44:02 +0000

Hi everyone, this is what I did for the Grand Space Opera challenge a while back.
The image depicts the moment when a traitor is brought to the queen revealing it is her own son plotting against her.
Comments always welcomed.
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>> Hi resolution image <<

Ketek Tradeshow game

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:23:24 +0000

This is a still from a short animation that was presented with an interactive game at a tradeshow where the audience was divided into 2 teams, red and blue (hence the Jeep colors) as they answered the game questions correctly the climbers slowly climbed up the mountain until the winning team reached the top.

The Jeep is stock which I had to fix quite a bit to make it useable for our purpose, the animation was over 30 seconds long, rendered at Hi-Def and had to be completed from start to finish in one week.

Ketek Tradeshow game

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:42:21 +0000

This is another screen of the trade show game cinematics I did a while back. I wish I had the time to make better rocks but it was done in such short amount of time... that's how it goes sometimes.

F-16

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:49:24 +0000

Rendition of a couple of F-16's on patrol. I always loved this jet. The background is stock photography.

Air Alaska

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:26:57 +0000

This was created to visualize new signage designs at work.

Osteoclast Apoptosis

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:42:37 +0000

This is a frame of a sequence demostrating an osteoclast cell going through apoptosis (cell death).

This program won a Golden Eagle Award.