Where the Hell is James Johnson? |
Lately I've started receiving emails with questions regarding my current whereabouts. I know to take a running theme in the emails like this as an indicator that I need to start making efforts on my e...
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT |
Wizard Cottage |
Digital Paint Medium. This was an experiment with color and overall technique. The premise of the assignment was to design the home of a wizard. I imagine wizards to be focused, methodical people who ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:15:00 GMT |
Vine Charcoal for Old Friend |
This piece celebrates meeting and connecting with people in the most unlikely of pretenses. Though she'd carefully crafted her image the way she wanted to look, she looked just like a regular girl whe...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:12:00 GMT |
Argentavis Magnificens Study |
You are looking at a digital skeletal reconstruction project I did of this fantastic prehistoric bird. According to the literature, the bird was so large, it preyed on and carried off a form of jaguar...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:59:00 GMT |
Monkey WIP |
I think he looks a little like Shemp. Whaddya think? Obviously you're looking at a close bust shot of the same Yetti Model around the time I completed him using Zbrush 2. Since then, the new version ...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:31:00 GMT |
Monkey WIP |
Again, very careful attention was paid in 'warming' the skin of the feet and hands. This character emphasizes the use of exaggerated haptic feedback to 'see' and communicate with the world aro...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:13:00 GMT |
Monkey WIP |
Digital hands are, in my opinion, among the most difficult CG hustles to pull over an audience and get away with. CG fingers are usually copied geometry stuck onto a palm-shaped hub. So unifor...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:02:00 GMT |
Monkey WIP |
It's very important to have a relatively clear idea in your minds eye of what the finalized piece will look like. Oftentimes, it's tempting to lose sight of your own goals for a character, par...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:52:00 GMT |
Monkey WIP |
For this one, the reference photos of about 5 different primates were used to create my own brand of land-dweller. More like a Yetti than anything else, special attention as paid to skin ...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:14:00 GMT |
Poetry In Chitin I Hand Paint |
You have already seen this model before, but I thought you might like to see what it looked like finalized and fully painted, sans environmental grime and damage. Shortly after I finished this...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:08:00 GMT |
