portrait of Tom Hanks - done in Art Rage; experimenting with color and various tools; approx time 90 min
For this piece, i mainly used the felt pen (blending marker) and the roller brush. my goal starting out was to pick an 'odd' background color and then utilize that in the colors of the portrait. after brushing down a layer of green, i created a new layer and set the opacity to 90% -- so that the green would show through all brushstrokes (and layers) above that. i then created a palette of colors that contained some skin tones, the background green and a few tinting values (not quite black/not quite white). many layers were then used -- always adjusting opacity to between 30-70% to allow layers underneath to show through. most of the painting was done using the blending marker and towards the end, i switched to the roller brush to add texture (again, on many layers)
For the final result, i consider this to be more of a 'study/experimentation' and not really a portfolio piece
--------------- during the year of 2011, I am pledging to create ART everyday and post it online to share with everyone.
the submissions will be in the form of sketches/studies, paintings, photography, etc..
"Coffee with lamp and sketchbook" -- painting i did live at Cafe Kopi, using laptop/wacom and Art Rage software (done using roller brush only) -- total time: Approx 1.5 hrs
Below is a time lapse animation that shows this artwork being created (click on the image below to play)
--------------- during the year of 2011, I am pledging to create ART everyday and post it online to share with everyone.
the submissions will be in the form of sketches/studies, paintings, photography, etc..
i want to visit this in person (some day before i die) -- until then, i'll just have to view it virtually! :)
wow-- check out this 360 virtual viewing of the amazing Sistine Chapel.. make sure you also use the zoom functions (scroll wheel on the mouse or use the buttons in the lower left)
also-- give it some time to load! ..large (but amazing detailed) panoramic photos for this virtual tour
figure sketches - a sheet of 30-60-90 second poses for practice, done this morning before work.. not really happy with these overall.. owell, bad days will happen-- just keep on moving forward and practicing!
--------------- during the year of 2011, I am pledging to create ART everyday and post it online to share with everyone.
the submissions will be in the form of sketches/studies, paintings, photography, etc..
..had fun with this one! started out as abstract shapes and patterns on the background-- and at some point, decided to add figures.. lots and lots of layers in the final file
software: Art Rage
"Women of color"
--------------- during the year of 2011, I am pledging to create ART everyday and post it online to share with everyone.
the submissions will be in the form of sketches/studies, paintings, photography, etc..
figure sketches (from live figure drawing sessions) -- a series of sketches done in pencil, marker, watercolor and pen; poses range from 1 minute to 5 minutes each
--------------- during the year of 2011, I am pledging to create ART everyday and post it online to share with everyone.
the submissions will be in the form of sketches/studies, paintings, photography, etc..
figure sketches (done live in figure drawing session) -- here are a series of sketches done in pencil, marker and pen; poses range from 1 minute to 3 minutes each
--------------- during the year of 2011, I am pledging to create ART everyday and post it online to share with everyone.
the submissions will be in the form of sketches/studies, paintings, photography, etc..
figure sketch (with limited color) -- done for practice, just grabbed a magazine image and started sketching in Art Rage.. total time: approx 1.5 hours
--------------- during the year of 2011, I am pledging to create ART everyday and post it online to share with everyone.
the submissions will be in the form of sketches/studies, paintings, photography, etc..
(b. 1976, American) The work of illustrator and painter Sterling Hundley has appeared regularly in the pages of Communication Arts Magazine, American Illustration, Print Magazine, the Los Angeles Society of Illustrators, 3 x 3, Graphis, Step by Step Graphics, the Society of Publication Designers, and the New York Society of Illustrators.
"God eyes" - by Sterling Hundley
He is a Professor in the Department of Communication Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University, and he is one of five core instructors at the Illustration Academy, held on the campus of Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida.
"Coffee with mirror" -- painting i did live at Cafe Kopi, using laptop/wacom and Art Rage software (done using roller brush only) -- total time: Approx 45 minutes
Below is an animated .gif -- showing various stages of the painting (click image to view the time lapse animation)
--------------- during the year of 2011, I am pledging to create ART everyday and post it online to share with everyone.
the submissions will be in the form of sketches/studies, paintings, photography, etc..
"Coffee with lamp #1" -- painting i did live at Cafe Kopi, using laptop/wacom and Art Rage software (done using roller brush only) -- total time: Approx 45 minutes
--------------- during the year of 2011, I am pledging to create ART everyday and post it online to share with everyone.
the submissions will be in the form of sketches/studies, paintings, photography, etc..
A page of 60 second figure drawing sketches (for practice) done before work this morning.. Not really happy with these. Some days are better than others! :)
--------------- during the year of 2011, I am pledging to create ART everyday and post it online to share with everyone.
the submissions will be in the form of sketches/studies, paintings, photography, etc..
This is a project i was hired for (freelance) a few years ago -- that involved me creating 3D content for 2 tv commercials to promote the new Keebler EL Fudge cookies, by Nabisco.
(above) still image from Commercial #1 - "elephant tower"
total time = 2 weeks
client: KaChew! and Nabisco
Commercial #1 --"Elephant tower"
overview: there were 2 scenes i had create-- first was the exterior establishing view of the Tree house, which called for a slow camera zoom, while the sun set in the far distance.. and the flowers needed to animate (closing) during this timelapse sunset. the second scene was an interior shot, of a tower of furniture, that had an elephant standing at the top of this! The elves would then pull the rope, which would cause the elephant to fall down on the peanut butter below, squirting it on to the cookie! i would be responsible for all 3D elements (everything but the 2D hand drawn elves)
Exterior scene because of the 'style' of the Keebler commercials, i had to create a very stylistic landscape (round background trees, rolling hillsides, stylized flowers, colorful, etc)
(above) - concept art for the landscape
Layers and render passes are your friend the environment was broken into layers: background (mtns), midground (distant trees/rolling hills), and foreground (Keebler tree, flowers, dirt path and grass) -- each layer was rendered separately (for control and revisions) and then composited together in After Effects
(above) - background mountains
(above) - midground layer and elements
(above) - foreground layer and elements
Props/objects
(above) simple geometry was created for the daises
(above) - English Primroses were created and later animated to close
(above) - concept art for the Keebler tree
(above) - model of the tree made from primitives and sculpted
(above) - 3D tree leaves
(above) - the ground was created from a plane and sculpted in Maya
(above) - Maya's Paint Effects was used to create the grass
(above) - Maya's Paint Effects was used to create the grass; this is how it looks from the camera
(above) - close up of tree/ground
(above) - grass test renders in day/dusk lighting; click image to see larger version
Lighting/animated sunset The script called for a quick/timelapse sunset complete with animated foreground flowers that closed during the sunset.
I had to solve how to animate the background sky color, clouds that slowly faded in and changed lighting, shadows and light color that changed over the time and how to animate each flower -- all of this was done using Maya and After Effects
(above) - concept art showing start of sky (midday)
(above) - concept art showing end of sky (sunset)
As the sky becomes dusk-- i had to also fade in stars at the top of the sky; below is the star field i created
The first version of clouds that i created were too realistic for the director, so i then created these more stylized clouds (below); in After Effects, i animated them fading in and moving across the sky. i also cross-dissolved between multiple versions of the bitmap to create a change in the lighting on the form of the clouds(to be more under-lit as the sun set below them)
The movie below was a test to see how the sky color and sun would animate over time (at this point, the clouds just fade in -- later tests would focus on them moving and changing form with lighting/scale)
Interior scene Scene 2 involved me creating a bunch of assets that needed to be 'stacked' on top of each other (the cliche-- 'everything but the kitchen sink'-- but in this case, the sink is part of it!) -- i had 1 week to model/texture all of these props and position them accordingly
(below) concept art -- click to see larger version
Props/objects The objects were modeled in Maya and textured using Photoshop and Bodypaint 3D; after the objects were built and placed in the tower, they then had to be rigged to allow for animation/movement-- as the tower 'swayed' due to the elephants weight on top!
(click any of the images below to see a larger image)
Final 30 second tv commercial ..and here it is! (thanks for your time) - Chad
