New Semester, New Portrait

Here's my first portrait painting of the second semester. This is actually the same model, Ivy, as one of my previous paintings (although before she was clothed). Pretty happy with this one, although the lighting in my apartment makes it impossible to photograph anything well.

3-Jointed Character

This weeks assignment was to animate a forward-kinematic 3-jointed character expressing anger. I kind of got caught up in the interaction between the characters, so I lost the anger part a bit, but I'm happy with the outcome overall.  I wish I'd had more time to figure out how to switch cameras or compose the scene a little better.

First Basic Animation

This week's CGI assignment was to animate a 120+ frame sequence of a hammer, a ball, and a feather in some sort of interaction. One of the three must have a sense of character or motivation. I kept running into things I didn't know how to do in the program, but on the other hand I was constantly surprised by how much you can accomplished with very limited knowledge.

first maya creation

Behold my first creation from my CGI class this semester: a poorly made cave! The assignment was to create an environment that told a story about a character without showing the subject him/herself. In the first image I hadn't figured out how to set the dropoff for lights, so the back part of the cave is still illuminated. whoops!

electric canvas final pieces

I don't really know how to present these pieces as they are meant to be organized in a certain way with an animation playing above. I'll try and figure out a way to make a GIF or something that is close to the actual presentation (as i set it up for my final crit in class). Anyway, for now just imagine these go from left to right in a line and that you are in a state of hypnosis. Should be close enough.

All are near 19x25, but the middle one is larger than the others by several inches on each side.

cell study 1

the other half of the cell study assignment

cell study 1

cell study 2

from electric canvas (finished version of painting I posted earlier)

cells/nodes/users in network build up the individual user to (false) heroic status based on availability of resources/people far beyond his physical abilities.

BAD PHOTO UGH

Cell Study 2. Acrylic on Canvas, 26" x 31"???. 2011.

more webcam

i'm probably the worst blogger. this will be my second post in a row with a webcam picture of some unfinished paintings. this is pretty relevant since it will be my final project when finished!

a segment from my project proposal to give you an idea of what it's about:

Second life and other virtual worlds allow the user to enter an alternate, untrue reality which draws users in by the worship of its very falsehood. The distance from physical truth and body allows activities which would normally be mundane to transform into extraordinary out of body experiences in the eyes of the user. The body is in a state of rest/suspension while the mind engages in an escapist virtual experience similar to a religious vision or dissociative hallucination. The triangle symbolizes the elevation of this virtual world to a god-like status, dependent on its ability to separate the user from the physical world. The paintings will show the changes in perception of self and reality when one enters a virtual world in relation to the attraction of the digital nonreal.

sooo unfinished

this gif will be projected above the paintings