Nuthin' But Mech 3

 I am incredibly honored to have been invited to submit imagery for the Nuthin' But Mech series.

In appreciation of Francis Tsai's contributions to the artistic community, proceeds from the sales of this book will be donated to his family.

You can order your copy from Design Studio Press.

Nuthin' But Mech 3

I've been sitting on these images for over a year now and am excited to finally be Sharon them! 

For my submissions, I wanted to pay homage to the still bourgeoning field of 3D printing.

Images were first sketched out as thumbnail sketches before diving into Maya and ZBrush for modeling. Rendering and compositing completed with the ever awesome KeyShot 3D.

ResinBot Prototype V1

SpoolBot Prototype V1

Surge Protector

Just finished up this model test using Maya, Zbrush 4R7 beta, and Keyshot 3D. I was asked if I had anything in the Disney style in my modeling portfolio, and I hadn't.  So I found some Wreck-It Ralph concept art from the amazing Bill Schwab to use as reference and inspiration. I've always been a fan of the "Cartoon Modern" retro aesthetic, and this piece was a pleasure to sculpt.

I've got additional views on the Project Page, and will upload some turntables in the near future.

Final Textures

Base Model

New Year. New Site. New Stuff!

Happy New Year!  It was time to overhaul my website, and I really wanted to check out SquareSpace.  I was very impressed with the relative ease of migrating the entirety of my blog over. I also like the eCommerce aspect of SquareSpace and plan on finally launching my first Shop where I'll have Sketchbot related product and some other goodies planned throughout the year, so definitely stay tuned for that!

3D World Magazine #191

The New Year also brings in my first published magazine cover!  I was excited to work with the editorial team at 3D World Magazine for the February Issue, #191.  I also have a 5-page tutorial in this issue showing how to take a robot character from Maya to Keyshot, and using ZBrush to prep the geometry for STL output, and eventual 3D Printing.

Create and Render a Robot for 3D Printing Tutorial

Feel free to look around at the new projects posted, and be sure to drop me a line in the comments below if you have any questions. Thx!