Cel-ebrating The Holidays

This year I made animation cels for some friends. The first one is a frame out of the first episode in the Fleischer Superman series. The second is based on a Bruce Tim rendering, with a Batman: The Animated Series background (tried mirroring their process, drawing on black paper) and the third is a frame from the pilot of (the greatest cartoon ever) Scottish Ninjas, a production I am part of (the series is actually all CG). www.scottishninjas.com

Some process shots.

Zbrush Creature Sketch

Zbrush sketch roughly based on Thelossian creature design by Nicholas Cloister


Quick process recap.

Creature Zbrush Sketch 01 from robotbreath on Vimeo.

Speedpaint Study Livestream

Done a while ago. Going to try more livestreaming/capturing in the new year.

Ref: http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq177/Newbliq/P3080263.jpg

Watch live streaming video from robotbreath at livestream.com

Angry Bird Plush

Gift for my nephew. He's 3 and can't get enough of those Angry Birds. I try to explore other mediums when doing gifts projects so thought I would try my hand at some sewing. Found a 4 piece juggling ball pattern and went from there. All hand stitched. Ended up stuffing it with the left over fluffy red fabric.

Life Drawing

Some more life drawing done at the Art/Not Terminal, Seattle.

Steampunk Anti-gravity Pack

For SteamCon II I added an anti-gravity pack to my costume.

Here is the original design I made about a year ago.

3D prototyping.

Working on the side tanks. PVC pipe, foam shaved down to domes for the ends, then covered with Bondo and sanded to a smooth finish.

Early assemblage of the parts. Googly eyes used for the rivets. MDF used for the engine/heat sink-looking part.

First coat of primer.

Plasma disk used to add some spiffy electrical flare.

Harness with breathing apparatus.

Shot taken at SteamCon II by Photo Knight.

More photos

Zeratul Costume

Photo by Nate Zimmer

My blueprint.

Some process shots.

The group and I at PAX.

Photo by Nate Zimmer

Cake Topper

Sculpted a cake topper for two friends gettin' hitched.

Photo by Nate Zimmer

Baking in the oven.

Photo by Nate Zimmer

The newlyweds (Bill & Brit) posing out.

Photo by Nate Zimmer