Skywalker update

So i finally finish the maya stage with correcting typology of each vertex (painfullll!!!).....especially the hand part. I believe it took me around 3-4 hours to finally get somewhere. Especially with flow of each vertx. It might not be important in the short run.....but it will be pain later if you don't do it correctly.

-reworking the flow of the hand part. can be a pain to do that in zbrush


After the correction in Maya I brought the model back in zbrush and starting to add some detail to the model.


-donno why i really hate the back of the model....-_- need to fix it

-but i got to say i love the side view of the dunk :D


and guess what?? i just remember i need to arrage the UV of the model before bring the model back in zbrush.....T_T just lost several hours of works.....but disregard the UV part it's good progress....and im surprise im not tired of this yet :)

-counting down to the year 2010!!!!

Scott Patton - Concept Artitst of Avatar

Just came across with a nice interview piece on ARTTalk.ru with one of concept artist, Scott Patton, on Avatar. It's a very quick read and give you a sense of how the production work for the movie.



Quote of the day to me - "You have to motivate yourself! Try to learn new things all the time, paint, draw, sculpt anything to make yourself a better artist. I see a lot of young artists who think that just because they went to school for art and 3D that they deserve a great job. That's not how it works!!!!! " - Scott Patton

Links
ARTTalk Interview with Scott Patton
Stan Winston Studio

Skywalker

So Im back to the modeling once again :) I figure it would be a good exercise of both using Maya and zBrush.....anyhow so I decided to model one of my favorite moment which is the Jordan skywalker dunk......
here is some process

so here is the image im trying to recreate....


and here is the process of the modeling



i know i know...the hand is like flimsy.....im working on it....

Zsolt Derka!!!!

Zsolt is one of friend that i met in Siggraph 08. An awesome guy with a lot of talents on his works. He just recently updated his work on his website and I really enjoy some of his works. On top of that his work also was featured on Exotique 5!!! Hope u like it too :D





Links
Zdolt Derka
Exotique 5

Have you Avatar???

So i went to see the Avatar in digital 3D last week and I have to say the movie plot is not as great as i thought. I mean I know it took them a really long time to make the movie happened. But I really thought the story can be much better.
Well on the other hand the CG part is given. It's amazing! I love all the compositing of the real actors with all the CG elements. Its seamless, you can't tell which part which. Design part is just a top notch works. (no wonder it took them this long) All the character design and environment design is just beautiful. No more really need to say......It is definitely one of the top VFX movie in 2009 :) if you haven't see it.....i suggest you should.




and check out some of Avatar related article
CG Arena - Avatar: The Game Changer
SFGate - Please mount my hot blue alien
Avatar 3D modeling

Limited time with Alma

Alma is a short film directed by Rodrigo Blaas. The animation is very nicely done, lighting is beautiful and the story is.....creepy. Definitely worth your time to check it out. Plus it's only up in limited time.....so check it out quick!!!
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4749536&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo.

Kyle Lambert

came across with this interview article on CG Arena. Love this guys works. Although it's not exactly 3D related. But the the work he have done is so inspiring and awesome!!!!


"Work hard, practice as often as you can, become obsessed with what you do (in a good way) and never forget why you decided to become an artist." - Kyle Lambert

CG Arena Article - Kyle Lambert Interview
Kyle Lambert Website

Welcome back!!

Sorry I havent update for awhile....i mean awhile......have been a bit tight up with works :( sorry. To fresh things up here are some of my personal works :D

Hyper Soldier

-Phase 1 - rough outline

-Phase 2 - added detail

Jack-City

-Creation of my demo reel intro

Motorola Droid


Dragon Head

-modeled with zSphere 2 about 8 hrs of work

and finally my latest demo reel
http://jackjlai.com/GeneralReel09_lower.mov

...feel free to comment if there are any