Rooftop: In Progress

Here is a third composition. I'm still working on the final render, but here are test renders that show my process from posing the characters to setting up the lights. Lots of little tweaks along the way.

I used this as an opportunity to try out volumetric fog. A cool effect, I don't think I got it to work quite right, but I think this solution fits with the stylized reality of this world.

Yes, it's based on a still from La Femme Nikita that is in my moodboard.

One more with the red hair.

Florence Welch from Florence & the Machines. Also a nice way to celebrate 5 years of my blog. Here are the previous red haired boys and girls.

1. Red-Haired Girl
2. Jessica
3. Man in White Suit
4. Handhearts
   

Witch of Snake Mountain

A little He-Man fan art, Evil-Lyn is simply the best.

Finaler

Updated! Made some big changes to the Madonna scene (new buildings & lighting) Thinking about enhancing the textures some and/or try a new method with all of the hair. (Also want to take some close-ups).

(close to) Final Scenes

Here are the two complete images that I am turning in for this class. I put the sets and lights together as fast as I could to get this project to a complete stage for today, but I definitely want to continue working on this. The Madonna scene, especially. The room doesn't have the "holy" quality that I was going for and the buildings in the background are pretty rough.

There are also a few things I had planned on incorporating into the Smoking Room image (such as reliefs on the wood objects) and a couple textures that could be refined (like the glass/crystal) that I didn't get to.

To take a look at the original sketches click here.

Test Render

Here's a little taste of one of the scenes I'm creating. The poses are still rough and the background isn't in place, but it gives a sense of what this is going to look like.

Mother (semi render)

I spent the weekend creating the costume & textures for "Mother." Also posed her up and began lighting, but realized that I don't know anything about lighting, and need to watch some tutorials. This is an approximation of what I want, just better!

Here dress is inspired by Prada's Fall 2010 collection. Her hair was going to be a big curly mass but then I saw this amazing picture of Catherine Denevue and immediately wanted her to look like that.

Diversidade em Animacao

My short film, "A Life Alone" has been selected for a film festival in Brazil celebrating LGBT works. What fun to see my abstract translated in Portuguese!

See the film here.

Art to Wear

Been working for the past couple months on the multimedia portion of Art to Wear at NC State. It's a fashion show hosted by the College of Design & College of Textiles. The event takes place Tuesday at 7pm. Come if you are in the Raleigh area.

In a strange twist of fate I ALSO ended up making the logo (see my rejected logo entry here.) This was an unusual "collaborative" process since I was given an existing logo and several graphic treatments and asked to create something new while re-purposing certain elements. The frame, typography, and Art Nouveau style came from the logo I was given but have been altered to fit my drawing style.

The Shackleton Expedition

One of the reasons I haven't posted in a while, been busy making an interactive Flash project about the Shackleton Expedition. I was admittedly more interested in developing a thoughtful interface and a showcase for my illustration skills than loading the project with amazing interactive widgets. It is, however, very scalable and could be loaded with photo albums, sounds, and movies if time and money was available to make that happen.

Go here to try it out: http://www.adamosgood.com/folio/shackleton/

This is one of the first opportunities I've had to blend my illustration and graphic design work into a seamless whole. Need to do more of this!