Alita Side Orthogonal View
This is my first attempt at making orthogonal views for 3d modeling. The subject is Alita, from Gunnm, or 'Battle Angel Alita', a manga by Yukito Kishiro. Alita is my favorite comic/manga/story of all time, so I've made several attempts throughout the years of capturing her in 3d. I haven't seen a very good one yet, though, even by Kishiro himself. Having used this to model, I realize in retrospect that I should have used graph paper.
;changeDescription('Alita Side Orthogonal View', 'This is my first attempt at making orthogonal views for 3d modeling. The subject is Alita, from Gunnm, or \'Battle Angel Alita\', a manga by Yukito Kishiro. Alita is my favorite comic/manga/story of all time, so I\'ve made several attempts throughout the years of capturing her in 3d. I haven\'t seen a very good one yet, though, even by Kishiro himself. Having used this to model, I realize in retrospect that I should have used graph paper.', '0', '2d/hr/alita_side.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Jellyfish Queen Concept 2', 'I feel this is a much better concept for the Jellyfish Queen. It ditches the long, flowing dresses I feel most people would jump to, and eliminates her arms as well. This design still seems a bit unbalanced, but I like it a lot.', '1', '2d/hr/jellyfish_concept2.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Lobstaur', 'This is a bad sketch, but I really like the idea of a centaur-lobster. One day, I\'ll update this and get a better flow going between the two.', '0', '2d/hr/lobstaur.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Hammerhead Squirrel', 'My girlfriend had an assignment for school where she had to combine two animals together to create a bizarre hybrid. I decided to take a shot at it myself. Thus, the hammerhead squirrel. I want one.', '0', '2d/hr/hammerheadsquirrel.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Peeing Man', 'This is actually a pretty terrible sketch, but... I just love it. I don\'t know why. He seems so... thoughtful.', '0', '2d/hr/peeingman.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Approach To Vicious Circle', 'This is the first matte painting I ever did. The subject is the road leading up to Vicious Circle, from Ghost Town. I am enormously proud of it, as it perfectly captures the atmosphere I wished to evoke.', '1', '2d/hr/painting.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Gleaming the Snail', 'Another bizarro sketch. It\'s a really bad drawing, but it\'s worth a giggle.', '0', '2d/hr/snail.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Jellyfish Queen Concept 1', 'My first go at the Jellyfish Queen. This works okay, but I feel is almost too expected. It\'s a decent sketch though, and I like her pose.', '1', '2d/hr/jellyfish_concept1.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Namazzi Concept 2', 'This is a headshot of the main character of the mermaid project I\'m helping develop. The idea was to get facial characteristics that were familiar, but not in any one ethnic group. I think this succeeded pretty well. Haunting eyes.', '1', '2d/hr/namazzi_concept2.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Batto Jutsu Stance', 'Expert swordfighters have the most beautiful stances, and I have never been able to duplicate it to satisfaction in my work. This is as close as I\'ve gotten.', '0', '2d/hr/battojutsu.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Vines', 'Just a piece out of my sketchbook. I wanted to work on capturing the hanging weight here.', '0', '2d/hr/vines.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Eel Man', 'This is one of my concepts for a mermaid project I\'m helping develop. In this case, I had to toe the line between human and monster -- I feel that eels are pretty creepy creatures, and any eel-human hybrid is going to be pretty monstrous. Earlier designs made them almost too monstrous, though, so I settled on this.', '1', '2d/hr/eel.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Colt Concept 1', 'This is one of my earlier concepts for Colt, from Ghost Town. I think he\'s too youthful in this one, but it\'s a decent pose.', '0', '2d/hr/colt_concept1.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Gojira Versus The Beach Children', 'This is one of my oddball sketches. Godzilla as a child. Not a stellar sketch, but it amuses me.', '1', '2d/hr/gojira.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Jim Concept 1', 'This is an early concept for Jim, from Ghost Town. He\'s a little too old and chiseled in this one, and too sad for his character. But the pose, clothing, and facial damage speak volumes.', '0', '2d/hr/jim_concept1.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Jim Concept 2', 'This is the piece that nailed down Jim, from Ghost Town. He\'s about the right age, definitely menacing enough. I\'ve since added a noose he wears about his neck, and taken away one of his guns.', '1', '2d/hr/jim_concept2.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Namazzi Concept 1', 'This is a full body sketch of the main character of the mermaid project I\'m helping develop. Her face is a bit scrunched in this, but I like her outfit and posture. Her clothing is not as skanky as many other mermaid concepts, which I feel pretty strongly about. The use of semitransparent fins throughout it really curries my favor on this one.', '0', '2d/hr/namazzi_concept1.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Dragonfish Lady', 'Another concept for the mermaid project, this time of a dragonfish mermaid. I really like how this turned out, although I\'m not crazy about her tail. I plan to color this one day, to give the viewer a better sense of what type of fish she is a hybrid of.', '1', '2d/hr/dragonfishlady.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Colt Concept 2', 'This is a later concept for Colt, from Ghost Town. He\'s still too young in this one, but the pose really conveys his character nicely. I like his outfit in this one.', '1', '2d/hr/colt_concept2.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Alita Front Orthogonal View', 'This is my first attempt at making orthogonal views for 3d modeling. The subject is Alita, from Gunnm, or \'Battle Angel Alita\', a manga by Yukito Kishiro. Alita is my favorite comic/manga/story of all time, so I\'ve made several attempts throughout the years of capturing her in 3d. I haven\'t seen a very good one yet, though, even by Kishiro himself. Having used this to model, I realize in retrospect that I should have used graph paper.', '0', '2d/hr/alita_front.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Lily Concept', 'A concept for Lily, from Ghost Town. This gets her general character down pretty well -- someone who\'ll do anything to protect the life she\'s etched out for herself.', '0', '2d/hr/lily_concept1.jpg');)
;changeDescription('Tore Concept', 'A concept for Tore, from Ghost Town. This captures his gruff nature, but none of his borderline psychotic behavior. No manic grin. Nevertheless, it\'s firmly cemented itself in my head as my image of him. Oddly enough, this looks rather a lot like my father.', '0', '2d/hr/tore.jpg');)