The Demon Finished!

I present: The Demon

Hey everyone! I finished this guy up this weekend. Here is the final composite illustration and some shots of the sculpt. This was a lot of fun. This took me about 16 hours total from start to finish. Thank you Darksiders, and Venom comic books for inspiring this guy!

Beast Mode Continues on.....

So this render isn't all pretty. It's just a quickshot. The pretty renders of the sculpt, and polypaint are coming :) I was able to finish up the sculpt of this bust and begin the polypaint this weekend. Another session at home and this guy should be all ready for his digital illustration debut. Total time into this whole guy so far is around 8 hours. At one point I added an Arm, but it wasn't working. It also began to take away from the original intent of this bust. Throughout this entire process I ended up going back to my original ideas after trying out numerous things. I don't think it is just because I was stuck on an idea. I think it was more-so going back to my intent with the piece. I was trying to force things that weren't important to what I was trying to achieve. Sometimes intent can be all one needs to be creative :)

Sculpts from last night..

Hey everyone!

So here is a 2 hourish sculpt from last night. I recently got back form my honeymoon. No cell phone, no laptop, no zbrush. All I had was my wife, the ocean, a beautiful room, and my sketchbook. I have to tell you it was an amazing time. It was great getting to spend so much time with my wife. Being away form everything can really up things into perspective. It can make you appreciate things. I haven't touched zbrush in about 3 weeks. Yesterday was the first time I even opened up the program. I missed it, I appreciated it. I think sometimes we take for granted as character artists, designers, concept artists, environment/world artists, that we work on the cutting edge. We work with some of the newest and best technologies in the world. I mean hell. I make shit in 3 fucking D! This was me actually just having fun and re-experiencing the magic that is with us everyday.

So i plan on polishing this guy up. Get some polypaint on him. This dude was a by-product of everything I looked at this week. As well as some of the things I have been sketching. I have been wanting to improve my pencil skills, specifically so I can start diving into doing my own comic. I love the human figure. I love that superheroes tend to be exercises in anatomy. I have been reading/ drawing a lot of Venom and various spider-mans. I have also been playing the first #Darksiders here and there. That game is adult zelda. I am diggin it.  Anyway!!!!! I think you can see all the influences coming together. Plus I got to sculpt with my man bootz via skype so there was an added level of inspiration. Remember everyone. If you are just doing a speed sculpt, don't put aside all the art you have absorbed in the last few days prior to sitting down. Use it, call on it. Get comfortable with it. You obviously like it, so do something with it!

- Joe

The last pieces I worked on before 27

I'm gonna be 27 in two minutes. Here are the last few things I have touched at 26.

I'll keep you all posted on what my art at 27 looks like. Promise :)

- Joe