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Norn Style Human Light Armor

2011-09-23T18:38:00.000-07:00

Here's an art test I did for ArenaNet's Class of 2012 Internship Program.

Concept by Hyojin Ahn. All 3D elements were created from scratch from a custom base mesh I made in Maya and brought into ZBrush. I had so much fun with this project! It was a great opportunity for me to iron out my 3D production pipeline. I ended up using the following process:

(1) Maya » Base mesh

(2) ZBrush » High poly sculpt

(3) Maya with NEX's quad draw » Low poly retopology

(4) UVLayout » Unwrap, selectively stack, and pack UVs

(5) Mudbox » Texturing

(6) Marmoset Toolbag » Presentation

Part 1: ZBrush High Resolution Mesh

Part 2: Low Poly Mesh

4703 tris with 1024 by 1024 pixels texture maps:

• Diffuse

• Normal

• Specular (grayscale)

• 1-bit Alpha (transparency)

A friend of mine on Polycount wanted to know why I decided to add the geometry that I did to the skirt, instead of consolidating it all into one mesh and relying on the normal map. Here is my thought process:

Timelord

2011-06-29T23:20:00.000-07:00

Here's a character design I painted over the last couple of days! :] Cheers!

Sound Logo

2011-06-24T19:22:00.000-07:00

Here's a logo I designed for Canaveral Dreams. I also composed a 10 second sound logo to reinforce brand identity. The two elements will be used together in an animated logo sometime in the future when I find time to fire up Maya and After Effects. :]

Play Sound Logo:

The melody was derived from one of the project's main themes, "Welcome to New Canaveral." Here's a rough work-in-progress clip:

Canaveral Dreams

2011-06-23T21:16:00.000-07:00

Over the past year I've had the privilege of hanging out and learning from some talented friends from the USC Thornton School of Music. It is thanks to them, as well as the VI Control community, that I've been able to develop my hobby in music creation.

Here are a couple of short cues I wrote for the "Canaveral Dreams OST." Hope you enjoy!

ImagineFX Magazine: Issue 39

2008-12-20T23:01:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, I'm featured in Issue 39 of ImagineFX. Make sure to grab a copy at your local bookstore!

I created this layout mockup for their page editor, which they enjoyed and ended up using! :]