ccsears sketchbook

[Marian Rowling]

haha Chris how cool is that, your teacher bringing in a preserved baby crocodile head! It fascinating to read and see what you are doing. My favourites are the last one and the last one on the first page top row, reminds me a bit of a pineapple, but I like the shape and the scales. Very cool stuff.

[ccsears]

a couple more last night. crocodile tear tree. some kind of alligator claw fungus... ok back to work now...




PxlSlayer Thanks! It is pretty fun to do when you get a chance. simple variations, y'know...

hard surface->hard surface
organic->organic
organic->hard surface
hard surface->organic

all of those should work. i just don't have enough time to do them all right away. something to come back to after the class though!


MarianRowling Thanks Marian! these are a lot of fun to do.

[ccsears]

anyway... i revisited week 1's stuff because the class feedback was that they wanted more of a toothbrush feel to it. did this last night and painted over it really quickly.

[ARRGH!]

I love your stuff. Sweet sculpt on the demon. Thanks for sharing.

[Ellis B]

dude, you are one hell of artist

[ccsears]

decided to try to sculpt this in zbrush...



ARRGH!--Thanks!
EllisB--Thanks man!

[ccsears]

homework for class...

[NickyBeats]

wow Chris! these are awesome! very nice concepts.

[Velocity Kendall]

that last image is stunning its like a monumental marble frieze
i love the deconstructed alligaotrs too.

[knut-]

Great concepts and really nice lines.
I like how you can make levels of depth so clever using shadows like you did on those sketches with the trees behind the men.
You have quite a fantasy man.
Cheers!

[MacTire]

Seconding VK above, that group shot is stunning, beautiful rendering.
Really great research going into all of these.

[Axelga2112]

Masterfully done! I'm in awe

[Obstfelder]

Your pencil studies are just amazingly impressive. Very inspiring to see all your work.

[ccsears]

this is another approach we're learning in class. basically, you start with verbs or action words--run, jump, smash, bend, fold, etc. then you start drawing abstract form/function/motion representations of those actions.

here's a sample list of verbs and a couple of abstract representation diagrams



then, i chose the verb "cut" and tried to list all the different sub-verbs or subtypes of cutting i could think of.



there are different ways you can apply these representations, you can have some part of a mech which moves in a "cutting" motion, you can have a tool or prop that actually functions as a cutting implement, or you can have an object that is composed of forms that show an abstract "cutting" relationship. anyway, i picked the third way and in the back of my mind, i thought i would do architecture or environments based on "cutting"

here are some of my abstracts:






this is a quick rough design based on one of those abstract form studies.



i'm not sure, but i think this approach is very similar to what product designers use. make a shoe that says "jump", etc. you can imagine some marketing director telling a designer to envision concepts based on these action words. anyway, i like this approach a lot. not good at it yet, but i can tell it has a lot of possibilities for unique designs that i ordinarily wouldn't think of. i don't know, but maybe it will work for you in some way.

don't have time to write more at the moment, but

THANKS! Obstfelfer, Axelga, MacTire, knut-, VelocityKendall, NickyBeats, and the rest of you

[Obstfelder]

Impressed.

And what a great design tool for hard surface shapes! I have to try it out.

[gome]

#2411

Lovely! What kind of ivory/cream paper is that?

[ccsears]

dorking around


obstfelder--Thanks!
gome--it's just a moleskine sketchbook. the colors get tweaked when i scan it.

[Marian Rowling]

Hey Chris this is a very cute looking little robot, I like it. Thanks also for giving us such a good insight into the course you are doing, I'm finding it really interesting and useful.

[Infinit]

very interesting concepts with lots of good ideas
very inspirational!

[blcf]

so great , I like very much！

[phatbuddha]

Wow. The homework with the gator camo is friggin awesome. Great concept!

[FUSHANDCHUPS]

Those Amazon warrior pencils are freakin' awesome man. I really like how you've rendered the shadows. Very nice.

[Sickbrush]

Hey!
the work is lovely as always, how's your life man?

[ccsears]

mech thumbnails...


MarionRowling--Thanks! Glad it's worth checking out for you!

Infinit--Thanks!

blcf--Thanks!

phatbuddha FUSHANDCHUPS--Thanks! It was a fun assignment to do. nice to break out the graphite for a change.

Sickbrush--hey dude! life is busy as hell and full of a lot of ups and downs lately. wish i could say more but i can't post it online. i have been getting more opportunities to sculpt digitally at work, so i'm boning up on my Zbrush and modo chops. between that and classwork, i haven't been getting much time to mellow out. probably going to take the next term off from classes just to start finishing up all the personal artwork and concepts.

[ccsears]

mech bashing

[NickyBeats]

nice!! thats a great ideation process using the zspheres! ill have to try that out! also i was going to ask, these last two hard surface models, are they done in zbrush as well? or in maya or something?

[ccsears]

more bashing.



nickybeats--Thanks, this is all done in zbrush with the exception of maybe a gun barrel or a hydraulic piece. but all assembled in zbrush.

[Sopu]

Extremely inspiring sketchbook you have here. Thank you for sharing this much with CA, it's time for me to get back to work.

[ccsears]

Dave Martin over at CoolToyReview.com took a bunch of pictures of the finished sculptures at Comicon. Here's a direct link.

http://cooltoyreview.com/2012-sdcc/gentlegiant01/

[Marian Rowling]

Wow Chris what cool projects to work on. Must be very exciting to get to work on such fantastic sculptures, your paint over and tattoo design looks really good. Are you a friend of Will's, does he have a blog?