High Bar and Sea Witch Maquette

This is what I've been working on so far, a High Bar routine. Haven't really done too much work, lot of things have happened this week and am going to be busy the rest of the week. Then I start my last year of college.

I finished the Sea Witch Maquette. Finished up on the arms/hands, the head and the rock, baked and painted.

Back Flip & High Bar Animation

Returning back to animation, I finished working on the back flip.

This is a rough key animation for a high bar routine. I'm noticing there's a lot of intricate detail in just being able to gain enough speed to get over the bar, and I haven't even got to any of the flips or the dismount yet. This is the project I'm going to be working on for a while now.

Also, I should be baking my Sea Witch Maquette tomorrow and hopefully be able to paint it, either tomorrow or the next day.

Maquettes

Taking a small break from animation. I started on my sculpting skill, making maquettes and clay busts.

This is the maquette I just finished. It's a character that I some what developed in my 3DII class. The character looks as if it was from Alice in Wonderland, but actually it's based on the the Queen in Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen. The maquette itself is based on only one drawing, a concept drawing. Not, the side, front, back etc. views. It made the process a little more interesting.

This is the maquette I'm still working on. Again, it's a character that I developed in 3DII class. The character is based off the Sea Witch in Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid. And this also based off only one concept drawing. Probably shouldn't be making this a habit, but I thinks it's looking pretty good.

This the bust I've been working on for a while. It's suppose to be Lucille Ball, but it's not coming across; eyes are way too small, mouth is a little big. I'm finding out, eyes are probably the hardest aspect in sculpting.





The clay is Van-Akeen clay, an oil-based. If I ever got really good at this, I'd start investing in WED clay. Supposably, it's the clay that Disney's Imagineers used to sculpt animatronics. The clay is part oil and part water-based, so it gives enough time to work with it, until it eventually dries up. Good for something you want to sculpt that you intend to keep and not destroy later on.

Walk Cycle and Back Flip Animation

While I was watching the Olympics, specifically the gymnastics, I decided to work on a few animations based off of those events. Been working on a back flip. Next, I'll be working on High Bar routine.

Finished up working on the tail for my Ferret's Walk Cycle.

Walk Cycle Animation

Recently, while I've been watching the Olympics, I've been working on my character doing a walk cycle. This is the progress so far, I just need to add the tail

3D work

Hey everyone,
I've added some of my 3D still up, including 3D character model sheets:

3D I Class: Final project, A digital still life, all assembled in Maya

3D II Class: Final project, a character model sheet of the Sea Witch from the Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid. Is a combination of woman and a shark.

3D II Class: Final Project, a character model sheet of the Troll from Hans Christian Anderson's The Snow Queen.

Digital Environment Class: Final Project, a still shot of Benjamin Franklin's office. The entire semester was dedicated to this project. I'll soon put up a video clip showing more of the office.

Traditional Art

Hey everyone,

So, these some drawings, paintings, and digital paintings that I've done:

Painting Class: Still life using the Zorn Palette.

Intro to Drawing Class: A one day Still Life Exercise. White chalk on black paper.

Intermediate Drawing: Pen and Ink portrait of a wolf.

Figure Drawing Class: Black and White charcoal hand on mid-tone paper.

Intermediate Drawing: Final Project, B&W charcoal portrait of Marylin Monroe on mid-tone paper

Personal Art: Pencil drawing of Angelina Jolie. A piece I did a few years back.

Digital Painting: A Photoshop painting I did for Calvary Chapel.

Vector Graphics Class: A postcard I created using Illustrator, celebrating Independence Day.

Vector Graphics Class: Used Illustrator to create a vector portrait of the Mad Hatter from Alice In Wonderland. (I own no rights to the character or the movie)

Hey, this is Rick Jones. I've decided to start keeping a blog to show some of the artwork that I'm doing for school and on my own time.

You can expect to see: 2D and 3D work, Character Designs, Paintings, and Drawings.