A Never Ending Orgy of Violence and Propoganda

Why I Am Rooting For Netherlands?

2010-07-11T12:09:00.005-07:00

Why am I rooting for Netherlands? Simple: I am a pirate! The only decision that matters in life is which side to take on the great war between Ninjas and Pirates. Being a pirate makes me feel kin to the Netherlands since some of the most famous Pirates in history were Dutch.
Laurens de Graaf "The Scourge Of The West" was the epitome of the handsome swashbuckler. He was a friend of Henry Morgan who called him "A great and mischievous pirate".
Baltazar de Cordes was a Dutch corsair who left Magellin's circumnavigation mission to become a pirate.
But, even more importantly, there is something the Dutch pirates all had in common: they fought the Spanish. They raided Spanish treasure ships and settlements. They fought, alternately, with the Dutch, English and French navies to quell the Spanish conquest of the Caribbean. Spain is the Ultimate Enemy of the Pirate and as such I have a moral obligation to root against them. If you even remotely consider yourself a pirate you have a solemn duty to, at the very least, root against the Spanish. And to any of my fellow pirates who decide to become turn coats and cheer on Spain, rest assured that I will hunt you down with my flagship "Charon's Wake" and turn you in to the East India Trading Company and collect your bounty!

Slot Machines...From SPACE!!!

2009-07-06T14:55:00.002-07:00

This is quick little animation I made awhile ago using a (very) low-poly game character I created and rigged in 3D Studio Max.

Lindbergh Would Be Proud

2009-04-16T14:54:00.002-07:00

Stylized biplane made for a game idea I'm currently working on.
Created in 3d Max 2008.

He's Not Very Happy

2009-04-16T14:49:00.002-07:00

Low-poly alien character I made (a long time ago).
Modeled, rigged and animated in 3d Max.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

2009-04-16T14:42:00.003-07:00

This is a concept of a MySpace page for another personal music project of mine. The name comes from a book of the same name as the title of this post.

Mushroom Princess

2009-04-16T14:40:00.004-07:00

Created for the "Mushroom Princess" challenge on the Art Jumble blog.

Riverbottom

2009-04-16T14:27:00.004-07:00

This is a logo/graphic for a personal music project of mine. Was reading a lot of Lovecraft at the time hence the tentacles.

Vickers

2009-04-16T14:22:00.003-07:00

Low-poly models of a Vimy bomber and aircraft machine guns both manufactured by the Vickers company during WWI. Both created in 3d Max 2008.

Girly Sketches

2009-04-16T14:18:00.003-07:00

The angel is a pencil sketch and the girl in the kiddie pool was made in Photoshop CS2

Backgrounds & Robots

2009-04-16T14:11:00.007-07:00

A couple backgrounds, a robot and a space ship that I created for the program "Success Maker". The Backgrounds were made in Flash while the robot and ship were modeled and animated in 3d Max 9. I used a cel-shade renderer called Swift 3d Max to render the animations in vector form to a .swf file for use in Flash.

The Great War

2009-04-16T14:06:00.007-07:00

Some more shots of the Albatross from earlier in my blog. You can see the 3 texture variations.

1.21 Gigawatts!!!

2009-04-16T14:02:00.005-07:00

Concept of a time machine for another unfinished game idea.
Created in Flash.

Chiron Would Be Proud

2009-04-16T13:59:00.004-07:00

So maybe I get a little too into Greek mythology, what of it?!
Created using Flash.

Pirate Monkey

2009-04-16T13:53:00.008-07:00

I made this guy for a program called "Success Maker" while working at Pearson. Modeled and rigged in Max 9. And yes he is a monkey not an ape, his tail is just hidden in these shots.

Probably Safer Than A Motorcycle

2009-04-16T13:48:00.008-07:00

Made this speeder bike from Return Of The Jedi as a vehicle mod for Unreal Tournament 2004.

It Can't Be Any Hotter Than Arizona

2009-04-16T13:36:00.004-07:00

Low poly scene inspired by photos of Iraq.

Classy

2009-04-16T13:29:00.005-07:00

This is an old one but I love it anyway. If there ever was an antithesis to the dirty orange Charger Boss Hog's white, steer-horned caddy was it. I made it super-low poly with even smaller texture maps (256x256).

Animales Extraños

2009-04-16T13:26:00.004-07:00

Some random animal characters. The two rabbits and the gray cat were made with Artrage. The rest were done in Flash.

Darth Wayne...Monster Hunter

2008-08-08T18:06:00.003-07:00

Me as a kid. Done for the Art Jumble Blog. Yes I had Batman pajamas and yes, I know that's not Vader's TIE fighter. I hate you.

Some Real Swingin' Cats

2008-08-03T17:06:00.004-07:00

Did some more work on June and her cat Grimalkin. This shot is all vector work done in Flash with a creased paper texture added in Photoshop.

At The Playground

2008-08-01T10:49:00.002-07:00

Made this the other day. It's a bit NSFW so view at your own peril.

I need one

2008-07-25T19:36:00.003-07:00

Low-poly model of the famous D.I. van from "Lost". I have some better quality shots as well as a truck-bus version carrying supply crates but, unfortunately, my computer died...or rather it's pining for the fjords. It's an ex-computer. It has ceased to be.

Tunerific

2008-07-25T17:52:00.006-07:00

Here's a screen shot of a flash-based tuner I've been working on. I'll put the working one up when it's finished. So far It's only got 3 settings: Basic piano "white key" notes (C,D,E,F,G,A,B); Standard guitar tuning (E,A,D,G,B,E2); and my personal favorite tuning (B,E,A,D,F#,B2) for a nice metal sound!

Orange Dreamcicle

2008-07-23T15:26:00.003-07:00

Girly drawing with in the theme of my favorite summer-time treat! Also a tasty soda flavor.

Yaargh

2008-07-23T15:20:00.002-07:00

I did this for the recent art jumble theme "Redheads". It's my rendition of the painting that hangs behind the rum drinking skeletons in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Heres a link to the original.

Grimalkin

2008-07-17T17:06:00.004-07:00

Been workin' on a story idea lately, the result of a few nights worth of insomnia and the flu. As you can see it's about June and her cat.

A Healthy Diet of Souls

2008-05-13T18:45:00.005-07:00

Cerberus as a puppy. I imagine having three heads can be quite cumbersome. Like having Larry, Curly and Moe on one body. Wise guy ay!

Mermaids (Not the Movie!)

2008-04-30T20:00:00.004-07:00

For the Art Jumble "Mermaid"...jumble...thing. Normal mermaid and a...uh....shark....witch....maid....hag.

Corrupting America's Youth

2008-04-30T19:42:00.004-07:00

Been a while since I've posted anything. That's okay, I'm the only one that reads this anyway. So me I finally put up some new drawlin's for me to look at. You've already seen them though since I made them but I'll act surprised anyway. Oohh! Aaah! What an amazing artist I am. Good Job! Hot Damn!
Anyway these are supposed to look like those motivational stickers that the kindergarten teacher gives you to make you feel good and so that your parents think you learned something. These are examples of why I shouldn't have kids. They'd grow up to be serial killers...or worse-High School Guidance Councilors!

One Step Closer to my AT-ATs

2008-01-13T18:43:00.000-07:00

Evidence that Imperial walkers aren't that far off! (joy)

Art Jumble: Assassin

2007-11-13T11:07:00.000-07:00

I picked John Wilkes Booth to draw for last weeks Art Jumble Challenge. I originally wanted to make it an advertisement for "John Wilkes Booth Used Lincoln Dealorship" with a clever tag line like "Sic, Semper, Savings!" Alas, I did it last minute and didn't have time for all that.

Protesters Are Angry, Middleclass, white kids...anyone surprised?

2007-10-21T12:54:00.000-07:00

How come when cops attack protesters (rightly or wrongly) it makes the front page, but when protesters turn violent themselves, breaking windows on bussinesses and looting or setting fires it's not news?

My New Theme Song

2007-03-21T17:16:00.001-07:00

The internet is the greatest invention of the last 9 billion years (shut up! I know the universe isn't that old.) Without it I would have never found this video. If I ever go insane this will be the soundtrack to the movie about me climbing the clock tower with a machine gun.

I Quit

2007-03-19T19:05:00.000-07:00

Worst Special Effects Ever - Click Here for more great videos and pictures!
I hope that one day I can create 3d special effects this convincing. Just watching this makes me want to change professions as there's no way I could ever compete against this. I think I might have crapped in my pants as well.

...Just Some Good 'Ol Boys...

2007-03-19T18:28:00.000-07:00

I NEED a '68 Charger so that I can do this. There should be a law that says if you own an old Charger that you have to paint it either black (Bullet) or Orange (General Lee) and you get a ticket if you drive it under 75 mph.

The Prussian Concussion

2006-10-31T10:27:00.000-07:00

I have found it. The sole reason for why the rest of the world has a seething hatred for American's. The French don't hate us because of their own hypocritical, self-important view of the Iraq war. And no, the Germans don't hate us because of they actually believe enviro-facist propaganda about man-made global warming.
No, the rest of the world hates us because this is what they see of Americans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHi32mKjkSo
Yes this philanthropic philosopher actually believes that walking 1000 miles for absolutely no reason will change lives and bring about peace between different peoples. Just walking for peace. No one has pledged any money or donated anything to charity for this walk, it's just a walk for peace that no one knows about.
As you watch this interview note the eloquence with which this young and obviously well educated man speaks. Teachers, this would be a great video to teach your students the dangers of empty gestures, dropping out of school and drugs.
Probably the most profound and mind-altering statement in the whole interview is this little gem:
"Well she was a peace pilgrim...so...she was on a pilgrimage for peace...to spread her message of peace"
I hate hippies. They're all a bunch of lazy, mooching, un-bathed, morons who's brains have been forever chemically altered from that of a normal human being leading them to believe that they have some knowledge from beyond the universe that only they know and have to tell you all about when you tell them that no, your pizza is not there for the community unless said community has put in 5 bucks for their share so get your broke-ass patchouli smelling hands away from my pizza you son-of-a-bitch! They're like a junkie, a bum, and your creepy uncle Ernesto all rolled into one. They're not even good for firewood.

Wyrm Food

2006-09-17T23:50:00.000-07:00

I was in a dragon drawin' mood and this is what came out and I spent way too much time on it. I always loved the way that the 3d Hydra was done in the animated Hercules movie by Disney and it appears to have seeped into my design a little.

Hot Damn

2006-09-08T10:40:00.000-07:00

I love that phrase. I don't know why but, I do. And furthermore it has absolutely nothing to do with my drawing. Randomness is next to Godliness I say.

Attack of My Student Loans

2006-09-05T08:57:00.001-07:00

Did this for a low-poly competition at 3dtotal.com. She's one of Count Dooku's apprentices and gives Anakin that scar across his eye.

Aerodrome

2006-08-30T00:42:00.000-07:00

The Albatros DII was one of several models of fighting aeroplane prefered by Manfred Von Richthofen "The Red Baron" during WWI. Powered by a 160hp Mercedes DIII water-cooled inline six-cylinder engine and armed with two 7.92 mm Spandau machine guns, the Albatros helped secure Germany's domination of the European skies.

This particular model took a total of around 4 or 5 days to create and an additional 2 or 3 days to unwrap and texture. Along with the basic color/grime map I also created a normal map and specularity map all with a 1024x1024 resolution. I might post the maps up here later. I tried to keep it reletivily low poly but at 4850 triangles this is probably close to if not THE close-up hero model.

I didn't have to search too hard for reference material and I found a couple good orthographic layouts in no time at all. The REAL difficulty was choosing the aircraft. I didn't want to do the obvious yet, none the less iconic Fokker DR1 triplane. Clicking through webpages I was struck by the odd, somewhat fearsome bomb shaped fuselage and the extremely low upper wing of the Albatros. I also loved the horribly unaestetic engine cylinders with the way the cut into the profile of the nose and the large triangular radiator that sat on top of the cylinders.

After viewing hundreds of refernce pics for the DII I found that I liked bits and pieces of the different model's paint jobs and insignias. The texture that I created has is an amalgamation of the DII throught the later DV models. It was also VERY temping to give it Richthofen's signature red paint job.

Four Score and Six Feet Down...

2006-08-29T22:33:00.001-07:00

The dead south will rise again!

Sleeponator Deluxe 5000 to the Groin!

2006-06-08T20:48:00.000-07:00

I really thought I would have a lot more to say than this....but apparently not. Time flys when you're on your way up the ladder of life's high-dive. Everybody's waitin' for their turn to make a splash in front of the judges as if it's the three seconds of falling to the pool that get's you that perfect ten. But I know the secret and it's not whether you can do a swan dive or a belly flop. That's why I'm climbing the ladder naked!

Article 5 - Section "Kill"

2006-05-30T11:35:00.000-07:00

Okay I basically plan on putting up three things on this page that no one is going to read:
Artwork, Politics and Pain! Haha okay maybe just two things. Anyway welcome to my little corner of the sesspool stew that we call the "Al Gore memorial Information Super Highway".

Congress is in session...here comes the pain!

2006-05-29T23:21:00.000-07:00

I'm too damn tired to write anything interesting.