DuncanLand News

Rachel

2012-02-07T23:23:00.001-08:00

Tonight's sketch. About 2 hours.
It's supposed to be Rachel Weisz, so it might be a failure in the portraiture department. But at least it looks like a pretty lady

Chimp

2012-01-26T19:26:00.001-08:00

Here’s a sketch I did while watching Grimm last week.

Goat Man

2012-01-15T23:02:00.001-08:00

Wow. It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything.
Here’s a goat man I doodled while watching(listening to) TV the other night.

Life Drawing 2/5/10

2010-04-04T23:57:00.001-07:00

Les – Life Drawing 1/22/10

2010-04-04T23:52:00.001-07:00

Light

2010-04-04T23:28:00.001-07:00

My last assignment in my Hard Surface Modeling class was to illustrate “light.” My first idea (actually my second. the first one sucked) was to make a classic Tron suit. It occurred to me that I didn’t have the time to model one, let alone make it into an illustration. Then while Googling “light” I came across some of those light drawing pictures you make with a flashlight and long exposure times. So as an experiment, I tried to combine the two aesthetics.

Old Italian Shoe

2010-04-04T23:20:00.001-07:00

I had to model a shoe for my Hard Surface Modeling class. This is based on an old Italian shoe, I think from the 17th or 18th century.

Victorian Genetics Lab

2010-04-04T23:15:00.001-07:00

This was my big project for my Hard Surface Modeling class. It is a Victorian era genetics lab. I was thinking of a cross between Dr Frankenstein's lab and steam-punk while trying to avoid the clichés of either. aside from the large green tank, all of the objects are based on equipment available by the late 19th century.

Electric Flosser

2010-04-04T23:08:00.001-07:00

My first assignment for Hard Surface Modeling was to model a small object that i have and could hold in my hand. I modeled this WaterPik Electric Flosser

Woodland Coffee Shop

2010-04-04T22:52:00.001-07:00

This is my final for Image Manipulation & Compositing

The goblin in the foreground is 3D CG while the rest is image manipulation. Most of the photos were taken by me.

Nature v. Civilization

2010-04-04T22:43:00.001-07:00

My 3rd Image Manipulation & Compositing project. We were supposed to contrast nature with something like destruction or civilization or something. Some sort of juxtaposition involving nature.

Textured Portrait

2010-04-04T22:36:00.001-07:00

This is the second assignment for Image Manipulation and Compositing. The objective was to seamlessly apply peeling paint and some other texture to a portrait.

On the Team

2010-04-03T02:54:00.001-07:00

This is my submission for the March ‘10 11 Second Club

Intro to Stop Motion Animation

2010-04-03T02:51:00.001-07:00

All of my work for Intro to Stop Mo class

Winter ‘10

Lab Table

2010-03-02T00:43:00.001-08:00

part my Hard Surface Modeling class. I'm mostly posting this to host the image for a forum.

Ms. Sweater Goblin – 12/30/09

2009-12-31T04:08:00.001-08:00

I decided to make a lady friend for the Sweater Goblin.

I’m modifying the original, trying to make it more feminine, while being the same species.

Still much to do.

Steam Powered Microwave, Textured

2009-12-21T00:29:00.001-08:00

I’ve textured my steam powered microwave

Basic Guy at Home

2009-12-21T00:21:00.001-08:00

I’ve always been interested in visual effects, so I jumped at the chance to take a class in it at school. For my final I wanted to bring a CG character into the real world. So I took a video of the hall in my apartment and built a Maya scene to duplicate it to a certain extent. The whole thing turned out to be more complicated than I thought, but it was pretty fun.

Background Final – Baba Yaga’s hut, Interior

2009-12-20T23:58:00.000-08:00

This is the second final drawing for my background class. The interior of Baba Yaga’s hut.

The toning on this one turned out a lot more like I was going for than the exterior.

Background Final – Baba Yaga’s hut, Exterior

2009-12-20T23:48:00.001-08:00

This is the first final drawing for my Background class, Baba Yaga’s hut from the outside.

I like the drawing, but my toning technique for this project wasn’t nailed down yet. I may repaint this.

Sweater Goblin 12/09/09

2009-12-09T20:49:00.001-08:00

Render for my modeling reel.

The Yellow Wallpaper

2009-12-07T19:55:00.001-08:00

Here are some illustrations for ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

“ I don’t even like to look out the windows even—there are so many of those creeping women, and they creep so fast.

I wonder if they all come out of that wallpaper as I did?”

I may return to this and clean up the composite, the shadows and whatnot, after finals.

Photoshop. Stock photos from:

http://wolfcatstock.deviantart.com/

http://bean-stock.deviantart.com/

http://falln-stock.deviantart.com/

http://breedstock.deviantart.com/

http://www.sxc.hu/

Background Week 8 – Baba Yaga Ruffs

2009-12-07T19:40:00.001-08:00

These are the rough layouts for my final in Background Layout and Design.

I’m pretty happy with how they turned out, and I got pretty good feedback in class. I think I know which two I’m going to go forward with.

Life Drawing 11-20-09 Andrea

2009-11-25T18:06:00.001-08:00

We had Andrea as a model again last week. I had some problems with proportions, but over all, I think I had a decent session. I’m trying writing this in Windows Live Writer, rather than directly on my BlogSpot. We’ll see how it goes

BG Layout and Design - Lakeside Shack

2009-11-18T16:51:00.001-08:00

Establishing shot

Closeup

Weeping willows are hard to paint/draw!

Pink Panther

2009-11-11T17:58:00.000-08:00

I found this masterpiece at GoodWill today.
I think it's amazing

Background Layout and Design #5 - Forest

2009-11-11T16:51:00.000-08:00

Here we were supposed to depict a 3D space while underplaying or not even using linear perspective.

Life Drawing 11-6-09 Jessica

2009-11-06T23:21:00.000-08:00

Nudity warning

Background Layout and Design #4 - Gallery

2009-11-06T13:06:00.001-08:00

This is my fourth assignment for Background Layout and design. The objective was to make an interior with cast shadows. Unfortunately it was supposed to be 8*16, so I had to crop it pretty severely.

Life Drawing 10/30/09 Andrea

2009-10-31T01:56:00.000-07:00

Nudity Warning

10 minute poses

This one was tough

BG Layout and Design - Pioneer Place Interpretation

2009-10-28T17:06:00.000-07:00

I turned the food court in Pioneer Place into part of an Egyptian Necropolis. My concept was for it to be a place where the Egyptian dead would feel free to congregate.

below are some of my sketches from the location

BG Layout and Design - Environment From Still Life

2009-10-24T18:20:00.000-07:00

Neo-Babylon
the still life

the ruff sketch of the environment

Jessica - Life Drawing 10-23-09

2009-10-23T23:50:00.000-07:00

Nudity Warning

Mean Old Guy - sculpy sketch

2009-10-18T21:41:00.000-07:00

Sculpted while watching tv tonight. About 2 1/2 inches tall.

You remind me of the babe. Changlings 10-17-09

2009-10-17T23:05:00.000-07:00

When Fairies steal babies, they leave changelings in their place. I drew these concepts while watching The Labyrinth for the umpteenth time.

life drawing 10-16-09 Andrea

2009-10-17T00:08:00.000-07:00

I had a really good life drawing session today. And drawing with Prismacolor pencils is great.
Nudity warning.

BG Layout and Design - Urban Alley

2009-10-15T00:56:00.001-07:00

Week 1 homework. The thumbnails are spots in and around Portland

Coffee Shop Drawing 9-26-09

2009-09-26T23:44:00.000-07:00

The mediocre drawing from the coffee shop in Powells today.

Quick Sketch Final - Environment Design

2009-09-24T16:32:00.001-07:00

The Finished Image

And the preliminary drawings:

These Thumnails were kind of exhausting to do, but my teacher said he liked my marker work

The sketch before the finished one:

The Fox and the Crow - Digital Ink and Paint final

2009-09-23T15:31:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEwRwvyTdLk

Audio from http://librivox.org/

Quicksketch week 9 - Scavenger Hunt

2009-09-22T21:29:00.000-07:00

I like the little people across the middle of this one.

Quicksketch week 7 - Environment Studies

2009-09-22T21:22:00.000-07:00

Studies from "Art of ..." books

Quicksketch weeks 6 - Vehichle design

2009-09-19T22:37:00.001-07:00

Steam powered Gypsy caravan

Thumbnails

Design Variations

Quicksketch weeks 4 and 5 - Artifacts

2009-09-19T18:41:00.000-07:00

Drawing at the museum

Drawing from photos

The Kitchen Elf - 09/13/09 - MA266

2009-09-14T17:10:00.000-07:00

Here are the renders of the kitchen elf that I turned in for intermediate modeling. I'm not real happy with how the normal map on the face turned out, so I'll probably start the ZBrushing over from the beginning.

Sweater Goblin and more

2009-08-31T17:09:00.000-07:00

Here's a couple of renders I sent in to the Digital Artist competition
http://www.digitalartistawards.com/

Kitchen Elf WIP 8/29/09 MA266

2009-08-29T23:06:00.000-07:00

Steam Powered Microwave - Intermediate Modeling

2009-08-17T21:40:00.000-07:00

Hard surface modeling homework

Creature Design for Quick Sketch

2009-08-07T13:55:00.000-07:00

Final Drawing

Thumbnail Sketches

Pose and Coloring Variations.

Animal Drawings for Quisk Sketch

2009-08-06T21:55:00.001-07:00

Speed Modeling Chalenge 1

2009-07-28T13:37:00.000-07:00

I won $10 at Whole Foods with this
The theme was "color" but it had to be in grayscale.
About a half hour.

Quick Sketch work

2009-07-27T15:01:00.000-07:00

In-class work

Homework.

Sweater Goblin 3D Prints!

2009-07-23T14:22:00.000-07:00

My prints came today! XD (an acceptable use of that emoticon if ever there was one)

They're so cool! A bit more brittle than I thought they would be, though.

Death Eater Mask - Finished.

2009-07-16T18:14:00.000-07:00

Disaster!

I couldn't get the paper mache out of the plaster mold!

so I had to rehydrate it and dig it out :(

Take 2:
I used plastic wrap to separate the paper mache from the plaster.
But it still broke while taking it out!!!

Turns out it looks pretty cool anyway:

Dryad 071109

2009-07-12T01:39:00.000-07:00

Pseudo-Nudity Warning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4GVsuKOTtY

Dryad 070809

2009-07-08T20:31:00.000-07:00

Working on a dryad idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a50OdN-HqIQ

The Joker - Finished

2009-06-27T23:10:00.001-07:00

Done in ZBrush and Blender 3D

The Joker

2009-06-26T02:33:00.001-07:00

The finished skin material in Blender

The Joker 6-22-09

2009-06-23T01:45:00.000-07:00

This was a quick-ish sculpt I did tonight

Death Eater Mask - Casting

2009-06-17T20:26:00.000-07:00

Put in box

Spray with acrylic (so the clay doesn't stick to the plaster)

Cover in plaster (I should have made more)

The completed cast

The discarded clay. Looks kinda cool, doesn't it?

Lighting and Texturing final

2009-06-16T16:08:00.000-07:00

This is my final for Intermediate Lighting and Texturing. I was supplied with the models and took it from there.

The textures:

Ground Candy - MA265 Final

2009-06-15T12:19:00.000-07:00

Here is my final for Intermediate Animation:

And here's every assignment from that class:

Video Editing Final - Gunsmoke

2009-06-12T02:31:00.000-07:00

This is my final for Intro to Video Editing DFV212

Apparently it's some sort of tradition to edit this scene. People have been doing it for decades.
(my sound effects are kind of not good)

Death Eater - Day 3 (more or less)

2009-06-05T15:13:00.000-07:00

Ready for casting.

Sad Walk Plus

2009-05-31T20:17:00.001-07:00

My teacher wanted me to expand on my sad walk

Life Drawing - Nicole 5-29-09

2009-05-31T02:33:00.000-07:00

Nudity Warning

5 Min

10 min.

Death Eater - Days 1 and 2

2009-05-29T02:45:00.001-07:00

I'm making a Death Eater mask!

Day One

Day 2 (only a short time spent)

Life Drawing - Jordan 05-22-09

2009-05-22T23:24:00.000-07:00

Nudity Warning

5 min or less

10 min

Something funky about the proportions in this one

20 min

Walkies

2009-05-18T19:14:00.000-07:00

Here's some walk animations for class

My teacher called this one "beautiful" *pride*

Life Drawing 5/8/09 Nicole

2009-05-10T00:09:00.000-07:00

She had the coolest hair.

Nudity warning
5 min. poses

10 min.
I haven't used conte crayon in years

15 min.
my favorite:

7 min.

10 min.

5 min.

Sweater Goblin 04/05/09

2009-04-05T21:14:00.001-07:00

Almost done with modeling and texturing

Modeling and Animation II final again

2009-04-02T21:40:00.000-07:00

Still renders from my Modeling & Animation II final

I like to do Drawrings

2009-04-02T20:44:00.000-07:00

Stuff from/for my anatomy class

Here there be nudity

Modeling and Animation II final - Relaxing

2009-03-24T22:06:00.000-07:00

The character was supplied by the school

Traditional Animation Final - David

2009-03-24T15:38:00.000-07:00

2D Animation I final - David from Duncan on Vimeo.
Michelangelo's David carrying in his pedestal and jumping up on it.

Self Portraits

2009-03-15T21:44:00.000-07:00

These are self portraits for my Image Manipulation class.

Dave McKean style (non-figurative (ha ha))

Personal style

Vampire Take

2009-03-11T22:57:00.000-07:00

This was an in class test to animate a cartoon take. 2 or 3 hours of work. March 6 2009

Fun with Long Exposures

2009-03-08T16:55:00.000-07:00

I decided to play with my camera and an LED light in a dark room last night.

Wind Walk

2009-03-05T21:42:00.000-08:00

A walk cycle for my Animation I class. Someone walking against the wind

Quick Portraits

2009-03-05T21:35:00.001-08:00

Fortune Cookie

2009-03-01T21:17:00.001-08:00

I had to illustrate a fortune cookie in the Russian Constructivism style. My fortune was " Others Appreciate Your Creativity"

Sweater Goblin 2/24/09

2009-02-24T21:34:00.001-08:00

Sweater Goblin 2/23/09

2009-02-24T03:09:00.001-08:00

3D Modeling and Animation project W.I.P.

2009-02-20T21:49:00.000-08:00

Still in progress

Dark Side of the Moon

2009-02-16T20:03:00.000-08:00

I had an assignment where I had to design an new album cover for an existing album.
It was a bit daunting to take on one of the most famous, iconic album covers, but once I thought of Dark Side of the Moon I couldn't think of anything else.

Life Drawing 2/12/09

2009-02-15T21:27:00.000-08:00

2D Animation Assignment 2 - Flower Sack

2009-02-10T21:18:00.000-08:00

An animation of a flower sack transitioning between two contrasting emotions.

Photoshop Fun 2/2/09

2009-02-04T23:40:00.000-08:00

This is some in-class work from my Image Manipulation class.

Walking with a Ghost

2009-02-01T18:51:00.000-08:00

This is my first assignment for my Image Manipulation class. Inspired by "Walking with a Ghost" by Tegan & Sara or The White Stripes

The photos used:

The photo of the models is by Marcus Ranum ,the rest are from ImagineFX magazine.

Life Drawing

2009-01-29T20:03:00.000-08:00

Today I drew from a live model for the first time in years. It turned out better than I expected.
Warning: nudity

I think I did quite well on this one:

I seem to be having trouble with legs and feet. Getting them the right size and whatnot.

2D Animation - Assignment 1, Balls

2009-01-29T00:24:00.000-08:00

First, a ball bouncing in Shallow(2d) Space

Next, a ball bouncing off of something in Deep(3d) Space *queue echo*

I decided to have a little fun with this one :]

Intermediate Drawing Final -- Ideal Living/Work Space

2009-01-11T02:36:00.000-08:00

Sweater Goblin 12/24/08

2008-12-24T21:56:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone!

Material Test

Sweater Goblin 12/24/08 Material Test from Duncan on Vimeo.

Sweater Goblin 12/21/08

2008-12-22T01:41:00.001-08:00

Sweater Goblin 12/21/08 from Duncan on Vimeo.

Sweater Goblin 12/20/08

2008-12-21T01:05:00.000-08:00

The Sweater gave me a bit of trouble, but I think it turned out really well.

Sweater Goblin 12/20/08 from Duncan on Vimeo.

Sweater Goblin 12/18/08

2008-12-19T21:40:00.001-08:00

Modeling and Animation I final

2008-12-17T19:05:00.000-08:00

Modeling and Animation I final from Duncan on Vimeo.

Intermediate Drawing #4 "Evolve"

2008-12-16T22:43:00.001-08:00

Puck Macquette final project for Character Design

2008-12-14T21:21:00.000-08:00

Puck Maquet from Duncan on Vimeo.

Character Design Final Lineup

2008-12-11T22:23:00.000-08:00

right leg on Bogart is wonky |*(