Render using VRay in 3ds Max (the ship was created by my colleague, Lou Bonbrest)
ZBrush sculpt I made of a Giant Grouper; rendered in Marmoset Toolbag and composited in Photoshop
Zbrush, Marmoset and Photoshop
Zbrush Leatherback Turtle, Marmoset render, composited in Photoshop
Zbrush WhiteTipReefShark, Marmoset render, composited in Photoshop
Early Concept promo piece of CyberAcademy Megalith center
Early concept for CyberAcademy NorthWing Roof
I3D Christmas card art done with 3ds Max, VRay and AfterEffects
Splash page art for Tadpoles game. Zbrush, 3ds Max and Photoshop
Tadpoles character sheet- A children's game we did for U.S. Naval Office of Research. The characters were sculpted in Zbrush and rendered in Marmoset Toolbag
Early concept promo piece for Tadpole game when the working title was Leap Frog with another style of Immersive 3D logo
Tadpoles promo pieces
Low poly art of a Tadpole character's parachute. Zbrush, 3ds Max and Marmoset Toolbag
Tadpoles Screen Selection page
Promo piece for Alien Relocation game
Poster art promo for Cyber Academy's Merissa Lone game
Promo art for Debt Ninja game which teaches concepts related to personal finance
F-18 landing- Promo piece for Office of Naval Research- 3ds Max, Mental Ray and Photoshop
You can play this animation here; but it's much better to see it in hi-definition over at 'vimeo' where I originally posted it. Please click on the 'vimeo' link located in the lower right corner of this animation window and watch it 'fullscreen', if you wish. You can also watch a short video of some recent work I've done for the computer gaming industry while you're there.
This Photoshop painting is poster art I did while working at BreakAway Games. It is partially derived from reference material my friends created. The subject is the 'Redeemer' in action! A prized game asset indeed. C&C game designers didn't waste time arguing whether people who purchased the game would enjoy wreaking simulated havoc; it's sort of a default game industry assumption that they would. After our lead concept artist Mike Phillips came up with the 'hell on four legs' design, responsibilities fell to another artist supreme-o Mike Reis to build, texture (and animate?) the beast in 3d so mayhem could bust across the streets of our little apocalyptico.
'Greening' Command and Conquer: Kane's Wrath from Matt Bell on Vimeo. This video clip shows my implementation of 'green' game assets and a modicum of smart growth planning into several levels I built out for the game Command and Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath. I did some work as an environmental artist on this particular project using proprietary tools to shape the ground terrain and place buildings. Essentially I was a clicker. But I was studying smart growth policy at the time. Each level wound up being relatively unique thanks to an extensive assets library I could choose from and I was glad to find very cool models of wind turbines and greenhouses built by others with superb artistry IMHO. Armed with advanced green technology, I adapted my layouts to suggest an aggressive smart growth agenda. Well not really; but I ran with the idea when I could. I improvised to suggest things like mass transit, community agriculture, wind farms, green spaces and smart grid plug-ins for electric cars. 'Blue zones', as they are known in C&C lingo, are relative oasis' thinly spread across a world that has been blighted by deadly Tiberium crystals! They represent our last great hope to gather strength against factions of evil and turn the deadly tides of radioactivity. Maybe light rail mass transit and organic farming with raised beds are the answer. Too bad there weren't any bikes in the assets list; but I used what I could to envision forward thinking sustainability policies in a game that was otherwise set in Armageddon.
These two images are maps I created for my Johns Hopkins GIS course. Definitely a proof of concept more than anything else! I was locating places to camp in Moab Utah based on a number of self imposed criteria including where all the BLM land is so you wouldn't get charged camping fees and where the topology of the land would block exposure to cold northwest winds. I’m not sure I’d bet my vacation plans on the results but it was definitely great using the software to answer some off the wall questions.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
This short clip is based on concept art I painted in Photoshop. There's no rhyme or reason; I was having fun compositing 3d elements into a static 2d painting. It's great to experiment with animated effects while you're trying to spruce things up. I used Autodesk's 3d Studio Max and Adobe After Effects.
One of the first images I ever painted in Photoshop. This goes back to '94! Those were the days. MicroProse madness!!
