Sculpting Classes with Simon Lee

I am taking a sculpting class every Saturday this month with an amazing creature designer, Simon Lee a.k.a. Spiderzero. Known for his 20 Monsters in 20 Days and his work with Guillermo Del Toro.

I have found him to be a very creative and talented artist and an excellent teacher. I have learned a wealth of knowledge, technique and tips from him in terms of sculpture, design and the industry. I have been truly inspired and I enjoy his classes immensely!!!

http://www.bigbluetree.com/

Blur Interview on fxguide

Recent interview with Tim Miller on fxguide about our work at Blur!

  http://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/a-look-at-blurs-game-cinematics/

LA Zoo Sketches

We went to the LA Zoo again a few weeks ago, I forgot to upload some of my sketches.

Blur Figure Drawing

It was a good night for drawing!!! We had a great model and I had fun with conté.

 

Far Cry 3 Stranded

The Far Cry 3 Stranded game trailer is out! That was fast, we just finished working on it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eaf1geu0YY0

LA Zoo Sketches

My husband and I went to the zoo today to sketch the animals. It was a great time!

I really wanted to draw the apes and monkeys... so we started with the gorillas, they sat pretty still for us, unless they were wandering around...

 The orangutans literally gave us 30 second poses... Moving from one pose, smoothly into another...

The Chimpanzees were moving around a lot... One of the giraffs was trying to reach a branch...

 

 The gibbons were the best part of the trip, they gave us 5 - 10 second gestures...

We got lucky with the mandrills, the zoo keeper was feeding them...

By the time we got to the lemurs, my hand was tired of drawing... drawn a more graphic style...

Blur Figure Drawing Session 01-18-12

 

http://www.blurfiguredrawing.blogspot.com/2012/01/session-01-18-12.html

Armature WIP

I am working on a sculpture at home. Below are images of the armature that I assembled today. There will be a lot more wires in there but this is a start.


 
**Update**

Armature is finished. Time to start layering on aluminum foil and polymer clay.

Making of VFX of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Here are some more articles on the making of the Visual Effects for the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo...
http://www.fxguide.com/featured/digital-storytelling-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo/ http://motionographer.com/2012/01/16/blur-talks-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-titles/

Resident Evil : Operation Racoon City Cinematic

Finally, the full-length version of our Resident Evil cinematic trailer is posted online! Originally created last spring for E3 2011. In the image is one of the characters I worked on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyMs8MRyrk4