Chris Beacock Showreel May2014

Moving House...

No home internet for a while...

Monday Night Life Drawing

Finally managed to get to life drawing again, and had a great time tonight (even managed a couple of drawings I quite liked), here are the pics:

30 Sec

1 Min

2Min

5Min

10Min

15 Min

22Min

Finally we had a quick 8 minute pose as the model found the previous pose too painful to maintain:
8Min

If you're interested in going along it is at civic pub monday nights 6 - 9pm more info:
https://www.facebook.com/FigureItIn?ref=stream&fref=nf

Character Concepting Part 2 - Sveta - Thumbnail gestures, Silhouette, value and coloured concept

 Continuing to concept my Sveta Character, here are the thumbnail gesture drawings

I then narrowed it down to 10 and did the silhouettes

I then narrowed it down to 4 and worked on value, one (top right corner) wasn't really working for me so I stopped working on it.

I then chose the one I liked most, adjusted the pose and then added colour.

And finally the orthigraphic

Character Concepting Part 2 - Sveta

So here's the first pass at concepting Sveta, the sniper character:

Custom Photoshop Brushes

Tonight I went through a tutorial series on creating custom photoshop brushes and I really like the results of it.  As something I already created, it was really interesting to see a different approach to it, and how it can be used more effectively than I had been.  It ended with a bit of a Concepting session and this is what I ended with:

The Tutorial was from Pencil kings and can be found here:
http://www.pencilkings.com/arturo-aguirre-brush-sketching-video-series/

If you're interested in using the brushes I created from this tutorial, let me know, I'm more than happy to share them.

Game Developer Research Part 3 - Naughty Dog

Game Company: Naughty Dog (1989 (previously Jam Software (1984))

Naughty dog seem a good choice to research as they seem to be more open in their internal development processes.

Official Website: http://www.naughtydog.com/

Blog:  http://www.naughtydog.com/blog/

Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naughty_Dog

Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/NaughtyDog

Games:
As Jam Software:

Math Jam (1985)
Ski Crazed (1986)
Dream Zone (1987)

As Naughty Dog:
Keef the Thief  (1989)
Rings of Power (1991)
Way of the Warrior (1994)
Crash Bandicoot (1996)
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (1997)
Crash Bandicoot: Warped (1998)
Crash Team Racing (1999)
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001)
Jak II (2003)
Jak 3  (2004)
Jak X: Combat Racing  (2005)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009)
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011)
The Last of Us (2013)
The Last of Us Remastered (2014)

History:

All Your History Uncharted Part 1 by Machinima:



All Your History Uncharted Part 2 by Machinima:





Character Art/Artists per Game:
I will be looking at Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and The Last of Us

Uncharted 2:

http://www.slideshare.net/naughty_dog/uncharted-2-character-pipeline

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception:

Concept:  http://www.creativeuncut.com/art_uncharted-3-drakes-deception_a.html

Models:

http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/2012/01/25/uncharted-4-ps3-is-this-how-it-will-look/

Jeff Estrabinio (Senior Character Artist):

http://jeffestrabinio.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/uncharted-3-drakes-deception.html

The Last of Us:

Concept: http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/2013/06/18/the-last-of-us-concept-art-gallery-how-characters-locations-evolved/

Michael Knowland (Lead Character Artist):

http://mknowland.blogspot.com.au/

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?178789-The-Last-of-Us-Character-Sculpts-(-images-Pg-8-amp-Pg-12)

http://www.gamearthub.net/2013/06/30/last-of-us-characters-by-michael-knowland/#.U1DWBfmSx8E

http://www.itsartmag.com/features/the-last-of-us-3d-models/

Of Interest:

http://www.naughtydog.com/site/videos/

http://www.gdcvault.com/search.php#&category=free&firstfocus=&keyword=Naughty+Dog&conference_id=