La Tempestad - Sketch for a (hopefully short term) future 3D illustration

I've picked a frame from an animatic I have for my first shortfilm (I'll keep it secret though) to test the workflow I'll be using. As I've been learning a lot this past months, I decided it was a good idea to start small with all new tools and techniques and make a "fast" try at it.

First I took a snapshot from the 3d camera:

Then, in photoshop, I outlined the most relevant things, like the character, some books, etc. Then I printed the sketch alone and drew over it more details and changed a bit the ratio:

It's a bit rough now, but it's ok at this stage. Now I can start working further on details and test other objects easily. Once I'm happy with this, I can get into modeling everything and adding the detail. I also have some work to do on the character design. Some stylization is needed, since this piece is not intended to be hyper-real.

I'll keep you uptaded on this one!

Some doodles from my "sketchbook" (the productive side of waiting for renders)

Hey there, these are some sketches I've done mostly while at work when waiting for some render previews to be done. Some of the I liked and then I spent some more time on them (given I'm pretty slow drawing). I love to draw with a pen, the texture gets very interesting very fast. That's pretty much all for today!

A 3D character (which never saw the light as it is...)

Here's another one that remained in the dark, typical problems when you don't have a clear direction (nor it's gonna be given). Anyway, I was pretty happy with the result regardless, specially being the first time I tried to do some hair.

Aca hay otro personaje que nunca vio la luz, tipico cuando no tenes una direccion clara (ni la va a haber). Igual me gusto como quedo en gral, sobre todo el pelo por ser el primero.

The Glammers video clips

Hey there! This time I'm coming with an "old" update. We made this videos a couple of years ago, this ones are not included in the reels! Check them out:

Buenas, esta vez vengo con unos "viejos" updates. Son dos video clips que hicimos hace un par de años y no estan incluidos en el reel.

Some credits:

CG, me and Pablo Focareta (and in the case of Don't lose it, Horacio Mendoza did the clouds and particles).
Script and ideas were Federico Marcello. The Glammers is a Mobile Entertainment property.

Watch them in HD!

Character Concept

 Just an illustration for a character, it's all photoshop, except for the glasses, that's a photo.

Grestch Clipper ´58 Guitar Update!

New version! I need it to look old now.

Nueva version, tiene que parecer vieja (y un poco rota).

Grestch Clipper ´58 Guitar

Hello there, long time without updates. So here we go with some 3D, a beautiful guitar (I mean the real one) I had to model for a pretty cool project. There you go:

Buenas, hace bocha que no pongo nada asi que vuelvo con un poco de 3d, una guitarra increible (la original) que tuve que modelar para un proyecto bastante copado. Ahi les va:

Anatomy Studies 04

Small update, just one study, a guy bending. I just realized I should have curved the torso a bit more. Still I though I´d post it. 100% wacom this time.

Anatomy Studies 03 (+ some live drawing sessions)

Just in case you were wondering what I was into, here you go, some scans of the drawing sessions and anatomy studies.

Por si se preguntaban en que andaba, aca les van unos scans de las sesiones de modelo vivo y estudios de anatomia.

 

Peacefully, and colorfull hour in the beach (update01)

I started with the detailing now, and made some minor adjustment on the light on her. Details on the cloth are finished for a good while. Below you can click on the images for close ups.

Empece con los detalles, e hice ajustes menores en la luz sobre ella. Los detalles de la ropa estan terminados por un buen rato. Mas abajo pueden clickear en las imagenes para ver unos planos detalle.

That's it for today!

Eso es todo por hoy!
:D

Sculpting test - getting started and giving Mudbox a test drive

This is a character I wanted to keep in secret for a while. The final character won't look much like this test, so I decided I could show some of it. I did sculpted something in mudbox before, but just some pants and a bit of clothing. Now this is the real deal, stylized human faces and bodies.

The test was pretty much ok I believe, so next step is getting my backdrops straight and start working on the final one. I won't tell you what this char is for though muehehe.

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Este es un personaje que queria mantener en secreto por un tiempo. El personaje final no se va a parece tanto a esta prueba que hice con mudbox, asi que me parecio que lo podia mostrar. Ya esculpí algo en mudbox antes, pero cosas no tan complejas como botas y pantalones. Ahora estoy empezando con cabezas y cuerpos humanos estilizados.

El test fue satisfactorio, asi que ahora resta alinear las imagenes que tengo de frente y perfil, y empezar a construir el personaje final. Lo que no les voy a decir es para que construyo este personaje muejeje.

First the body (please, put it in 720p, otherwise pretty much any detail is hidden by compression).

Primero el cuerpo (ponganlo en 720p, porque la compresion se come todo el detalle)

Mudbox Test - body01 from TMK3D on Vimeo.

Now the head.

Mudbox test, a human stylized head from TMK3D on Vimeo.

Now time to start over!
If I get the time I'll try to take this guy to the next level.

Ahora hay que volver a empezar.
Si tengo tiempo voy a seguir desarrollando el personaje.

Lumi

Let me introduce you guys, the first short film I worked in Big Boom. The short film has been making the rounds in some festivals, including BAFICI 2010 among others.

Dejenme presentarles el primer corto en el que trabaje en Big Boom. Este corto ha sido presentado en varios festivales, entre ellos el BAFICI 2010.



Lumi discovers his world for the first time. He looks up the sky and gets touched by the stars. Then, everything goes dark and suddenly appears GriGro, a strange being that grows out of control in the absence of light.


Lumi descubre su mundo por primera vez. Mira al cielo y se conmueve ante las estrellas. En ese instante todo oscurece y aparece repentinamente GriGro, un extraño ser que crece inmensamente con la ausencia de luz.

Produced in house at www.bigboom.tv.

Martin Piana: Direction and photography, script, Art direction, Character Design, Storyboard development, 3D assistance and compositing.

Javier Bustos: Script, Sound design, Original score and music.

Dolores Okecki: Concept artist, Character design and layout, Storyboard artist, Character animation.

Jonathan Rodegher: 3D character modelling and rigging, Lightint and texturing, Rendering, secondary animation, compositing.

Anatomy Studies 02

Hands up! No, I don't have a thing for guys lifting their arms...

Manos arriba! No es una fijacion, es un ejercicio...

Reels

Here are the reels I have with my partner, Pablo Focareta.
First, the old one from 2008.

Aca les presento el reel que tengo con mi socio Pablo Focareta.
Primero, el mas viejo del 2008.


TMK Reel 2008 from TMK3D on Vimeo.

And the brand new from 2010:

Y el mas nuevo, del 2010:


TMK Reel 2010 from TMK3D on Vimeo.