http://thekraken.gfxartist.com/profile Copyright 2000-2008 GFXartist network / Brothersinart http://www.gfxartist.com http://images.gfxartist.com/gfx/GFXartist_64.png support@gfxartist.com en-us GFXartist Engine 1.0 0 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:29:17 EST TheKraken 3D Modelling / Nature This is my latest illustration. It was modeled, textured and rendered in ZBrush. Each light was rendered separately and composited in Photoshop. depth of field effects and additional paintover was done to add a more feathered look to the cardinals. Some soft focus effects were applied as well for... http://thekraken.gfxartist.com/artworks/170114 TheKraken 3D Modelling / Uncategorized Another seasonal illustration. He's just a snowman enjoying the nice snowy night. Modeled and textured in ZBrush. Rendering in Lightwave. Postwork in Photoshop as usual. http://thekraken.gfxartist.com/artworks/164129 TheKraken 3D Modelling / Figure Rendered in 3 separate passes in ZBrush. Composited together in Photoshop with some color corrections. This is one of a few new illustrations I'm working on. Just finished this one up. Right now seasonal is needed for the company I will be submitting these to so that's the reason... http://thekraken.gfxartist.com/artworks/163566 TheKraken 3D Modelling / Figure One night I was watching reruns of Star Trek and got a strong urge to do a 3D sketch of Spock. I was intending on just doing a quick 2 hour sketch, but I just couldn't stop myself and kept going. After 4 days, I had to move on to some other pending projects, but I finished him up as best I... http://thekraken.gfxartist.com/artworks/162776 TheKraken 3D Modelling / Figure This was my entry for the latest hardcore modeling challenge on CGTalk. The subject was "Animals in Motion." I worked on this for about 1-2 hours on average every night for about 5 weeks. Initial models were created in Silo 2 and Lightwave. The hi res sculpting was done... http://thekraken.gfxartist.com/artworks/155943 TheKraken 3D Modelling / Nature Been a while since I posted anything. Thought I'd show my latest. This was created with ZBrush and Lightwave 9 with a little Photoshop postwork. Just a little scene of a frog enjoying his environment. About 20 hours invested. http://thekraken.gfxartist.com/artworks/131490 TheKraken Painting / Figure This is another old image of mine created for a friend then turned into a self promotional piece. It's another Dragonlance image. This one is of Tanis & Laurana. It's the last of my older work I will post here - unless you all want to see the fuzzy cute crap I do at my day job!... http://thekraken.gfxartist.com/artworks/112982 TheKraken Painting / Figure This started out as an exercise in lighting then turned into a portrait for some reason. I used three separate Dumbledore photos to get the details of what his face shape was really like. I used a different technique than usual to get more texture into his face. I normally tend to have smooth... http://thekraken.gfxartist.com/artworks/112276 TheKraken Painting / Figure Occasionally, my buddies and I initiate a challenge among ourselves to do a piece based on a theme. The theme presented was comic book women and we all chose each others' character, not our own. I got stuck with Poison Ivy for some reason. I think they wanted me to suffer through all her... http://thekraken.gfxartist.com/artworks/112054 TheKraken 3D Modelling / Figure This image depicts the skirmish between the companions from the Dragonlance books and the giant slug they encountered in the kingdom of the Sla Mori. Tanis is thrown at the feet of the dead elven king and the slug disintigrates his weapon. After finding a sword and running it through the slug,... http://thekraken.gfxartist.com/artworks/110155 TheKraken Painting / Figure This was my entry to the Official Xbox Magazine Van Helsing Contest where you were supposed to design a creature that would make Van Helsing quake in his boots. The idea here is that this was not just a mindless werewolf or vampire. I tried to give this creature the appearance of an ancient... http://thekraken.gfxartist.com/artworks/50365 TheKraken Contests / Mythical Women T-Shirt Contest A sorceress in the woods encountering a young dragon. http://thekraken.gfxartist.com/artworks/32851