Oct 12, 2011

A quick update on my personal projects:
The first two images are the Knife Shrine in Kyoto, Japan.  I chose this shrine to model because I liked the quaint small nature, and it's got so much personality is such a small area.  I struggled with the top of the lantern, trying to get the best shape from the least polys.  I'm actually revisiting it again to try to bring down the poly count.  I still have yet to model the trees, but I don't think I will model the walls or area around.   I really want to focus on the shrine itself.  Everything shown is UV'd and I've started hand-painting the texture for the shrine.  The second image is my reference sheet, and I have closer up images of the stone sign and the big lumpy stone in the back.  (I do not take credit for any photos)
 
Me and a couple of friends are working on a side project making some fanart for the League of Legends game.  We are in the process of making sculptures of two popular champions, Annie and Teemo.  I took some of the Riot concept and adapted the poses a little, making turnarounds for our sculptor.