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Topic: Job outlook for the CG industry |
MacJ
Replies: 17
Views: 6072
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:41 pm Subject: layoffs |
JimmyJimJim
Yea it is true, my studio is tightening its belt overall as well; of course the concept artists were the first to go. The head count for our team has been drastically reduced compared ... |
Topic: Job outlook for the CG industry |
MacJ
Replies: 17
Views: 6072
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:52 pm Subject: future of concept art |
So what seems to be the path for concept artists at this time? Recently at my studio (its a major game studio) we laid off every single in house concept artist. Does this mean that the life of a con ... |
Topic: Canopy Dwellers |
MacJ
Replies: 6
Views: 3489
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:59 pm Subject: Inventor |
This inventor is reading detailed instructions on how to utilize a racoon hide to fuel his brain machine. Its sort of a "too be continued..." story, its not clear whether or not its working.
http: ... |
Topic: Canopy Dwellers |
MacJ
Replies: 6
Views: 3489
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:48 pm Subject: Baby to the Bubba |
This is Baby to the Bubba, he specializes in spitting lugeez just to make u pooky.
http://www.naatch.com/images/BabyBubba.jpg |
Topic: Canopy Dwellers |
MacJ
Replies: 6
Views: 3489
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:26 pm Subject: Canopy Dwellers |
Here are some Canopy Dwellers for you. They swing from a vine and tend to suck on a piece of swine.
http://www.naatch.com/images/CanopyDwellers_Small.jpg |
Topic: Characters and Odes |
MacJ
Replies: 3
Views: 1793
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 5:24 am Subject: Characters and Odes |
Here are some various random character designs...
http://www.naatch.com/images/Einst2.jpg
This is Mac Einst!
http://www.naatch.com/images/Bonnet_lady.jpg
http://www.naatch.com/images/fisher ... |
Topic: Captain Hook concepts |
MacJ
Replies: 5
Views: 3249
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:58 pm Subject: Captain Hook concepts |
Here are some Captain Hook concepts for an upcoming Peter Pan game. Basically its a darker interpretation of the original Peter Pan story, much like what was done with American McGee's Alice. The id ... |
Topic: First Digital Paintings: Turtle Clean-up and the Faun |
MacJ
Replies: 2
Views: 2077
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 6:42 am Subject: First Digital Paintings: Turtle Clean-up and the Faun |
Here are my first attempts at painting in photoshop. For the Turtle Clean-up, I had a little sketch of the guy with the stick, scanned that in, and then built the rest of the painting on top of that. ... |
Topic: Holy Circus |
MacJ
Replies: 4
Views: 2345
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:15 am Subject: Holy Circus |
Here are a few new images;
http://www.naatch.com/images/HolyCircus.jpg
http://www.naatch.com/images/Aikido_master.jpg
http://www.naatch.com/images/TrafficCop.jpg
http://www.naatch.com/i ... |
Topic: The Speedpainting Thread (IV) |
MacJ
Replies: 40861
Views: 21010579
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 4:18 am Subject: the macadocious |
http://www.naatch.com/images/Snail.jpg
just some random thoughts |
Topic: Game character and scene Ak saysubcha |
MacJ
Replies: 11
Views: 4313
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 10:41 am Subject: 1 thing.... |
oh yea, I should mention that most of the content for the game idea I mentioned above has been shamelessly ganked from the ideas of Terrence Mckenna. He didn't concieve of using them for a game, so I ... |
Topic: Game character and scene Ak saysubcha |
MacJ
Replies: 11
Views: 4313
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:39 pm Subject: hmmm |
that was a heavy response, actually, you anticipated an idea that I had in mind but didn't tell anyone, you mentioned communication without "language," perhaps you don't have the same definition of ... |
Topic: Game character and scene Ak saysubcha |
MacJ
Replies: 11
Views: 4313
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 4:02 pm Subject: PS3 and Xbox2 |
Right now the game is only intended to come out on PS3 and Xbox2. If TurboGraphx 16 were still on the market I'd release it on that too. Its a good old fashioned Captian Commando-ish style game, but ... |
Topic: Game character and scene Ak saysubcha |
MacJ
Replies: 11
Views: 4313
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 12:59 pm Subject: Game character and scene Ak saysubcha |
here is a scene from Ak-SaySubcha, the game concept that popeye and I are working on.
http://www.naatch.com/images/AKSaysubcha.jpg
here is one of the characters you can be; her name is the "mi ... |
Topic: The Speedpainting Thread (IV) |
MacJ
Replies: 40861
Views: 21010579
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:41 am Subject: Z-brush Sketches |
Here are some models that I've simply roughed out in Z-brush, starting with Z-spheres and converting to an adaptive skin. After I find a concept that I like enough, I take it into the new version of ... |
Topic: the Character Design Thread |
MacJ
Replies: 84
Views: 36694
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 6:40 pm Subject: Some Creature |
http://www.naatch.com/images/BackPorch.jpg
http://www.naatch.com/images/Pops.jpg
http://www.naatch.com/images/PlentyPeeps.jpg
below is Young Ms. Frosty Fridneeze
http://www.naatch.com/i ... |
Topic: the Character Design Thread |
MacJ
Replies: 84
Views: 36694
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:43 am Subject: Death Rowe Killa |
Here is an inmate serving a 25 to life sentence on Death Rowe.
http://www.naatch.com/images/DeathRoweKilla.jpg |
Topic: the Character Design Thread |
MacJ
Replies: 84
Views: 36694
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:41 am Subject: How can I start Illustrating for children's books? |
http://www.naatch.com/images/FixedFaces_copy.jpg
Above are some of my friends.
On a more serious note, I was wondering if anyone out there could help inform me on how to find some work illustra ... |
Topic: the Character Design Thread |
MacJ
Replies: 84
Views: 36694
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:05 pm Subject: The Naked Demon |
Here is the naked Demon. He can usually be found creeping through the fog and stepping through the smog. A demon like this can't really do much more than scold u; because he is naked, he doesn't hav ... |
Topic: the Character Design Thread |
MacJ
Replies: 84
Views: 36694
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:02 am Subject: The flower Face |
This guy is the flower face
http://www.naatch.com/images/flower_face.jpg |
Topic: the Character Design Thread |
MacJ
Replies: 84
Views: 36694
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:54 pm Subject: The Walrus |
This place is the walrus
http://www.naatch.com/images/Walrus.jpg |
Topic: the Character Design Thread |
MacJ
Replies: 84
Views: 36694
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 3:09 pm Subject: baby snatcher |
This is the baby snatcher. He basicly steals children and takes them to the underworld for a living. Typically, the children are then eaten.
http://www.naatch.com/images/baby_snatcher.jpg |
Topic: the Character Design Thread |
MacJ
Replies: 84
Views: 36694
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 11:17 am Subject: some others |
http://www.naatch.com/images/Javier_river.jpg
This is were Nunez contemplates his situation near the river.
http://www.naatch.com/images/castle_man.jpg
This is the castle man that is encountere ... |
Topic: the Character Design Thread |
MacJ
Replies: 84
Views: 36694
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:01 am Subject: Hard Living Intertwingled with Crystyle Sipping |
These are all concept art for my upcoming animation entitled "Hard Living Intertwingled with Cristyile Sipping."
here is another concept illustration for one of the scenes;
http://www.naatch ... |
Topic: the Character Design Thread |
MacJ
Replies: 84
Views: 36694
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:06 am Subject: some characters |
here are some characters
http://wsm.ezsitedesigner.com/share/users/28/280329/websites/310490/images/many_steez_copy.jpg
To see the Pagoda Guy animated, go to:
www.cpfx.com/Forum_Postings/Pa ... |
Topic: Pagoda Guy findings |
MacJ
Replies: 15
Views: 7203
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 1:07 am Subject: A little help from my friend Popeye |
http://www.naatch.com/images/Pag2.jpg
I also must mention, that young Popeye (aka MacV) contributed to this effort with these concept sketches. These were instrumental in the discovery of this ov ... |
Topic: Pagoda Guy findings |
MacJ
Replies: 15
Views: 7203
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 1:05 am Subject: more images |
http://www.naatch.com/images/Pag5.jpg
http://www.naatch.com/images/Pag0.jpg
http://www.naatch.com/images/Pag7.jpg |
Topic: Pagoda Guy findings |
MacJ
Replies: 15
Views: 7203
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 1:04 am Subject: Pagoda Guy findings |
So here are my findings at this point, in regards to the Pagoda Guy. He still needs some eyes, and because of a technical difficulty, I'm going to have to manually replace each tree in order to get t ... |
Topic: watercolor character sketches |
MacJ
Replies: 28
Views: 10959
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2004 4:26 am Subject: Cheers |
here is one more, for celebrating the new year,
http://www.entropygraphics.com/josh_docs/CheersMail.jpg |
Topic: The Speedpainting Thread (IV) |
MacJ
Replies: 40861
Views: 21010579
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 8:35 pm Subject: pagodaGuy raising up on these coward's turf |
Young Pagoda guy,
http://www.naatch.com/images/postpagoderrip2.jpg
http://www.naatch.com/images/sixteen.jpg |
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