Brownie Major's Blog

Rough Spaceship + Flash Game

2011-08-25T21:07:00.001-07:00

Here's some fairly quick spaceship doodle I did in photoshop just for fun (well, by fairly quick I mean like 20-30 minutes hehehe.) I really should do a cleaned up line drawing on paper instead and scan it in and colour it real proper like, but not today.

A few years ago, during the drought of 2009 I did do some artwork for a flash game through Dark Realm Studios.

Game is called the Farm and can be played here:
http://armorgames.com/play/4976/the-farm

I did:
The cutscenes (yes, the one with the horribly drawn guy)
The in-game artwork, meaning the background, FX, characters and so forth but not the interface or the menu or anything like that.

It was all pixel art so was pretty fun and challenging to learn on such short notice. Though in hindsight, there were a few shortcomings. I went overboard with some of the explosions and death animations, which I think turned out to be a detriment. But some other things turned out great like the satellite launch animation.

I do note that the game has some sort of bug. While generally easy to win, it's even easier because in the lategoing some of the enemies do not cross a certain line. So basically they never advance and you can just kill them at your leisure. Game's pretty easy in general but I guess if you suck you might have a harder time. :D

Some CG models

2009-11-03T16:47:00.000-08:00

Here's a couple of CG models I created. These are NOT my designs, but rather they're based upon pre-existing artwork from another source. I just translated them into CG for use in a couple of game mods and for some modelling practice as well.

BTW, I REALLY wish you could have pictures like side by side on this thing. Would save oodles of space. Apparently blogspot isn't that smart.

Some chicks with guns WIP

2009-09-08T08:21:00.001-07:00

This isn't really an update this is just me procrastinating doing work for five minutes. I think someone with the initials CL knows what I'm talking about. :D

Anyway. Here's another half-finished piece to go with my gallery of half-finished pieces. Maybe I should rename this place Brownie Minor's blog. ;)

Obviously I'm trying to learn photoshop here and not doing too badly but it's nothing to write home about. The chick on the left I realize looks a bit like a Half-Life 2 resistance fighter (colour-wise) but oh well. Her proportions are looking a bit odd to me at this point in time as well but could be worse (and has been).

ALSO - click on "Chun Li" on the right side of your screen to go and see Choom's new film :D. And if you haven't already click on "Fung Suije" and go see Belinda's somewhat-new film.

Spaceships yet again

2009-05-16T15:00:00.000-07:00

Hey, might be doing a bit of interior book art for some buddies of mine so here's some spaceship concepts that I sketched up. Obviously my photoshop colouring skills are not up to task yet. Was looking for a tutorial on dA but couldn't find anything so I just winged it and didn't spend too much time on 'em.

Getty Gestures

2009-05-02T16:36:00.000-07:00

I think the light finally clicked. After doodling during playblasts I went to getty images and started doodling some people from pictures. And realized that Lo and behold, that suddenly, I actually sorta understood what the heck I was doing. Of course, my drawings are still pretty crappy but finally people are slightly less embarrassing to draw and I'm finally drawing them with structure rather than just the outline.

Anyway . . . here are a few gestures I did from getty. Most of them are chicks, but there is a guy or two for the feminist out there. Also in the last image I re-drew an old character (though minus the clothes). I find that re-doing old drawings is one of the best ways to feel good about your improved abilities. Or just to ridicule your old abilities. Oh obviously the space man isn't off of getty, and obviously his left leg is too short. But for a random doodle I kinda like it.

PS - oh yes. No faces or hands as you may notice . . . well, one thing at a time.

Starship Work in progress

2009-03-04T20:32:00.000-08:00

Here. See if you can even make this image out. I need to learn how to do proper "clay renders" in maya, because this quick cheater way that I found on the net looks like ass. (EDIT - screw it, I'm just going to screencap the thing in Maya. Not this "occlusion pass" crap where you can't tell anything.)

Anyway, here's some starship I'm working. I say starship because it's a ship, not a fighter. Even though most of my ships look like fighters. I have the basic shape of sorts, but now I have to figure out what details I'm putting on there. I should really plan this stuff out in advance. I got some stuff in my head, but there are some major details that I don't have so I should sketch some stuff out.

Obviously there are some major anime influences in there, and probably a bit of Naboo-style designs from Star Wars. But I've seen so many spaceships in my time there are probably a few different things in there as well.

Dunno how long I've spent on this. I take so many breaks it's hard to say. But at a guess we'll say . . .2-4 hours. Oh added one more little drawing at the bottom. That sketch is pretty much what I started from, though I didn't import it into Maya. Working with some big white blob on the screen is hard on the eyes. So I just winged it. Very professional. There a bunch of other sketches, of various angles, all of them crappy and very rough and not worth posting up. Anyway. Back at 'er.

Coal-Fueled Destruction

2009-01-20T19:37:00.000-08:00

Yeah. So, I'm supposed to be working. Instead I waste an hour or two on this. I also put a gazillion doodles in my sketchbooks but never really do anything on the computer or add any sort of details. Even this is severely lacking the detail department but whatever. It's supposed to be sort of steam punk, hence the rivets and the smoke stacks but some parts probably look a little too tech.

Oh and I didn't go over it too much, so I'm sure the perspective and what not is all over the place. I just noticed that the left-arm ammo drum is way too damn small for example. . . .Whatever.

Capital Ship

2008-11-05T08:09:00.000-08:00

Here's a large spaceship I created in Maya. Around 13-14K polygons. It's not my design, I based it on some old artwork from a book I have. Though the detail on the underside and the rear is my creation. Again, for a game potentially. Not very productive but it's practice.

PS - Why does this stupid blog always add pictures in the REVERSE order that I upload them? Whoever programmed this thing must be dyslexic.

Some psuedo-clay renders

2008-10-22T23:50:00.001-07:00

Here's some spaceships I made in Maya. One of my own design (bottom), one not (top). I need to figure out how to do normal maps so the smooth areas look smooth, but for now they could be worse. The two models are for a game mod (ie a waste of my time).

My Portfolio

2007-09-20T23:38:00.000-07:00

Welcome Everyone,

Since it's taking me a great long while to get my donkey into gear, to create my own website. I thought a temporary blog solution might be okay for the interim. Though I loathe the word "blog", and once before took an oath to never create one, it would seem that not all promises are lasting ones. As both time and circumstance can erode the principles upon which promises were made.

In any event, here is my "so-so" portfolio to view for all who enter. It is neither inspiring, nor memorable, but there are a few cool bits in there to be sure. Opinions, comments and random greetings are normally appreciated.

Brownie Major
aka Paul Brown

PS - It would seem that everything must be uploaded in reverse order to create the sequence that I desire. How quaint.

Portfolio Part 1/3

2007-09-20T23:30:00.000-07:00

Portfolio Part 2/3

2007-09-20T23:20:00.000-07:00

Portfolio Part 3/3

2007-09-20T23:15:00.001-07:00

Mr. Bumper

2007-09-20T23:05:00.000-07:00

Since Blogspot has the uncanny ability to rank posts in order of initial commencement rather than the time of publishing, I have deleted the initial welcoming comments here and instead it will only serve as the bumper, and as the first post. How wonderful.