back in 06…  i had this gig to do a live painting at an aloe blacc and exile show, that tommy threw at the old sofa lounge in sj.  i was gonna paint this robot design i did in adobe illustrator on a 4×4 wood panel.  the design was pretty dope at the time….. and at the time.. i didn’t know any 3d…. and  i had this convo with don about how i wanted to make this 2d design of a robot, into a 3d model, and animate it.  it was built of boomboxes and mixers and shit.

anyway… i told don this, and we came to the conclusion that it was going to be put down in the “It Was Writtens” file on his phone.. and we considered this the hall of fame.. or hall of shame… a lot of people sad they were gon do something back then… and some never made it out… and being in that topic of conversation isn;t where you wanted to be..  soo…..i had to do this…., or would ultimately pay the consequence of being a failure in life.  and who wants that title.?

well… i never actually modeled the robot..  but .. after a couple years of holding it down as best i could… i know i’m completely capable now…. and we’ve decided i’ve made it out.  so….  these black books are representative of the time spent enduring this.. all the things i said i was gon do.     and did…

_Ra

Been kinda absent lately with the posts.. Bunch of things going on as always, and the goal is to get this Reel done.  I want to thank my team for pulling through for Stablished Projects.  Goldenchyld + Baby Chloe is gettin super nice on the beat. Ash, thanks for pullin through last night. Chris & Memo, thanks for rockin those designs. Wish, thanks for gettin shit prepped and vibin with me. And Don, thanks for bouncing ideas with me, and being there bro.  I’m blessed to have such ill folks around me.

I’ve been in the cave lately.  And it feels good to see these ideas come to life.  A lot of the stuff on this reel, are just snippets of big ideas.  And they’re all epic in their own way, if explored further.  It’s an exciting time right now, cuz so many ideas are coming out.  And so much potential, with the things we want to work on, the people we want to work with, and the people that want to work with us.

From music videos, fashion look books, commercials, short films, t-shirts, posters, books, viral videos, artist development, photo shoots, painting….. the life of an artist can be so rewarding, because you can make your world and the projects you choose, what you want them to be.

_Ra

The Official Artwork for The Bangerz x Jabbawockeez Single: “Robot Remains.”  And no, I didn’t do this.  But I know my Bangerz fam did what they could to push what I had made for them.  Either way.. we gonna support!! R-R-R-R-R-boogs Remains!

I’m not a 3d modeler by any means…. so this is my rookie attempt at painting a lemon, gold..  I think I did this initial concept sometime last year, and I’ve just been sitting on it… So last night, I got to finally re-working it and it took a a whole new life.  Below are some stills of the process.

I had to start off by finishing up the rest of the model.  Originally, i found a profile view of a Dunk, and traced in Illustrator.. then I brought it into cinema4D to start molding it in 3d.  A lot of it was just pushing points in the areas i needed them to be.  Since my modeling skils arent so polished… I was able to hide my lack of knowledge with some design.

Once I added the outlines of each polygon with the cell renderer, it totally worked.. and the look is nice in crisp.  Real sharp edges.. hard shadows, and a decent looking model.  Be on the lookout for the animation in the upcoming Reel.

The brutha G-wrex.. Photo reference by Mark Sebastian.  Got to choppin with G last night for a minute, and he gave the stablished movement a lot of love. Thanks bro.

A little fun in Cinema4D, with the cloner object, spline wrap, and a random effector…