Medusa
- With all the recent renditions of Medusa painting her as some sort of monstrous villain to be feared and as a symbol of sexuality, I wanted to portray the infamous mythology as a much more vulnerable character, someone who is as much a victim of her curse as those who look up on her. A young woman frightened and alone and suffering with the hostility of her affliction.The image was created over the course of a few weeks of sculpting and painting the character in Z-Brush before rendering several passes out of the software. These passes were then composited in photshop with extra details added such as spittle, blood and tears and then colour corrected to create the final image.
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With recent renditions of Medusa painting her as both a monstrous villain to be feared and a symbol of adultery and sexuality, I wanted to present the infamous mythos in a much more vulnerable characterisation. A young woman frightened and alone who is as much a victim of her curse as those who look upon her, suffering from the hostility of her affliction.
The image was created over 2 weeks with sculpting and painting completed in ZBrush before rendering several passes that were then composited in Photoshop. Further details such as blood and tears were added at this stage before the final image was colour corrected.
The image was created over 2 weeks with sculpting and painting completed in ZBrush before rendering several passes that were then composited in Photoshop. Further details such as blood and tears were added at this stage before the final image was colour corrected.
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Digital Imaging, Illustration, Visual Arts
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2011
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Dark Moda Logo Design
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2013
Graphic Design, Icon Design, Illustration
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Legacy of Kain: Raziel
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So for my next project I decided I would create a tribute/ re-imagining of Raziel.
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Nursery design for my son.
2012
Character Design, Drawing, Illustration
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Guidebot
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The brief was to create a small robotic character that would lead users around a virtual tour of a factory area.
As the factory produced materials that needed to be developed in a clean, bacteria free environment, health and hygiene was a major factor in the development of the tour.
With this in mind I decided to create the robot to have a very clean, polished, almost clinical appearance, reserving his character traits for the animation stage. The Guidebot was able to communicate and instruct users throughout the simulation with a combination of animation and visual projections that come from the glowing panel in his torso.
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SunDaze Motion Graphics
A series of motion graphics intro sequences for Supersaturated's 3 part kite surfing documentary 'SunDaze' featuring Ned Taylor.
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This collection of stings were created in 2004. 2011 Animation, Motion Graphics -
'The Lane' Motion Graphics
Motion graphics intro sequence for collaborative project 'The Lane'.
'The Lane' is an easy going music television show (this is currently the pilot episode) that showcases some the hottest up ad coming talent in the South West, UK.
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'The Red Image' 3D Stand Visuals
3D Visualisation for The Red Image store stand for use in shopping malls across the UK.
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2011
Visual Arts, Design, Graphic Design
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Illustration 2010
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2011
Illustration, Graphic Design