Lucas Sparks Drawing/3Dmodeling Blog

2011-12-03T03:22:00.000-08:00

This is for Basic Maya - replicating the Pelican Inn (from Uncharted 3) only using the one concept art that was released (made before game released). Its still a WIP, but I'm done for now... I'll be taking more texture classes, so that'll help spruce it up a bit.

2011-11-20T22:14:00.000-08:00

Creature design for Jared Marantz class;

2011-08-27T23:42:00.000-07:00

Also! Here is the sculpture I worked on for a term. It was based on a story I had of a sapling in the middle of a vast forest that grew into a man - the only one of his kind. He sat around waiting (for he could only take a couple steps a month). He eventually mustered up the courage to create a letter and had it delivered by a passing bird - to find another one like him. This is the moment the bird returns w/ a response; could it be the same letter returned back to him or a message from another?

2011-08-27T23:37:00.000-07:00

Haven't posted in a while, thought I'd post a little bit of my figure drawings.

Various figure drawings:

Imperial Roman Soldier

2011-06-01T21:52:00.001-07:00

This is a design that would exist in the same world as my previous Bounty Hunter design - this will be an imperial soldier fighting along side the Roman empire.

Egyptian/Roman Bounty Hunter

2011-03-18T19:32:00.001-07:00

This Bounty Hunter is Egyptian/Roman inspired and exists in a world if the main rivaling super powers were born from Egypt and Rome. An alliance of assassins/bounty hunters live in the middle of the two continents on a man made piece of land, fighting for whichever side pays higher.
Line concept will be posted soon

Traditional/Digital items

2011-02-22T11:26:00.000-08:00

Here are some projects I've done for various classes in Term 1 at Gnomon.

Here is my rendition of Gilgamesh from the Gilgamesh Epic:

Egyptian Temples (futuristic twist):

Ship silhouette designs (animal inspired robotics):

2010-01-23T15:10:00.001-08:00

Some slides I have done for my portfolio - take a gander!

Here I am:

Faun Forest (PSD)

2009-09-29T17:49:00.001-07:00

I've been really wanting to do this "Faun Forest" image for a while and I finally got around to doing it.

Steam Punk inspired - Oasis Ranger

2009-09-24T02:27:00.000-07:00

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2009-09-18T17:50:00.001-07:00

Zbrush - Biped Creature

2009-05-06T23:12:00.001-07:00

I've find another figure on my desk which I thought might be interesting to model, it is a very peculiar looking thing but it seemed a good challenge. Here is a blury picture of the figure (sorry):

So I did a basic outline of the creature in 3DSmax and again used poly editing to get the creature in the right "mold", this was the result:Imported the basic polymesh into Zbrush and add surface area and tweaked the model until it was to my liking:
So - when that was done with, I decided to try painting directly onto the model with the use of the RGB paint function - I also used alphas to get desired effects and masked certain portions to my liking:

All in all - I was really proud of how it came out, and thought it look close to the figure on my desk!

Thank you!
Lucas Sparks
Questions?
sparkslucas@yahoo.com

Quick Abtract Piece

2009-05-06T23:10:00.001-07:00

Tried a fun and odd abstract piece in 3dsmax-

It came out well and it was relatively easy to produce, I thought it looked pretty neat!

More to come!
Lucas Sparks

Second Zbrush attempt - with basic poly model

2009-05-06T23:04:00.000-07:00

So I have this figurine on my desk that I find very interesting. I inspected the basic shape of the figure and modeled half of it within 3Dsmax (using poly modeling) and mirrored/welded the two sides together:With that basic shape produced - I imported it into Zbrush and sub-divided and sculptured the basic structure of the creature with the add tool, and used alpha's to give a rougher surface area:
Bonus picture (my very first Zbrush creation - using Zspheres):
Thank you!
Lucas Sparks

Polymodeled Goggles

2009-05-06T22:58:00.000-07:00

Referred to a photo and recreated the photo in a 3d space. I used a loft for the main portion of the goggles and booleans to form the headbands. For the eye peice and lens, I basically started from a cylinder and poly modeled the basic shape and used NURBS to make it look more natural. For textures - I used a basic rough bump map for the head band and a metallic texture with a high diffuse and reflective map for the clips and lens.

Pictures can speak for themselves:

-Lucas Sparks

Early Castle Project

2009-05-06T22:39:00.000-07:00

My creation of a simple castle design derived from the Beynac Castle.

Modeled using editable polies and subsurface deformations

Some minor details created and textured - using basic UVW maps

In Photoshop created a repeatable texture:

Modeled the main tower, with added texture/bump map.

Finished Castle - textured and Rendered: