BillBlog

Howdy,

I’ve started my position here at NetDevil yesterday. Things are rolling smoothly; I’m doing VFX for Lego Universe. The team has been welcoming and I’m eager to dive in to some work.

This blog will include updates about my search for a new job in the field, random thoughts and rants, and mostly will be composed of sophomoric internet humor links.

Thanks for visiting!

Here’s a list of what’s happened, and what’s to come:

PAIN is doing incredibly well on the PSN (sorry, can tell any sales numbers yet), and we are currently in beta testing for the amusement park add-on. Expect to see this sometime this Summer.

I’ve completed a new PAIN gallery, with a collection of my favorite work from my 1 1/2+ years here at Idol Minds.Since it has content from the amusement park, I won’t post the gallery until the park is onsale on the PSN. Cause, ya know, I could get in trouble for showing stuff like that

Now that things are settled with weddings and moving in to our new place, I’ve picked up on my personal project codenamed “ff0d”. This is based on a piece from my friend at work. I’d say this’ll be done realistically within 2 months. I’m very excited to do personal work again, and have high expectations for the end result.

While this isn’t official, I’m also hoping for a redesign of the site. My goal is to update, simplify, and make better use of screen real estate. Along with making it more modular so I can easily add new content I want to post. Not going to make any promises, but hey . . .

. . .finally, Nikki and I are officially married and doing well.. Finally relaxing, getting back to normal and getting back to the things we miss most: Exploring our beautiful state, relaxing, and each others company.

That’s all for now kids, stay tuned.

PAIN for the PS3 is close to complete, so look for it on the Playstation Network this holiday season. Sadly, my dedication to updating this site, including samples and new tutorials, has suffered greatly with the amount of work we’ve been doing.

Within the next few months, this website will be undergo another re-design, and will include a massive update with a new PAIN gallery. This will include a plethora of new work for everyone to browse. It seems unlikely, at least while I’m working full time, that any new tutorials will be added. Don’t lose all hope, however. You never know what time can be presented to me . . .

Look for the new PAIN gallery soon!

After another long period without updating, I have come again with a new piece:

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A bit of info about this: It’s a photo/3D composite (eye and pipes taken from The Eye of St. Patrick, photo taken reluctantly of my fiancee infront of 5 lights in the house), and then painted to death in Photoshop. I used the KinoFlo3D rig (mentioned below) to light the scene.

Being so busy at my new job, my personal projects have taken an interesting turn and new focus. I’ve also taken up a new and revived interest in zBrush, and have been working on old DVD tutorials to get back into the swing of it. My goal is to create pieces similar to this with zBrush. More coming soon!