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Hey gang.

Been awhile since I posted, I know. I have been bust with some large scale projects and non of them have really yielded anything post worthy yet… All of them are just “works in progress” right now, but I figured I could take a quick minute to give you some updates. Before I do, house cleaning items:

#1 – I have decided not to do the 3D game I was invited to work on last post I made. I am too busy, and the guy who is heading it up is too lazy to get back to me apparently.

#2 – I am going to be updating my galleries here on my webpage soon. I need to make a 3D section and remove some old art I no longer really care about.

#3 – I am talking to an online buddy about making a game using the Unreal engine. I would be heading up the art direction, so right now we are just in the very new brainstorm phase.

Alright, lets talk about school. I have four things to show you today. I have began to self teach ZBrush. I am not very good at all, and the learning curve is STEEP. But as I have said before, this blog is here to show the good the BAD and the UGLY. My first ZBrush sculpt was both BAD and UGLY. :P But you will see him never the less.

Also, as I have also mentioned before my class is making a little shooter game. I am designing a boss monster for the game. My first design, Gourmand, got scrapped. The second design, The Swarmer, is my current boss monster. Now I am in the process of game rezing him and adding wings and normal maps.

Finally, I have also sculpted a “self portrait.” It only kinda looks like me, but it was great practice. Please click continue reading to check everything out. Thanks for reading guys.

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New Doodles and New Prospects

Hey guys.

Currently here at Think Tank, we are working on some big projects. So big that they are all taking weeks to finish, so I don’t really have anything fun to show you right now. But I can indeed tell you about them.

In modeling class, I had my face 3D scanned and put into the computer. From the 3D scan, I built the rest of my head, and now I am sculpting in my face details. Soon I will rig my face so I can animate it, then texture my face and finally add hair. It is a really fun project.

In our CryEngine class, we have decided to use the free Unity engine. This engine can build games with ease and put them online to play in a web browser! The technology is quite amazing to be honest. We are building a game as a class, and I have been tasked with one of the main characters. I will be posting a rough 3D sketch of him soon.

I have also been sketching again and I have a few more drawings to show you. Each drawing has been for sketch competitions on Sketchoholic.com. The Robin Hood drawing you will see won first in one of the daily sketch competitions. The other ones… They did not win, but were fun to do!! The topics were “Robin Hood,” “A Villain,” and “Sea Gnomes.”

Last but not least, a little more news. I recently have impressed a few people online through Deviant Art. My recent concept art of Squiddy attracted the attention of a guy back east making a card game. He has asked me to do some concept work for his card game. Another guy from London has loved my 3D work, and has asked me to contribute to his indie game “28 Carrots Later.” As I get more details, I will make another post… Anyways thanks for reading, and please continue reading to see my sketches from this week. (Click them to see larger versions)

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From My Sketchbook: Squiddy

Hey guys. Drawing I did last night. I hope you like it. I did him in about an hour and 30 minutes… Trying to get back into the flow of drawing in PhotoShop. Not much to really say about this guy. I got a wild hair and just started drawing. I did not have him [...]

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The Jazzman Animations

Hey guys. I have a pretty substantial post with more work coming soon, but until then I wanted to share with you these animations that are circulating online. This guy is a game animator from the looks of it and he has made quite a splash with his new animations featuring Team Fortress 2 characters.  [...]

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Sketchoholic My New Favorite Webpage

Hey guys.  Real quick today. I just joined this webpage http://www.sketchoholic.com. Pretty neat drawing community that does little daily contests and interviews with professional artists and stuff.  Anyways, here is my PROFILE.  Go Join and then add me as a friend!  Also, I just entered my first contest there today and won.  Haha… No big [...]

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Bret McNee is Now on Deviant Art

Hey guys, super quick update.  I made a Deviant Art account.  If you also have once, come give me a follow over there. http://bretmcnee.deviantart.com/ Cya. Bret

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