Samuel Griffiths - 3D Artist

Older Work

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:31:00 +0000

couple months old..forgot to post it.

Gazer

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:18:00 +0000

Very early block-in of Hp sculpt for a college project.

it's early stages ;)

Entered the CGEvolve hunter competition, looking to improve alot.

Progress and Works

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:24:00 +0000

Been working with Gavin Li a concept artist <> on some projects together.

sculpting and general anatomy studies.

Some inspirational quotes to end with;

The biggest room is the room for improvement.

I couldn't afford art school so I told myself that no-matter what I would never give up.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving.

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.

until next time,

Character Artist

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:41:00 +0000

Hello,

I've decided to dedicate my 3D time towards character art, It's been a long time since my last post and I hope my improvement reflects this gap.

Nothing more to say, let the work roll.

Sculpting and Improving

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:33:00 +0000

I'm attempting to sculpt out one of my favourite movie stars Vin Diesel playing 'Riddick'

I've been working on this for 5 days now, about 10-15 hours in.

Will be baked down to a lower polygon mesh of approx 8-10k.

I'm nothing compared to the talent that's out there at the moment, I hope to keep Improving and stay focused.

Todays Update

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:23:00 +0000

A quick prop I did today, start to finish took around 3 hours.

500 triangles, Diffuse Spec Normal. 1024x1024.

Until next time,

Sam.

Breakthrough

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:17:00 +0000

It's been a long time since my last post, I've been very busy with college work and personal work.

Hopefully I can start to pick things up and increase the pace.

Working on four college assignments now, hoping that won't stop my personal work.

Assets created today and yesterday.

Inspired by Baer Grylls :o

As I don't have a job and therefore no income, I have loads of time to do this. Using this to my advantage to try and improve while I'm still considered young. 18 yrs old is a whole new league now.

For inspiration
For improvement

Until next time,

Sam

Update

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:59:00 +0000

I'm currently working on three projects, I'm currently helping the guy over at ZA.disruptstudio.com and they're happy to announce a pre-alpha build is being tested.

I'm not allowed to post the work I've been doing at the moment although this may change in the coming days when I talk to the leaders.

Thanks for visiting, until next time!

3December

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:38:00 +0000

I attended 3December, was great fun and the speakers were very interesting, I learned alot - I'll update more thoroughly tomorrow.

I've been busy with college work , so things may slow down around here but I'm still posting and improving so stay tuned for more updates in the future.

Heres a new WIP,

I'm Tyred

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:45:00 +0000

I just woke up and created a quick texture for the weekly comp at game-artist.net

I'll be back later today or tomorrow with more textures, and smart titles!

Daily Prop!

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:00:00 +0000

Todays daily prop is trash.

No really, it is.

A prop a day keeps crap skills away!

1024x1024 diffuse, spec , normal

Zombie Mod

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:25:00 +0000

I managed to get some time between assignments so I helped the guys over at http://www.za.disruptstudio.com with a prop. I enjoyed doing it and this time created the specular map myself in photoshop.

Futuristic Weapon

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:10:00 +0000

I've been working on this for about a week now, I think It's near completion.

Inspiration

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:27:00 +0000

I've decided to grind out and improve my texturing skills on props and environment objects.

Heres my first, an oil barrel.

100 quads

I learned how to create specular map, and normal map.

Normal map was generated from the diffuse, not a high poly object.

I used crazybump to generate the spec, I should have done it manually in photo shop however, so I'll try that next time.

High Poly 3k quads

Small Update

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:40:00 +0000

I'm not sure if this is finished yet, but heres a quick update of a character concept.

Absense

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:32:00 +0000

Well I've been working on college assignments the past few weeks, It's pretty hard, but also fun. One of my assignments is to create an animation which includes me creating different character concepts, a script, a story, and a storyboard, It helps me improve my photo shop and drawing skills. The great thing is that my tutor actually knows what he's talking about, hes also an aspiring artist with massive Maya knowledge, It's really inspiring to talk to him and for him to understand what I'm talking about, It feels like we speak artist to artist rather than student to tutor.

I haven't updated in a while as I haven't done much new work, but I'll scan in some sketches and character concepts later tonight.

So until next time.

Update

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:10:00 +0000

I've been very busy with college lately and haven't managed to do any 3d work.

I'm working on a character concept for one of my assignments and here it is as a mini-update.. I'll get around to updating later in the week but time is tight now.

It's a work in progress , click for full resolution.

Ingame Models!

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:02:00 +0000

Hello,

Here is a shot of a recent model I made - In the Source Mod 'Zombie Apocalypse : Psychosis rising". http://www.za.disruptstudio.com

One has HDR and one is LDR which explains the difference in the lighting.

Enjoy!

Props, Enviroment and Drawing.

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:08:00 +0000

I haven't posted in like a week and I've kicked myself for it - I've been 'quite' I'll with manflu, the dreaded virus infection that only effects men and can kill within 2 days.

I've been asked to create a white board with texture variations for a school level I am currently working on, heres the WIP

Over the past two days I've been into drawing and I've been creating a character concept for college, now usually I am really bollocks at drawing but I've surprised myself and even though It's not 'Fantastic' I think It's quite good for me ^^.

Hopefully I won't die from this flu and will post again soon, so best of luck to you all!

Heres a sketch I did for a character concept In class today

Texturing.. and driving!

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:51:00 +0000

I finished the Road Barrel and Reflector texture today - There was a seam on the reflector but I spoke with Spike (Mod leader) and he said it wasn't really visible so It didn't matter.

Heres the barrel and reflector, as mentioned before 1024x1024 and 256x256

and the final product

and the reference image provided :

Not a bad result !

Driving

On another note - I've driven my car for the first time today , I really enjoy it and I've done like 15 miles already :D , Theres lots of legroom which is great for me at 6"4.

College Induction

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:20:00 +0000

I had two days of college induction today - There is emphasis on drawing and life drawing and we were told that having life drawing on my portfolio will really help with my chances of breaking into the games industry.

My tutor - Sultan Efe (http://www.madpolygons.com) really seems to know his stuff about 3D which raises my hopes that I'll learn a-lot about Maya on this course.

I am going to get back to work now as I have been slacking off past few days because of college.

Until next time!

Template Change

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:11:00 +0000

Thought this place could do with a face lift so I changed the template for the better - A-lot cleaner looking and more relaxing!

More modelling!

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:35:00 +0000

Creating more assets for Zombie Apocalypse (http://www.za.disruptstudio.com) I've been tasked with creating a road barrel, two variations are to be created - Multiple texture variations are up to me. Base model is 550~ tri's

One variation with a reflector on the top - One without.

I'll use 256x256 for the reflector and 1024x1024 for the base of the model.

Two separate UVW's is something I haven't done before but I am confident I can overcome the problem by learning how to do it :)

Until next time!

Update

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:21:00 +0000

So here is what I am currently working on - Over the past few days I haven't had much time to work so It's been moving pretty slow. I've been texturing the cash register for Zombie Apocalypse.

Here is a quick update:

The next update will be tomorrow , this will be complete by then and I can start work on something new!

Oh and also - The barrier model and texture variations are working in the game so perhaps I could grab a screen shot and show it in-game.

Until tomorrow!

Progress

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Griffiths) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:51:00 +0000

It's been quiet over the last few days - I went for my college induction on the 2nd which turned out to be pretty cool, I met some nice people and saw some friends again. I've been working on props for zombie apocalypse - Currently a cash register of which I'll post a screen shot later.

I passed my driving test yesterday of which I am pretty proud as It opens up traveling opportunities to get a part time job.

Anyway I am just checking in to tell you I am still alive and I'll update with some work soon!