robo gunner pet

so i drew this:




then i made this:




i stuck close to the concept til i got it into zbrush. then i went hog wild.

just kinda messing around, getting a workflow down.

back to school qq

well i'm back at school. Blizzard was amazing. human words can't describe the experience. It sorta feels like it was just a nice dream, and now i've woken up...... sweaty and scared and back in the real world. Hopefully blizzcon will remedy my postpartum.

okay so it's not THAT bad being back at school. i'm making plans to make the most of my last couple semesters, and hopefully i can learn a lot and beef up the ol' portfolio + demo reel.

here's my first assignment back at school: render this guy out using only one color. lineart by sam nielson.

p.s. new blog header! I'm shameless...

doodles

a couple random doodley doodle painty paints

d3 barbarian

never been so busy in all my lives. this is my wow style d3 barbarian. i admit the perspective on his sword is laughable :(

knight guy

this has been sitting around for a few days, haven't had time to work on it anymore.

MOAR

some sketches and warm-ups from the last couple days:

troll sketch

this sketch taught me that I really need to think before I start painting. and while I'm painting, for that matter...

Blizzard is going amazing. I'm on the character art team for Diablo 3. I can't walk 5 feet without bumping into an amazing artist.
here's my fellow art interns!:
Paul
Jin
Gabriele

some paintins

a little environment, still needs some work:


a manfishlizardbearman:



got inspired by some orc drawrings i saw recently and decided to spawn one of my own:

Blizzard Internship

YAR!!!!@!

I got lucky enough to get an internship at Blizzard for the summer. I'm soooo excited to be doing what I'm most passionate about. I'll keep everyone updated on how it goes, K GUYZ?? Maybe I'll get twitter....... ... . . .. ... .. .. . .. .

also here's a generic sketch for you:

Film Festival in Portugal

Had a fun couple weeks recently, I went to the island of Madeira, Portugal with Kelly Loosli to do some animation workshops for the Funchal Film Festival. It was awesome, Kelly took a bunch of pictures, he put some up on his blog: http://alooslimadeblog.blogspot.com/


here's some sketches from hanging around the theater and the festival activities:

(I had more, but I gave away a lot of them to random foreign directors)

how to train your dragon fan art

totally, dudes.

portfolio e mas

everyone lately seems to be "making portfolios" and "showcasing their art" and "being responsible"..... so I thought I'd make my contribution. Link to my new portfolio in the top right hand of the page.

ALSO!!! E MAS!!

a painting in progress:

Pixar

okay one last picture of the imp:




me and my Dad went to pixar a few months ago. my dad just emailed me some pictures he took so i decided to put a few up here:

me and mi padre:

me and Kevin Chesnos

me and the famous Tia Kratter near the atrium



my dad in Andrew Gordon's famous Lucky 7 Lounge


seafood in san fran after the visit:

done-ish

finished my imp. took about a week, working during the dark hours of the day. Next on my list is to finish putting together my 2d concept portfolio.


here's a screenshot of the maya viewport:





and a quick render with some lights:



painted textures in zbrush polypaint/ photoshop. normals sculpted in zbrush.

here's a quick run cycle test i made:

Imp run cycle from Tyson Murphy on Vimeo.

IMP

*update* some modeling works in progress

friends

the ring

this is.......

this is rafael, whom i painted in a brisk 30 minutes:this is paddy, doing what he does best:
don't even ask what these are:
this is a doggy:
this is a chair for the film:
this is a stone wall:
this is an unfinished painting where the referee is a small child:
this is a logo for the film:
this is a sculpted head that scares me:
this is a cat/kitten/elephant:
edit: i forgot. these are nintendo ds paintings:




any questions?