It shall be the Platypus

So I decided on the Platypus. Obviously it isn't the same Platypus from my animation because I just used it as inspiration. Please excuse my Photoshop skills, or lack there of haha.

New project???

So I've been thinking about what I should model next and, coincidentally, I stumbled upon my old 2D animation I did a couple years back. Which in turn fueled my creativity. I just have to decide to model the Platypus or the Platypus boy. Of course I will redesign which ever I choose. Take a look at it, not the greatest animation obviously, but I liked my story.

Reel Complete

A newer version of my reel for 2011 has finally been uploaded. Go check it out by pressing the "Reel" link above.

UPDATE!!!

Sadly as you may have noticed I have been slacking big time on posting. Need to stop doing that...Anyway, I have decided to temporarily halt work on Gir for two reasons. 1) I want a more solid concept and 2) I need a break from modeling robots for a while and need to focus on a more organic creature. Speaking of which I am currently in the process of updating my reel so that I can start applying to different places with an up to date version of my models.

Project Gir WIP 01

Unfortunately my schedule prohibits me from working on Gir for very long, but I'm a rebel so I'm going to bust some of him out anyway. This is his body so far. Instead of just leaving his mid section with a flat square of teal I decided to change it up a bit. Drawing inspiration from 50's tv sets, I made his mid section more like a screen. This gives it more dimensionality I think. I also seperated his body into two parts so it's not just a smooth surface all over. More progress soon.....I hope....

Inspiration strikes!

Seeing as I've been watching plenty of Invader Zim, I figured that I wanted to model Gir. Not just the plain Gir that you see on the show though, his design is fairly simple and I don't think it would take much time. I just tweaked with his design a bit more; made certain parts a little more believable in the real world and so on.It isn't him completely drawn out because I'm going to use another image as proportion reference. Some things I took from real life like his eyes or his belly tv (which I dont even know if it's actually a screen on the show). I don't really like his wrists or shoulders though, need to figure out a better design. Updates soon.