My work basically is a reflection of my wacky personality, presented in any form I can find! I am a self taught artist, from sketches right on down to the big 3D. My first love of comics, cartoons and anime have heavily influenced me. The Artists who have influenced me most include the likes of Tex Avery, Mike Mignola, Travis Charest, Bruce Timm, Mario Ucci, and Barry Windsor-Smith to name a few. BIO Name : Teyon Alexander Age : 30ish (gasp!) Date Of Birth : 12-11-74 Marital Status : In Love Current Location : Manhattan, New York Level of Education Experience : Some College (Antioch College in Ohio) Programs I am Most Familiar With : Photoshop CS5, Painter, Rhino3D, Wings3D, ZBrush 4, Silo, Modo Specialty : Creature/Character Design and Modeling. Experience - Art: Co-Created the covers for the Actual Facts/Gameplan CD, Cass-Single, and LP for Lord Finesse and Penalty Records. Redesigned the Logo used by Lord Finesse. Worked as a volunteer at Merge Comics assisting with story layout, inking, coloring, and some minor penciling. Also did some consulting when Merge attempted to branch out into animation, as well as assisting in storyboarding. My work currently has been used in several reviews for Rhinoceros 3D in 3DWorld Magazine as well as the letters column. I have taught oraganic modeling classes at LEGO Denmark (great place by the way). I am a former Moderator at Renderosity.com (a website for artists). I've also done the odd fly-er/poster for individuals. I currently work for Smith Micro Software as a content artist for Poser and Anime Studio. Experience - Non-Art : Worked for Chemical Bank's Risk Management And Insurance Department. I worked on a Phone-a-thon at Antioch College. I worked at Barnes and Nobel Superstores where I was promoted to the supervisor of the Children's department after two years. I worked briefly at Teachers College, Columbia University. I went on to work at e frontier as a customer service rep. I have worked in the past at Smith Micro Software, Inc. as a quality insurance rep, customer service rep, technical support rep and modeler. I currently work at Avalanche Studios as a character artist.
Comments (6)
TBKoen
Thanks:) But Damn, your body is so MUCH better! I just love his chest! It's not that i'm gay or something (Sorry gay people, i'm not gay!)It's just that I appriciate human or any other organic shapes. Cause i'm an artist!
Teyon
Thanks, TBKoen. I felt the same way and for the same reason, though I'm not sure about the body being better than the one you did...
Teyon
By the by, for anyone who cares, the back of this model is almost as cool as the front (if I do say so for myself...and I do). :>
Squid
You might want to put a hollow between the clavicles (collarbones), which are separate structures on most vertebrates in which they exist in the first place -- you've got kind of a protrusion there instead, which looks sort of odd. Otherwise, though, I think this came out /extremely/ well -- the torso's great (especially around the armpits. Those seem to be really hard to get right. You might give him a little more rib meat [anterior serratus muscle], considering how cut he is elsewhere, but that might damage the look of the model), and the sweep of the neck and head is very aesthetically pleasing. The blunt lower jaw seems a little, er, Creature from the Black Lagoon, but that may be what you're going for. Keep up the good work. :)
Teyon
Thanks for the critique! I've actually gone ahead and given him "more rib meat" and it doesn't seem to mess with the mesh too much. However, as for the protrusion between the collarbones, I put it there on purpose. His race is supposed to be humanoid, not human and I'm trying to find little things like that to make it seem odd and unearthly. The head and back has gone through the biggest changes since this original post (more detail in the back and the snout is more streamlined) and when you all see it, I'm sure you'll approve. Funny thing, he's a wimp by his people's standards. Yeah, real scrawny, the rest have a body mass the size of Marvel's Thor and as tall as Marvel's Juggernaut. Atrius is closer to a Captain America...it's the only grading system I could dome up with. Sue me. :>
Spike
:)