Art Chronicles

Zbrush Character

2011-11-27T23:34:00.000-08:00

Here's a character I modeled for a friend. Base mesh in Maya, displacement and texture in Zbrush.

Drawings!

2011-11-27T23:04:00.000-08:00

Here are some drawings from the year. Enjoy!

Sunglasses

2011-11-27T22:42:00.001-08:00

Here are some sunglasses I modeled over the summer for a freelance project. Software: Maya

Recent Works

2011-11-11T11:42:00.000-08:00

The boats was done during my recent trip to Catalina island. The painting is inspired by Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing". The city was done on my final day in New York, and the line drawing is the interior of the restaurant Bistro Ka.

speed paints

2009-05-21T23:23:00.001-07:00

So I've been doing these during my lunch break at work. There is always a model, but sometimes I ignore them and just work with the people who are drawing.

New Sculpture

2008-12-08T13:57:00.000-08:00

I took apart the old sculpture so I could make this new one. I think it was worth it. Happy holidays everyone!

Modeling Reel

2008-09-03T15:11:00.000-07:00

Modeling Reel from Edan Duarte on Vimeo.Alright everyone. Here's my modeling reel. All characters done in Zbrush 3.1.

Traditional Animation Reel

2008-09-02T14:42:00.001-07:00

Hey again. Hope you like it!

My Rigging Reel

2008-09-02T14:33:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, here's my 2007 RIGGING REEL. Enjoy!

Creepy Eel Finished!

2008-08-20T16:08:00.000-07:00

Here is another model I've been working on. It was modeled completely in Zbrush starting from Zspheres.

2008-08-20T15:26:00.000-07:00

This is a model I did in Zbrush 3.1.

Tahoe Mural

2008-07-10T16:46:00.000-07:00

So my grandma saw my paintings from class and she wanted me to do a mural up at her cabin in tahoe. It took about a week hanging out up there grizzly man style. Here is the final piece, some close ups, and the original drawing it came from. Obviously, halfway through she wanted a bear. Ask and you shall receive.

Sculpture!

2008-06-13T12:58:00.001-07:00

Here are some pics from a figurative sculpture I did. The model had this dog that had a ponytail just like hers. She was a character for sure.

Final Painting!

2008-06-13T12:29:00.000-07:00

Okay, so for my final piece in my painting class our assignment was to design a book cover. I chose The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley. He's a pretty crazy guy as far as what he did with his free time.

Paintings!

2008-05-30T16:29:00.000-07:00

My teacher finally gave all of my paintings back from class and all I got for them were smiley faces, gold star stickers, and a condescending mussing of my hair.

Christian Wines Down

2008-05-12T16:04:00.000-07:00

This is a painting (acrylic) of my friend Christian at this thing called wine down wednesday where for 5 bucks you get a glass that you can refill as many times as you want from 5-7. However, we're the only ones under forty there usually and I think it's meant for a little more...uh...sophisticated crowd.

Beetle & Moth

2008-04-16T22:55:00.001-07:00

Here's some new drawings in my sweet recycled sketchbook with some DIY calligraphy I copied from some jpeg off the internet. Rhinoptera doesn't exist as far as I know. The moth was from a specimen my teacher passed around. K later!

updated pics on sea serpent

2008-04-11T18:02:00.001-07:00

Here is some of the progress I made on my modeler's reel. I should expect the summer to yield more time to finish the whole reel.

Round II of Notebook Mining

2008-04-03T23:03:00.001-07:00

These ones can be summed up pretty quick. This is what my Zoology teacher looks like when he has my undivided attention...well, while drawing him. The rest are drawings from visiting the Body Worlds exhibit in LA. Pretty cool for some German guy obsessed with being around dead people all the time. A very relevant, enjoyable, poignant and freaky weird exhibit.

Scouring my Last Notebook

2008-04-03T23:00:00.000-07:00

Alright. There is no rhyme or reason to these pics. Simply wanted to document the drawings from my sketchbook that I enjoyed. I'm gonna have to do another post or so to get them all in here.

Pelican Wing & Jellyfish

2008-03-21T15:56:00.000-07:00

The first drawing is of a pelican wing. The second one was just something I thought would be awesome to see. There aren't any jellyfish this big that could take on a shark, but if there was...that'd be f-ing sweet.

new character

2008-03-16T14:51:00.000-07:00

Alright, so I now have some spare time to get my modeling reel underway. Here's a preview of the first character.

Still Life

2008-03-15T20:55:00.003-07:00

This was an exercise we did in my painting class. I call it "Spelunking through the caverns of human consciousness or some vase, a sake cup and a squash". I really think the art world is about to get its roof torn off with this one. This was a limited palette exercise which was quite interesting as we only had 3 colors to work with.

Furballs

2008-03-09T09:16:00.000-07:00

here are some tests from my hair/cloth and fur class. Computers are pretty crazy sometimes. The last pic is a piece of cloth hanging on a line and the fur is animated by a system of hair (that you can't see). I guess I got what I paid for right?

Drawings from class

2008-03-04T09:26:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone. Here are some drawings I did from the random specimens from around the room of the zoology class I'm taking.

lizard pose

2008-02-06T20:30:00.000-08:00

Here's a screen grab or two of some of the progress on the lizard from my zbrush class. Lizards in the mist...also I bet you didn't know that lizards with absurdly large hands have a full on greco roman wrestling desert league. Seriously.

Skeleton From Memory

2008-02-03T23:16:00.000-08:00

My teacher Cesar Dacol Jr. is proposing we do this exercise where we first draw a human skeleton entirely from our imagination for thirty minutes and then draw it from reference for thirty minutes. Theeen go back and do another drawing from memory. It peaked my interest since I have been jonesing to get my anatomy back up. This is the first drawing from memory. I like it....ish.

Birds!

2008-02-03T22:48:00.000-08:00

I just rented The Life Of Birds With David Attenborough and I did some studies while I was watching the DVD. Birds are pretty rad.

Old Art

2008-01-30T09:45:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I know that no one likes someone who keeps reliving the past but here is a link to some of my older works. My friend is in the process of setting up my professional website so sometime quite soon, my exploitation of all of these public domain sites will be a thing of the past.

old artwork

Hope you enjoy!

l8z!

revised portrait

2008-01-22T09:49:00.000-08:00

While I was waiting in line at the DMV I finished up the portrait of the girl. Needless to say, the DMV is still a cold, dismal institution that should provide foot and back massages as you wait for your number to be called. When will the American public get to see the "friendlier" side of the DMV? Who knows. Alright later everyone!

Figure Drawings

2008-01-16T00:07:00.001-08:00

These are some figure drawings I did at a workshop near my house. Which reminds me. I am also looking for work as a figure model. Just throwing that out there. I never thought I'd be posting to work naked on the internet. At least not before I turned 25. haha!...seriously though. Ta ta for now!

CENTAUR!!!!

2008-01-06T17:18:00.001-08:00

Alright, it's been awhile since I rapped at ya but I've got exciting news. The pic of my friend Andrew as a Centaur singing his song of peace for his war torn land is finally complete. Now all that's left is printing the image out on some fabric, sewing it to a blanket or pillow case and giving it to his girlfriend. She's gonna love it I can already tell.

new zbrush stuff

2007-12-20T19:03:00.000-08:00

This is after the details pass on this model. I'm happy with how it's coming along.

Fodder From My Zbrush Class

2007-12-18T10:42:00.000-08:00

This is what I've been working on in my Zbrush Class. It's taught by Cesar Dacol Jr. & he's a great teacher.

Car & Centaur

2007-11-28T19:35:00.000-08:00

humpback lizard

2007-11-17T00:10:00.001-08:00

pretty much basically exactly what it sounds like.

figure drawings

2007-11-13T23:56:00.000-08:00

Alright. Here's some more figure drawings. cominAtcha!

centaur

2007-11-13T14:03:00.000-08:00

To make a long story short, my friend is making a bedspread for his girlfriend with an image of him as a centaur playing the pan flute over a waterfall. He asked me to make the image. These are the value sketch, color with contours, & color without.

while watching Blue Planet

2007-10-25T00:26:00.000-07:00

I did these drawings.

figure drawing & character drawing

2007-10-24T11:22:00.000-07:00

hey kiddos. Here's the latest. I found a figure drawing group down here at the YWCA and was afraid I wouldn't get in, what with being a non-christian guy and all. Contrary to the mission statement of their masculine affiliate you can NOT get yourself clean, have a good meal, OR do whatever you feel. Bummer. Also, this is a drawing of a construction site across from the coffee shop in Redondo I go to. I'm coloring it in right now.

Story Explained

2007-10-05T17:24:00.001-07:00

Okay, I know this is against the credo of storyboarders, but for those who require words to compliment their visuals I decided to give a brief wrap up of my snippet of a story I've made.

The Scene: A future where the computer still has yet to exist. Technology still revolves strongly around engineering & steam power. More specifically, the train station in Paris, France. Taxis carry incoming travelers to their destination using mechanical arms and a system of ropes and bars throughout the town, emulating that of a primate jumping from branch to branch of a tree. The sun is setting over the overpopulated metropolis as commuters flood the land, river and air.

A local INVENTOR with visible bandages and scrapes waits for his incoming train back to his home. A middle aged man with an estranged family, obsessive personality, and unbalanced work-play ratio. After realizing he has been reading his paper for a long time now, he looks up to check the time from the clock on the dock where he is waiting. 7:02. His train is late.

As he looks up, his eyes drift towards a beautiful BLONDE WOMAN dressed conspicuously inconspicuous. She is carrying a weathered BRIEFCASE.

FLASHBACK: The BRIEFCASE suddenly triggers a horrible memory of two nights prior. While walking home from meeting a colleague for business and a drink, he finds himself caught up in a celebration that he is unsure of what it is for. As his instincts would generally tell him to avoid crowds he ducks into an alley that has served him as a shortcut quite reliably in the past.

This time however, he is met by a GOON with a sloped forehead, bowler's hat and a DESERT EAGLE. With a heavy chuckle and little remorse, the GOON shoots him in his right shoulder. The pain causes him to drop his BRIEFCASE and the GOON walks off with it, enveloped by the extravaganza taking place in the city's square.

As time passes, he hires an investigator to find his neanderthalic attacker. This leads him to the Jazz club downtown where he sees his BRIEFCASE, the GOON, and a beautiful BLONDE WOMAN enjoying dinner at a table across the way. The GOON nudges the BRIEFCASE to the BLONDE WOMAN with his foot and upon finishing dinner, takes it with her and out the door. On her way out she turns around to look back at her associate. Her face is burned into the INVENTOR's mind forever. What lies in that BRIEFCASE is capable of changing the world in ways no layman could imagine, and in the wrong hands, could very well destroy what civility we have left in our society.

END FLASHBACK

PRESENT: The INVENTOR is already sprinting towards the BLONDE WOMAN, determined to get back what is rightfully his.

Value Passes DONE!!!!

2007-10-05T16:53:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I'm not finished with these by a longshot, but at least I am done with this phase of it. I think I will build up two or three of them to a higher level of detail and finish.

one more to go

2007-10-02T12:30:00.001-07:00

I liked how this frame turned out. I think I might redo this one and finalize it a bit more after I finish the last frame.

oafy looking creature

2007-10-02T00:57:00.001-07:00

2 more to go!

2007-09-26T15:39:00.001-07:00

last storyboard

2007-09-24T12:25:00.000-07:00

okay, here's the last one. Now I'm gonna go back and do the others. Dang, I thought I was done already. Oh well, no biggie.

another quick one

2007-09-23T12:10:00.000-07:00

Another frame? why not?

Next two storyboards

2007-09-23T11:10:00.000-07:00

So the value tests are turning out to be awesome! I can't imagine working any other way. I'm probably going to have to go back and do the others that way as well. Since this is steam-noir, I probably could get away with just doing it black and white, but the point of my wanting to do this project was to expand with color as well. Any way, signing off for now. Laters!

change up

2007-09-22T11:08:00.000-07:00

okay, so I just read this interview with some asian guy who did some crazy fan art for transformers and he showed his process which starts with rough black and white images. So I think I'm gonna do that before I jump into color. Most of these storyboards kinda look like finger paintings, but I'm liking the black and white approach.

rough of the taxis

2007-09-20T19:31:00.000-07:00

This is a rough sketch I did while taking a break from driving down to LA. After a brief sabbatical getting reorganized, I'm back to it.

next two frames

2007-09-13T13:00:00.000-07:00

okay, just got the next two frames up.

first two panel color passes

2007-09-12T12:51:00.000-07:00

I plan on getting the rest colored much quicker.

my favorite bum

2007-09-12T09:08:00.000-07:00

This is a portrait of my favorite bum that hangs out in downtown Santa Cruz looking like this. Seriously, if you see this guy, the glint in his eye (or off of his goggles) tells you that there is no doubt in your mind that whatever that guy has chosen to do with his day, it will involve a squash racket, serious eye protection, and lots of caffeine for energy.

storyboard roughs

2007-09-11T12:48:00.000-07:00

okay, so after gathering a ton of reference material, writing a brief snippet of a story, I'm ready to start storyboarding. I just got the roughs done today but so far I'm pretty happy with it. There is a flashback that I haven't properly signified but other than that I'm happy with it. Kind of a steampunk noir type deal.

skateboard

2007-09-07T14:10:00.000-07:00

oh yeah. I broke my skateboard the other day, and as part of one of the more brilliant presents I received, I got 5 blank skateboard decks of which I will paint myself as I break them. Kind of sweet. My girlfriend's pretty great I thought.

a quick revision

2007-09-07T14:08:00.000-07:00

after talking with my client we came up with a better flyer with more "positive" connotations than oil drilling.

other flyer

2007-09-06T13:47:00.001-07:00

I had never really done much graphic design work, but I just finished two flyers for a friend and enjoyed it quite thoroughly. Here's the other one. Enjoi!!!! I even got to make a layer that will correspond to which part of the flyer is shiny and which isn't. OOOOooooo!!!!

My first installment

2007-09-05T12:04:00.000-07:00

So after a quick break, I'm back to it and here is what I've been up to recently. The flyer is for a friend of mine who is a DJ named DJ Eko. The portrait and Lizard Mouse were made entirely in photoshop. I was hoping to make some storyboards coming up soon so stay tuned!