Dan Patrick

Some older stuff...

2012-01-07T18:15:00.000-08:00

Looking back into my older artwork I realized there's a lot of work I haven't shown on the blog. This includes part of my alternative process when designing my own concepts and characters.

First up is an early environment from the school days. Reproduction of an environment from a photograph.

Here is a low-poly character from school based on a character from the novel Water For Elephants. Based on a concept by Anthony Ashton.

When entering contests online I tend to go through an iterative process when making my own designs.

The first step is developing a strong silhouette from which I can then produce lines on top of and finish with some paint. I used this process towards a rough concept that was abandoned during Dominance War IV, an online art contest at GameArtisans.

I decided to go with Gravethorn at the time, but I do hope to someday return to this concept as a personal project.

More soon!

Scribe | GameArtistans | 1 of 6 Paths | Final

2012-01-02T15:14:00.001-08:00

Finished this up for a contest on GameArtisans back in November.

Based on some concepts drawn up during the contest. If I have time, I'd like to put a set of these characters together.

Keep truckin'!

Samus | Polycount Brawl | Current WIP

2011-05-16T22:55:00.000-07:00

Wow, hey, update! Been working on some personal projects but I'm currently grinding on a new model for the Polycount Brawl. Planning to finish this in the coming weeks.

New website!

2009-05-31T16:18:00.001-07:00

Though keeping the blog alive for WIP.

http://www.yatahaze.com

:)

DW4 | Final

2009-05-17T08:26:00.001-07:00

The deadline for Dominance War IV is tomorrow, but I am wrapping up early so that I can get some other projects done for finals. I learned a lot this year about my strengths and weaknesses, and am looking forward to DW5! I believe I want to use DW as a yearly milestone landmark, so I will push myself each year with such contests. Can't wait to stuff my brain for next year!

Here are my proposed finals that I will submit Monday night. I am more satisfied with this year's results as opposed to last year's, and I'm glad I made the choice to participate. Good times. :)

DW4 | Gravethorn WIP

2009-05-04T22:33:00.001-07:00

Working through textures now, normal bake-down went well. One more week!

Cannery Row - Class Final

2009-04-24T23:06:00.000-07:00

Here is my final submission for the Cannery Row project for class. Less than 3 weeks left for DomWar -- updates soon!

DW4 Update

2009-04-20T01:40:00.001-07:00

Things are chugging along on DomWar and I've been in non-stop work mode this past week. I'm having a lot of fun with this guy. Hoping to have a lot more done on him in the next week.

Bioshock Revisited

2009-04-12T01:36:00.001-07:00

I'm currently preparing work for the upcoming BFA gallery, so I revised the lighting on my Bioshock piece from a ways back. I know there will come a day when I will probably remove this from my portfolio, and when that day comes there will be sad music playing in my head.

Rogue doodle

2009-04-03T00:14:00.001-07:00

Today I realized while looking at some artwork that I haven't drawn a superhero since high school. Took a break and whipped this up for fun.

DW4, Cannery Row WIP

2009-04-02T03:17:00.000-07:00

My current WIP on my Dominance War IV character can be followed at the link below. I will be updating it every few days or so.

http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=61590

Here's the bust of a model I'm working on for BFA at the moment -- the character is slowly becoming amphibious in nature, so parts of his body are taking on the forms of frogs and other various creatures. More of this to come.

Dominance War IV - 01

2009-03-16T22:56:00.000-07:00

Figured I ought to post WIP from DWIV here as well, or I might not get much on the update side. Here's a batch of thumbnails from this past weekend.

Dominance War Mini-Challenge #1

2009-03-03T10:56:00.000-08:00

I'll start with some hot-off-the-press stuff and probably dig back into the archives when there's nothing in-progress to show. Lots going on right now!

Here's my final submission for Dominance War IV's 9-day mini SDK challenge which ended yesterday. We were given a modeled character bust which we had to texture to become a general. I added some (optional) additional low-poly gear.

More to come.

Back in action

2009-03-03T10:55:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone. It's been too long since I've had a proper update/reboot to this blog, so I figure it's time. BFA's heating up as graduation gets closer. The coal fire is roaring now...