doom? i think we'll call it doom.

Another doodle

Off goes Mr.Chuckles.

40 minutes doodle today with a few other people. topic was bear on holiday.

30 mins dinsaur/spacepuppy awesome thingy

Scan test

Wanted to check the quality when scanned. Had to scan the image in bits which is annoying

The Lab Of Science!

Here is something working on at the moment along with a few other things. At this stage, its still very messy, not meaning the coffee stain but this is a photo of a doodle, i have yet to scan it in and cleanup. I wanted to get a better idea of how i wanted the final image to look so i took them into photoshop. I love doing this piece, took me back to technical drawing back in school but with the freedom to explore and create a whole scene. more of these to come too. when im done with everything. YUP.

District 9 was the first thing that popped into my head.. makes it look more offical..y....-ish. what?

Loch Ness - Wip 02

Unfortunately i didnt get to spend time at this today but heres what i have to work with at the moment. IIm redoing the tail because i wasnt feeling the first one i had.
Anyway, thought it splooge my 'progress' across. hope you like where its going.

The Loch Ness - Wip

I started this earlier today whilst on livestream. Didnt do a whole lot on it later but here's the 'halfway' mark. Aaaand i've been listening to some epic bagpipe music. YEAH!

Some more fun doodles

Paint Flush

very quick painty. not entirely happy with it buuuut you get the idea.

Tonights Squishy

Playtime in Zbrush earlier tonight

Freaky Bunny Wip

I havent posted in a while. Im back to drawing. Been getting a good few doodles together bit by bit and ill make a large dump here soon enough. Hold tight little ones!
I lost my wacom pen last week so that sucks. No idea where it is and considering i havent left the house..ever, i am confused by this. Head hurtings.
I drew this bunny earlier, scanned him into the computer unfinshed just so i play with him. I usually end up staring at drawings and thinking them out for sometimes hours, depending on how much i like it..before i make another move on it to finish. mm, maybe not such a good thing but i like the staredowns. He still needs another leg and arms but i know where im gonna put them now, so..yeah. why am i still awake..
blob.

Milky Girl

didnt do much with it but i got most of the problems sorted out. Still need to refine, pose her and other stuff.. I've been approaching this model by doing a test run first and then loading up my saved file and going for it again. Been working out so far, slow sure, but im learning.

Cute Girl Wip

wip shot of a full body sculpt. she looks good from the side, alot of playing around needed on the front. Ill show when im happy with it.

Some Old Doodles

I just got back onto my main computer last night and found some old unfinished doodles, just like these ones!

Puppet

Now to start sculpting.

Contest_Head_Video_Wip

Daniel O Toole - 3DBuzz Head Modelling Contest Entry Wip from Daniel O Toole on Vimeo.

Contest_Head_Final

The happy hippy zombie

morning doodle

DoggyDooDah!

Sculpty play type thingy.

Chocolatey Test

I need more delicious omnoms here

First Zbrush Model (WIP)

So, after getting a nudge from a friend (Rene Larsen- http://www.cellart.dk/ ) i downloaded the zbrush trial and went through the Intro to Zbrush videos from the ADP class over on 3dbuzz ( http://www.3dbuzz.com ) and played around. Here is my current progress on this dudes head.

Augmented Foam Sculpting for Capturing 3D Models

I wanted to throw out a quick post about this because personally, i found it pretty interesting and i think its worth a look. I wont do this too often but i know the guy and i like to help out. His name is Michael Marner


Foam Sculpting
The inspiration for this work came out of a project we did with some industrial design students. Their job was to create some input devices for my SAR Airbrushing system. First up, we had a meeting where I showed them a very early stages of development version of the system, to give them an idea of what we were doing. They went away and came up with ideas for input devices, and in the next meeting had a bunch of sketches ready. We discussed the sketches; what we liked and what we didn’t like. Next, they brought us foam mockups of some of the designs. We discussed these, and then eventually they came back with full CAD models ready for 3D printing. They did a great job by the way. But it got us thinking:

How can we make this process better?

(go to his website to read on and leave him a comment if you enjoyed, thanks)
http://www.20papercups.net/

Old Man

I need to study a hell of a lot more anatomy as you can seeee. The book i got (John Raynes Complete Anatomy and Figure Drawing)) was pretty helpful and in depth with all the muscles and tissues, but again, this wasnt really a start on anatomy, i was just playing. Even still, he's not finished. im going to study anatomy now for the next few weeks which is quite a departure from my usual take, but hopefully it will help in the long run

ChickenGills

Heres a quick look at the process for creating a chicken with gills. Because underwater chickens just sound cooler.

Daniel O Toole: Character Design - ChickenGills - from Daniel O Toole on Vimeo.

Another TD Fail -15/03/10

But at least i got some characters out of it
ShriekSkull (flip him upside down and you get a doubting pig)

a fish with a hand. cause..mm

Hyperactive Super Gloofish

And a chicken!...with gills!

TD Creatures (meh) 14/03/10

Slug - Drawing Video

I decided to flick on my camera today as i was doodling and i captured this lil guy. i squeezed it into 10 minutes, but for those of you who dont give a crap, the pretty picture is right below the video. you're welcome. ^^

Blue Pencil Character Design - Slug - from Daniel O Toole on Vimeo.

I wanted to mention too that one of my friends just got funding for a book!
you can follow their design and production art throughout the whole process over on http://ifstonescouldspeak.blogspot.com/

So leave them a comment an' all that good stuff. bye bye.