Hank the Gorilla Animation

 Meet  Hank, the saxophone player. Lately I was working on series of 30 seconds long web animations. Much like with Detonation Ident for Ice Age Musics, I suggested a flash-style animation for the client. All in all this little project helped me flex those particle and sprites 'muscles', animating skills and design work. Much like Phil said some time ago , 'a one-woman studio' :D 

Another thing I should mention for those interested and looking for some gigs, there is a very neat website, called People per Hour. It offers great range of freelance projects to take part in! From logo design to 3D visualisations and even filmmaking!  It is something similar to Guru, Elance, but focuses more on England-based clients and freelancers.

Blacksmithing God Telavelis

Telavelis is a Baltic god, a blacksmith who hammered the Sun and threw it into the sky. This makes him a heroic character. However, in Baltic folklore, blacksmithing is seen as a legacy from devil therefore he inherently shares some similarities with the portrayals of Devils . Telavelis is also the only god who is seen as always working.

 

Straight away, I imagined Telovelis being bulky, choppy, crude almost , wide and short god,  as if he is ‘flattened’ ad in such way related to his day-to-day act .I tried to bring heroic and supreme being qualities:  his strong-built body , runes and various symbols. Yet also suggesting clear relatedness with underworld creature, I think this is slightly suggested by stumpy posture, devilish moustache, mean face and some subtle details in his attire.

Some of the references include bodybuilders when off season, moustache competition winners ( that.. I enjoyed thoroughly! :D ), old men and various cultural sources for deco (such as symbols for sun and strength). 

 

Not really precise with my anatomy here, more interested, as always, with the general build and feel. All the details should fall into places when I take it into 3D. Yes, I think this one I should move along the pipeline , this time in 3D Max instead of Maya (god help me...) . 

Comments and critique very welcome (: ]

Tattoo Design

Couple of days ago my friend asked me to design him a tattoo. A half devil half angel . With some development I've finished the line work guide for the tattoo artist to work out the shading and match the style with already existing work on his arm. My friend really liked it and he is going to have it done soon (:] I am honoured!

 

Medeine, Baltic Goddess of the Forest

 Medeinė (derived from medis (tree) ), is one of the main deities in  Baltic mythology, She is a ruler of forests, trees and animals. Medeina is depicted as a young silver-haired woman and a she-wolf;  an unmarried beautiful huntress. Her duty is not to help the hunters, but to protect the forest.

For a long time I wanted to do a painting as resolved as this.Overall, I think it was an excellent exercise in illustration and not as much in character design. I paid particular attention to poses, composition and colour (a great challenge was to avoid  the generic blue-wash looks). Again, haven't used much reference here, only for the skin colour under moonlight.

Didn't have so much fun painting like this in ages! ((:]I hope next character from the Baltic Gods family, will be Telovelis...