Art Thoughts

gunz

2011-07-16T21:05:00.001-07:00

The Latest.

2011-04-18T22:06:00.000-07:00

I got a reminder yesterday about dreams,
and making big things happen.
So i'm motivated beyond belief to produce again.
It's magic time.

bjohnson

Game

2011-03-15T13:29:00.000-07:00

ilovethisgame from bryan johnson on Vimeo.

Nightmoves

2010-09-29T15:36:00.000-07:00

Nightmoves from bryan johnson on Vimeo.

More test's ive been doing,
just trying to tie some shots together
and determine an overall look.

Everytime i go out i have a blast,
and i think i learn a bit.

Look to extend the length of the next video.

raw test blah

2010-05-26T10:18:00.000-07:00

just testing out some slow mo.

raw test footage from bryan johnson on Vimeo.

More texture

2010-03-25T16:40:00.001-07:00

Moving slow, but steady.

ideas ideas

2010-03-23T16:57:00.000-07:00

Starting to just block in some colors and get my uv's set..
This project is quickly getting out of hand.I did a quick draw over.
I'm thinking of doing some kind of mechanical future hand
that's attacking a super hero..protecting some kind of device in the building.

anyway,
adding ambition to an already ambitious project.

messing around with zbrush

2010-03-16T12:31:00.001-07:00

starting to get in some rock rubble.
I got lots to learn..

testing out depth of field t2i

2010-03-13T18:06:00.001-08:00

just learning to shoot, getting a handle on my settings.

continued model from the past.

2010-03-10T17:43:00.001-08:00

after a long break on personal 3d projects, i'm back to the lab.

bmx riding break

2009-12-01T07:05:00.000-08:00

bmx riding from bryan johnson on Vimeo.

hanging with some friends riding up la..mostly filming.

really broken video test

2009-07-13T10:10:00.000-07:00

projectsanford from bryan johnson on Vimeo.

I was attempting to go 24 fps..for some reason i just ended up with hurky jerky mess.
Reworking over this week.

personal project

2009-03-12T16:45:00.001-07:00

low poly max, hand panted texture fun.

belgrade continued.

2009-01-14T21:49:00.000-08:00

I got another night between teaching, to work on stuff for a couple of hours.
Alot of fun, but still a long way to go..

Belgrade Building.

2009-01-09T15:00:00.001-08:00

part of my quest to learn some new tools including mental ray.

I wanted to do something a little more focused, with less props and

so my journey begins on a new still. Pretty early still, but i'm excited.

Wire of random jungle

2009-01-09T14:52:00.000-08:00

Random Modelage.

2009-01-09T14:50:00.001-08:00

more Rzone 2004

2008-10-28T23:32:00.001-07:00

Experiments with reflections.

A series of in pre-render cinematics were planned for the game.

A did a ton of tests trying to get different surfaces to look reflective.

Maya software render.

Muddy brown

2008-10-27T23:18:00.000-07:00

Revolution-xbox 360

Rev Apt's

2008-10-27T23:11:00.000-07:00

Simple boring apt buildings.

La Blaccha!!

2008-10-27T21:19:00.000-07:00

This building recieved a bunch of laughs for it's rediculous name.

What's next?!

2008-10-26T21:37:00.000-07:00

I've been teaching for the last year or so.

It's given me a good oppourtunity to brush up some skills that i don't use at work.

I'm going to take a few weeks off of personal projects,

and begin something new. I just need to find some new inspiration.

So the question begins....

What's next?!

Last building i promise

2008-10-26T21:33:00.000-07:00

Looking at that old school stuff was really ruff,

so i needed to play it in between some current gen to make myself feel a little better about it.

Revolution-Xbox360

Rzone 2004

2008-10-26T21:23:00.000-07:00

We did a series of quick pre-render stills for the football game.

Apparently we had this crazy plan of having the players fly into each city in a cinematic everytime you picked a stadium!

It seemed kind of crazy, but this were really fun to work on,

like little miniature models.

Kickin it old school

2008-10-26T21:13:00.000-07:00

Syphon Filter - Omega strain.

This was a great project to work on.
Like every project it had it's quirks,

but I feel like i learned a bunch and met some really talented ppl.

I don't think it turned out how everyone had hoped,

but still it was a decent game.

Commercial district _Revolution

2008-10-26T20:56:00.000-07:00

In game capture.

Never released- Xbox 360.

Viva Revolution!!

2008-10-26T20:55:00.001-07:00

Slums- this is kind of a housing project area..basketball courts,

apt buildings etc.

in game screens.

2008-10-26T20:48:00.000-07:00

reverse angle.

Onslaught

2008-10-26T20:33:00.001-07:00

Continuing my random buildings. I will give you a temporary break into environments after this link.

There was a massive list of assets to build for this game.

Sadly it doomed to never release.

Most of this buildings were built with 512 x 512 base maps.
256 or 512 normals 128 specs and shared 512 dirt or detail maps as we called them.

Although the project was canceled, i think most artists on the project would agree that it was a fun topic to work on. It had alot of potential that was never realized.

some commercial some residential

2008-10-26T20:26:00.001-07:00

A few wires

2008-10-26T20:18:00.001-07:00

Just some wireframes.

Near town square.

2008-10-26T20:10:00.000-07:00

This building i modeled after a building i took a picture of while i was in costa rica last year.

There was some amazing reference down there.

I would have had more if i hadn't accidently hit delete all on my memory card midway through my trip..Lesson learned..when you run out of memory, just buy a new card.

Tall commercial

2008-10-26T20:03:00.000-07:00

I'm in between starting a new personal project.

So in the meantime i will continue to post some images

from concrete games canceled title Revolution.

It was a pretty cool game to work on style wise.

Kind of set in a fiction south america/central america theme.

Lot's of cool architechure and fun to texture.

More warehouse

2008-10-22T22:53:00.000-07:00

Warehouse

2008-10-22T22:47:00.000-07:00

rundown warehouse-Revolution Game - Xbox 360

current render

2008-10-22T08:55:00.000-07:00

I feel like i need to consolidate some of my colors,

but i also have been working on this project for a little while,

I think i will maybe put another 2 or 3 weeks into it,

and then let it go. I want to concentrate on what i learned,

and put that into my next project.

It's been a ton of fun to work on though.

I have a friend building two characters for this.

I hope to do a quick animation with this, maybe the opening credits when

completes his characters.

First post

2008-10-22T08:46:00.000-07:00

I have two or three projects going on most of the time,

and although some of them are intertwined. I decided that i would spin my personal artwork off into it's own blog.

I'm getting close to prop completion for this project, and i feel like i've learned alot during the process. I can't wait to begin something new. My mind is already swirling with some new ideas.

-Here's my current occlusion pass.

Art Thoughts

gunz

The Latest.

Game

Nightmoves

more video tests

raw test blah

More texture

ideas ideas

messing around with zbrush

testing out depth of field t2i

continued model from the past.

bmx riding break

really broken video test

personal project

belgrade continued.

Belgrade Building.

Wire of random jungle

Random Modelage.

more Rzone 2004

Muddy brown

Rev Apt's

La Blaccha!!

What's next?!

Last building i promise

Rzone 2004

Kickin it old school

Commercial district _Revolution

Viva Revolution!!

in game screens.

Onslaught

some commercial some residential

A few wires

Near town square.

Tall commercial

More warehouse

Warehouse

current render

First post