Brent Pedersen

Towers 2012

2012-01-05T13:27:00.000-08:00

Not sure how it's been so long since I posted something... Revisited an old piece that I never ended up finishing. Thanks to #SWTOR for the inspiration. 3DS Max and Photoshop.

Scarecrow 2011

2011-10-25T11:03:00.000-07:00

All finished up I think. In time for Halloween too. I couldn't help thinking of how he'd act in a game, so much of what you see in the scene is dedicated to that. A constant hay trail underfoot for example, and crows as his minions to do his bidding. Anyway hope you like it was a fun one to do. Thanks to The Secret World for some inspiration!

For those interested, 1 map for his body, 1 for his head, and one (small one) for the hay. 3DS Max, Zbrush, and Photoshop were used.

October is Here (Now in 3D!)

2011-10-13T23:26:00.000-07:00

Figured I'd go ahead and just make my concept come to life. Still some clean up to be done (more like a dirt pass), details to add (fingers aren't even textured yet), and the rig to clean up (not a terrible amount of pinching considering, but he's not animated either)...

All this was done in a day (off and on), so I'm fairly please with how it's coming out.

Enjoy.

October is here!

2011-10-03T15:05:00.001-07:00

Just got back from Disneyland and was inspired to draw something. Love what they do to the place this time of year.

Flicker Test

2011-06-26T22:57:00.001-07:00

Playing around with some effects in Max. No alphas all procedural materials and animations.

Clothing test

2011-05-03T23:18:00.001-07:00

Just screwing around on the iPad to work out a potential character outfit. Left off the accessories for now.

Bow High Poly Render 01

2011-04-20T17:36:00.000-07:00

First pass at the HP version of this. Will us Alpha's for the fur spots. May take it to Zbrush from here. (Click images for larger versions... as usual.)

Tower Update

2011-03-30T15:38:00.000-07:00

Little update. Have an idea to make it playable but need a udk programmer. Only has preview lighting and more details to come. Banners and flags are animated with cloth physics... video eventually.

Tower Rework

2011-03-12T15:18:00.001-08:00

Modified the tower a bit from the concept. Will make more sense based on how I'm building the environment around it. Now, on to the details and interior.

Snow Lion (Tibetan Lion)

2011-02-25T16:29:00.000-08:00

Prop for the conversion of my Tibetan Tower matte paiting. ZBrush sculpt shown here.

Rainy day

2011-02-20T15:11:00.001-08:00

Hadn't originally intended to add rain but recent weather demanded I add it.

More iPad fun.

2011-02-17T09:09:00.001-08:00

Thinking I may model this one when I get some time. Not sure of the body type yet, thinking lengthy humanoid but open to ideas. Matt or Savvy, feel free to do me up a proper concept!

Cthulu

2011-02-04T09:08:00.001-08:00

Just playing around...

Ancient Mariner

2011-01-01T13:13:00.001-08:00

Digging sketchbook on iPad. Not so in love with it's photo manager, any one know a good one that can sort images and create albums ... Without being forced to rig it in iTunes?

For Fun...

2010-12-18T15:29:00.000-08:00

Just something I've been playing with...

Landing Platform - WIP

2010-12-04T01:09:00.001-08:00

A little something extra I've been working on. Not done, just finished the base textures for the platform only (not the center column or upper tier with the lights yet). Very basic lighting only. More soon...

Matte Painting

2010-10-30T13:59:00.001-07:00

Mostly Done, always more details to add in...

Gattling Tractor

2010-10-27T11:04:00.000-07:00

And another in the series...

Blunderwagon 2.0 and Turbine Assault Vehicle

2010-10-20T10:23:00.000-07:00

Gave the Blunderwagon a bit more personality. Both these are Steampunk so think Wood with lots of Brass.

The Turbine Assault vehicle is actually based more closely on how Steam Engines actually work with the piston resting on top of the wing and being driven by the large copper steam ball on the front.

Blunderwagon

2010-10-11T21:40:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure why, but every project I'm on seems to be Steampunk related... This is a potential automated enemy. Fast attack, close range damage.

Troll Rendered

2010-10-01T00:24:00.000-07:00

Progress update. Still tweaking it, but probably the last I'll post on him, all rigged up and ready to go... for whatever purpose. No real reason for this guy, just for fun taking an original concept all the way through to completion. The entire scene is about 5k poly. I could get him down to about 2.5k without issue I think ... but there's not much need for that these days.

Troll 2.0

2010-09-25T23:10:00.000-07:00

LP Model nearly done, sitting at ~3500 polys. Won't be unwrapping this, going to zbrush first. Most everything worked out as planned, eyes being the major change (mainly because I did them wrong in the drawing... a concept artist I am not!).

Troll

2010-09-24T13:41:00.001-07:00

Just messing around with a sketch...

Mantis

2010-09-11T10:26:00.001-07:00

Been awhile since I posted something... Not quite done yet, but close. I've rigged him and finished off his idle animation.

Mercedes 250 - Details Added (some)

2010-04-28T17:00:00.001-07:00

Man, there's a lot of parts on a car... Tons more to add, lots to fix, but I'm pretty happy with the progress so far. Again, this is the HP version.

Forklift - Take 1.

2010-04-26T22:04:00.001-07:00

Something for a scene I'm going to be doing. It's a variation on a few different types of forklifts. The goal is something that fits within the Fallout 3 universe so feel free to comment if anything feels off. Again, this is pass #1, so there's a lot of detail missing yet.

Here's a wire I've not yet cleaned it up yet, but it's fairly low (under 4k polys) considering the player will be able to get up close and personal...

Obligatory Tire

2010-04-20T13:03:00.000-07:00

For the Benz...

Goblab v2.0

2010-04-15T21:41:00.000-07:00

Fixed it up a bit. About time to zbrush. Bulked up a bunch of the gear, nailed it onto him, etc.

Mercedes 250

2010-04-14T16:43:00.000-07:00

Version 1.0 just a block out for now, lots to do. (Just smoothing groups on it). No wires for now, this will be the HP model.

Goblin Crab

2010-03-31T10:37:00.000-07:00

Just something I've been working on. Think crustacean as to his construction/joints. He has armor protecting the softspots on his joints (though it's not all refined yet). Comments critiques welcome, as always. Oh and here's a fiddler crab as a LOOSE reference...

Warehouse and Electric Death

2010-03-23T21:59:00.000-07:00

Video pass of a custom warehouse for Fallout 3 (with influences from The Secret World). Includes the newly finished Tesla Trident with final Effects and Texturing. Enjoy.

Close, need a couple passes still.

2010-03-07T21:47:00.001-08:00

Tesla Trident

2010-02-22T21:25:00.000-08:00

Not done by any stretch...

Need to rig it too, the front forks rotate back when firing.

Playing with zSpheres...

2010-02-10T12:02:00.001-08:00

Just something I threw together.

LP Crow

2010-01-30T23:55:00.001-08:00

Just something I was screwing around with. I wanted to see how far I could get with him in about about an hour (and that included finding some references). Still needs wings. Could go either way on the poly count pretty easily here depending on what I decide to do with him. In the nonwire, the left is turbo smoothed and the right is just with smoothing groups.

Hunter Final

2010-01-11T10:48:00.000-08:00

Posed and tweaked. I did a rudimentary rig in 3ds max to pose him. Otherwise just some minor changes (probably hardly noticable). Steven Wells did the Low Poly model of the character. All other props I made. All texturing was done in zBrush. Painting was also done in zBrush with some map tweaks followed up in Photoshop. I've also attached in a dirty image of the gun that was imported to Fallout 3 (texture for that one was done in Photoshop using the original zBrush as the base).

Hunter

2009-12-19T13:31:00.001-08:00

Done. Well not really, I want to redo the texture map on the base, its way to small for the overall scene. Seeing as it's the largest item in the scene, yet has a texture the same size as the head - not to mention it's only for display - there's no reason for it to not be bigger.

DoomBuggy

2009-12-15T23:59:00.001-08:00

This was for the Nightshade scene, definitely going to tweak this one some more in the near future.

Environment Final

2009-12-15T23:07:00.000-08:00

As per anything ... "art is never finished only abandoned". So much that could use more love, but time is up. (No real lighting on this for example - required to leave that off - for now).

Opium Den Final Render

2009-12-12T11:18:00.000-08:00

Lights added and did a final texture pass. All models done in 3DS Max (except room, which was done in Maya). All materials and lighting done in Maya.

Lamp concept is originally from a Woodcut by Eliphas Levi (1810-1875). Which was also featured as an Icon on The Secret World forums.

And one more...

2009-12-09T23:19:00.000-08:00

Been a busy week. Again, not quite done yet. One more week to polish it up, but definitely close.

Burtonesque Pharmacy

2009-12-09T01:00:00.000-08:00

Almost done, only a skylight atm. Need some cleanup on the textures too. (And the wagon isn't done yet... What wagon? Exactly).

zbrush - The Hunter

2009-12-07T20:54:00.000-08:00

Not quite done yet, but getting close... Hunter model I was given, did all detailing/sculpting. Gun is my own model. Base is a mixture but mainly my own. Did all the pixel paiting.

Material and Lighting

2009-11-05T10:23:00.000-08:00

I need to hit this with some better lighting... Lamp is still giving me issues (but it's properly unwrapped now, so I can tweak it as needed - and will).

Fallout 3: Custom Projectile Test

2009-10-04T13:42:00.001-07:00

This is a custom Projectile I made for Fallout 3. There's very little to the actual model of it, but a lot of NifScope. The primary challenge here was 1 to get the Alpha Map to work (easy) and 2 to figure out how to make it "Billboard" (ie face the player at all times). I've also re-textured my original Blunderbuss so that it fits the Fallout world a bit better (completely re did the UVW's and textures, as well as the build method to get it in game).

Dark Tower

2009-09-23T16:40:00.001-07:00

For Background Design....

Fallout 3 meets SW:The Old Republic

2009-09-17T00:52:00.000-07:00

Imported the ole Smuggler Blaster into Fallout 3 for general destruction and mayhem.

Smuggler Blaster Wallpaperified

2009-08-28T18:16:00.001-07:00

Made it into wallpaper for the SW:TOR crowd.

Smuggler Blaster Turnaround

2009-08-27T14:59:00.000-07:00

Did another pass on the textures. I'll probably drop this into Fallout 3 so I can actually see it in use (unless Bioware wants to give me access to the Hero engine!). Otherwise, I'm calling it "done for now"...

NOTE: Only the Concept Art was used as REFERENCE. The concept art was not used in any other way (ie. it was not used for any textures).

Here's a few stills too...

Smuggler Blaster Model

2009-08-23T10:28:00.001-07:00

Based on Concept Art from the new upcoming SW: The Old Republic MMO.

I need to do another pass on the Textures still...

TBM Avenger

2009-08-10T15:41:00.001-07:00

Work in progress.

Basic shape only so far. Made in Maya.

Dolly Generator

2009-07-22T00:11:00.000-07:00

Newest Creation. This one's ready to go. I did all the modeling and painted the texture in Photoshop.

Misty Mountain

2009-07-16T11:16:00.000-07:00

Speed Painting (for me anyway), about an hour.

Abandoned Tunnel

2009-06-17T02:05:00.001-07:00

Rendering sure does take forever. Only 2 diffuse maps used in this, entire scene is under 2000 polys. Good times.

Steam Powered Bluderbuss - Fallout 3 Mod

2009-05-22T23:37:00.001-07:00

Finallllllly got it, turns out Fallout 3 has a bug in relation to textures. The fix is easy enough to do, though not easily found how to do.

The problem is 2 fold...

1. DO NOT install Fallout 3 to the Program Files if using Vista.
2. DO install and run ArchiveInvalidation Invalidated! application.

From there, so long as you're looking good in GECK, you'll be looking good in game.

Here's the screenshot:

From Max to Fallout 3

2009-05-21T00:59:00.000-07:00

Hah! Got it into Fallout 3.

The textures are being stupid (they look perfect in GECK, just not in game), but the gun works great, the animation is even pretty close.

Steampunk Blunderbuss

2009-05-16T14:20:00.000-07:00

Still needs some texture mapping, but the model is fairly well worked out

Based on reference from SteamGearLab.com

Dual Blade II

2009-05-15T20:26:00.000-07:00

Reworked the model a bit, and the texturing, and normals... pretty much everything.

Created off of Concept Art by Targete

Dual Blade

2009-05-14T00:11:00.000-07:00

Something I put together off some Concept Art from conceptart.org...

Levi's Lamp

2009-05-08T23:52:00.000-07:00

Just a little something I wanted to see if I could work out. Needs some love from Z-Brush, so done for now.

Gas Pump Revised

2009-04-30T23:23:00.000-07:00

Better... still not there yet, but better.

Gas Tank - In Progress

2009-04-29T22:15:00.001-07:00

In the works...

Alchemist's Flasks

2009-04-22T17:22:00.000-07:00

Ok, this was just for fun, but I'm pretty happy with how it worked out. I just started with the single flask (the smooth one here). From there I did a Normal Map study for fun. In this image there are 4 different Models:

1. Low Poly ~400 Count
2. High Poly ~5k Count
3. Super High Poly ~10k Count
4. Low Poly w/Normal Map ~600 Count

Can you guess which is which?

And Done.

2009-03-12T21:20:00.000-07:00

Well, never will be really, but one must move on. I think the modeling is finished at least, texture next, maybe...

Added some details...

2009-03-03T20:00:00.001-08:00

Getting there...

2009-02-20T22:29:00.000-08:00

more 3dsmax.

Executioners Sword

2009-02-08T23:22:00.000-08:00

Work in Progress (3ds max)...

Newest creation.

2009-01-13T21:58:00.000-08:00

3DS Max...

December 2008

2009-01-02T20:39:00.000-08:00

A sampling...