Hello, Everyone! 

Hey, remember when we all had to stay home for 2 weeks, and then it became 2 years, and for me, I’m still at home? Good times.

So, I needed to work on something to keep my sanity, especially after we had to cancel our trip to Ireland in 2020. My wife and I were both devastated as we had been looking forward to that trip for a long time.

Since we couldn’t go, I decided to create a little bit of Ireland for her on my computer. So, after doing some modeling in Sketchup and rendering in Lumion, I created this video for her. 

Another project to pass the time was to create a steam engine based on teh Union Pacific articulated 4-8-8-4 also known as the Big Boy series or the X Series based on the X in front of the engine numbers.

Finally, I resurrected an old project from years ago, and decided to redo it with my updated software. All of these projects helped to keep me sane, so I am thankful for them. 

 

Digital Painting

I have never painted anything, digitally or otherwise. Sure, I’ve messed around with MS Paint like everyone else did in the late 90’s. However, as far as really trying to create some sort of digital masterpiece – no, absolutely not. There have been two classes that covered digital painting, so here are some highlights from those attempts.

The first project was painting a WW2 lantern (digitally) while studying color theory. I think came out okay, especially as this was my first attempt at anything like this.

In the second class, I had to paint other projects that were completed in another medium. So, Bunthulhu and his city of R’lyehmora and an original concept, so I created a tank sort of vehicle.

You can find more on my Behance Page here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/177592671/Digital-Painting-GCU-310-0500

 

Hello!

 

Someone asked in passing, why is this blog page called “Lone Wolf Drafting and Design”.

It’s a fair question.

When I started this, the name of my company was – you guessed it – Lone Wolf Drafting and Design. That was the name of the company that I created after moving to Arizona. Why “Lone Wolf”? At one point in my life, I was a truck driver, and that was CB handle. That’s it – no awesome backstory there.

So, why haven’t I changed it as LWDD no longer exists as a company.

Well, to be honest, I am only restarting this for my current class, which is called “business for the design professional”.  One of the things that the class covers is personal branding and part of that is social media exposure.

So, here I am, trying to figure out what my new brand should be. It can take months to create a new logo and brand – I have to do it in a few weeks.

I am open to suggestions.

Maybe it should be Bunthulhu themed.

Like I said, I am open to suggestions.

 

Hello Again

 

My last post showed the fearsome and terrible, albeit fluffy, Bunthulhu. Well, a terrifying Lovecraftian beast needs his own city to protect, right?

It makes sense.

This project was completed in another class but worked in conjunction with the Bunthulhu project. The assignment was to start creating environments for a film set or some such thing. I had already worked out several concept sketches, but I am a 3D modeler and animator, so let’s take it up a notch.

From there, it was time to do some modeling. At this point, it was no longer about the assignment which had already been submitted, this was just me wanting to finish it off. Here is the overall model before rendering (created in SketchUp Pro).

Finally, the completed images. At some point, when I actually have time, I want to animate the whole thing with people walking as the camera moves through the city. (Rendering completed in Lumion).

Thanks for reading!

Once again, it has been a very long time since my last post. I lot has happened since January 18^th, 2013 – a lot. So, the highlights: started a new job, bought a new house, have traveled to several countries, and I now work at home since the Covid pandemic. I am also going to school again to earn my bachelor’s degree in graphic design and animation.

This post is just a quick rundown of some of the projects I have been working on both personally and for school.

Bunthulu

Yes, you read that correctly. One of my classes was a sculpting class. I have never sculpted anything before, so this class was already going to be a challenge. So, I decided to create a mythical creature that combines a bunny and Cthulhu, as one would do. The reaction has been everything from “wow”, and “very cool”, to “that is the most terrifying thing I have ever seen and it haunts my dreams”. I call it a win.

If you are interested in learning more about Bunthulu, see my full post on Behance: https://www.behance.net/gallery/164989597/The-Rise-Of-Bunthulhu-Scultpture

I will post more of my projects very soon.