Busy Busy

You may notice quite the large gap between updates around here. That's primarily due to the fact that I have been working full time at 3DInternet since November of 2010. This has obviously left little time for other freelance projects and unfortunately I am unable to post any of the work I do for 3DInternet here. I started at 3DInternet as an Actionscript programmer but after a few months transitioned into an Environment Artist position. I have been working with the Unity 3D Engine creating 3D environments for the 3D training simulators 3DInternet creates.

Demon Bust

A sculpture of a Demon Bust created in Zbrush for a DPI Studios picture.

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DPI Studios CCEE 2011 Promo Video

This video was created as a promo video for the DPI Studios booth at the 2011 Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo. I created the video using After Effects to animate our still images. The 3D environments were animated in Vue and the soundtrack was created using Video Copilot's Pro Scores.

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Interactive Train Mural

The interactive train mural was done for Holfman Wolk Orthodontics. The mural was conceived as a metaphor for the stages of appointments that a patient would go through on their journey to getting braces.

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Corvette Photo Manipulation

The Corvette photo manipulation was done for photographer Kelly Mulner. It is one of the largest photo manipulations I have done. It took over 20 separate images to create the one final image.

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Salon Six Print Materials

Salon Six required updated business cards, menu cards and a new sandwich board. My design incorporated the colors used in the salon as well as a nod to their hardwood floors. I also did a small tweak to their logo to improve readability without drastically changing the look so they could keep older marketing materials and signage.

Off to San Diego CC

The bags are packed, portfolio is updated and I've got a stack of business cards burning a hole in my pocket. It's time to head to the San Diego Comic Con. I'm looking forward to meeting up with old friends and making new connections. I will be checking e-mail but expect delays in replies.

Welcome to my new site

It's been a long time coming but I'm finally finished enough of my new site to put it on-line. The blog will be a mix of "what am I working on" posts as well as new portfolio pieces sorted by date. While I'm still filling out the portfolio some of the older pieces I did will be back dated in the blog.

The portfolio is sorted by my own ranking system with my favorites coming first. I have also set up a tagging system so that a person can better sort through the various work that I have done. Using the tag cloud a person can select to only veiw my website work, comic coloring work, 3D work, etc. The Photoshop tag is the largest section since I use it in pretty much everything I do.

Even though the site isn't 100% complete I'm putting it up now since it's done enough to give a good idea of the various work that I do and by adding in the rest of the portfolio items later I'll look like I'm constantly updating the site ;)

Jaysin.ca

I finally updated my portfolio site in 2010. A client had made a joke about my portfolio site being like an electrician who never has the time to change the burnt out light bulb in his own home. Well, I have finally made the time to change that burnt out old web site.

My philosophy in regards to my portfolio site is that it should be a simple design that keeps the focus on the individual projects and not distract you with every gimmick from my bag of tricks.

Once again I am building on the ModX CMS to make updates to the site a little easier on myself. I also designed the site to take advantage of the latest css 3 features like rounded corners, text and box shadows to keep the site as lightweight and streamlined as possible. The downside to this approach is that the site will not look as pretty for the small amount of users with older browsers that don't support these features. To me it's an acceptable trade off since the site stays perfectly usable despite the missing flair.

DPI Studios

DPI Studios is the studio I formed along with my long time friend and artistic partner Aaron Norell (aka Embrio).

DPI Studios' focus has been to create the kind of artwork we grew up admiring. Working on projects for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game and White-Wolf's Exalted RPG were totally rewarding experiences, but it is our personal creations and vision that have captured our fans attentions the most. Our personal creations have been published in multiple entries of Ballistic Publishings Exotique series of artbooks