Ultrapaul

Life Drawing

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:40:49 +0000

Some life drawing from the past year or so.

ST: TAS

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:09:20 +0000

Ummmm, yeah.

Upgrades

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:58:57 +0000

I had been building a turnaround of Batman in Flash but I wasn’t really satisfied with the results so I made a 3D model instead. I also added some decals to the Gremlin.

Flying Cars

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:33:16 +0000

I made some refined orthographic views of a couple of old designs in preparation for modelling. I have a thing for retro-style flying cars. I find it’s more subtly challenging than, say, [random shape + windows = space ship] kind of design.

Modelling Practice

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:51:28 +0000

I’ve been brushing up on my modelling which is probably my favorite part of the 3D process, hence the clay rendering. These were all created with Luxology modo which has become my favorite modelling app and I can’t recommend it enough.

Here’s a Bruce Timm/JLU style Hal Jordan who I always wanted to see in his own series. Yes, I know the DVD is coming out soon.

Everyone models “cool” cars. Cool cars are so lame so I did an ugly one. This is a 1972 AMC Gremlin X based on the one driven by an old drag racer named Wally Booth.

This is based on an old robot design for a Future-Noir/Pinnochio/Cop-Buddy idea.

Batman 2.0

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:13:48 +0000

Here’s something I did up for Project Rooftop’s Batman 2.0 contest. I didn’t quite make it after succumbing to my darling little walking disease vector, however. I’m pretty happy with the way the costume so here it is.

Futurific

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:59:37 +0000

There’s a surprisingly long history of taking existing properties or characters and putting them into outer space or the future. It’s such an obvious suit-think thing to do. I imagine that they think they’re being really clever by, as like to put it, “reinvisioning it for a new generation/90’s/millienium” (ie. giving them a hoverboard). You see, in the future you can have them fly around and use cool gadgets which is, of course, impossible if a story is set in the present.

Some of them are tolerable but most make me cringe. Space Family Robinson, Partridge Family 2200, Gilligan’s Planet, Flash Gordon, Stargate Infinity, Highlander: The Animated Series, Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, TMNT Fast Forward, Speed Racer: The Next Generation, Marvel 2099, Marvel MC2, Next Avengers, Zorro: Generation Z, Loonatics Unleashed (which spawned these awesome parodies, 1, 2, 3) and probably many more that I’m missing. I must admit, however that I have a soft spot for futuristic westerns and I did enjoy Phantom 2040 (with Peter Cheung character designs), Batman Beyond (mediocre Timm/Dini/Murakami is still pretty good), and Spider-Man 2099 (which is mainly due to Rick Leonardi’s art).

Unused Logo

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:46:34 +0000

I did up this logo a while back but I never found an appropriate place for it.

Batgirrrl, Batgirl! Batgirrrl, Batgirl!

admin — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:19:08 +0000

The classic Batgirl’s portrayl always seem to come off as girly and lame despite her being a hero. A kind of second-rate Nancy Drew, if you will. Take this theme song for instance. It made more sense to give her an urban commando outfit with the kicks and escrima sticks like the ones Nightwing carries.

Meerowww

admin — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:18:17 +0000

Julie Newmar is the Catwoman I always remember. I went light on the accessories because she’s not a gadgety character. They are heavy on the blacks which I don’t normally do but am starting to like.