UPDATE TWO: The God of ROCK.

A Man and his Guitar

Our buddy here finally has his guitar! Nice, no? I didn't even really think about the fact that it looks like a 'G' (for Guitar - get it? God I'm a dork). Anyway, I messed around with the Blur tool for the lights, along with some Hard & Soft transparencies to give it a 'glowing' effect. The rest of the guitar was just pretty standard, although I did redo the [his] left hand because I noticed an irregularity which made him look like he had two thumbs. Weird. Anyway, enjoy the piece for now!

Long Hair... I Do Not Care.

I just got done with the hair portion of our favorite deity of a granite-like musical genre. I've been practicing with illustrator all week (even taking on some DAUNTING projects for my portfolio - if done correctly, it will be incredibly worth it) and I'm finally getting some results that are to my liking! I fixed a few things with the line work and I started messing more with the blur tools. This guy should be a very worth addition to my portfolio. Anyway, I'll keep you guys posted on this, more portfolio entries, and hopefully a new demo reel by the end of the year (fingers are a-crossed). 

If you haven't visited my portfolio site, well, you should. Just click on the link below!

Nelson P's Portfolio site!

This right here is currently a work in progress; trying to figure out how best to use illustrator. For now, outlining on illustrator proves to way easier than Photoshop and in some insane cases, more fun! The mind the gradient color too much on this guy, for now. I'm sure I'll update this as soon as I get the time to complete, along with a bunch of other side projects I'm doing.

Practice Practice Practice

Hello again guys! Had some more practice with illustrator today. I worked on a couple of different piece that were illustrated by a good friend from out of town. The vampire bit was fun to do and I added a couple of things from the original designs, but not much. The squirrel was more of a challenge because I tried to give it a design that was as clean as possible. It came out IIIIGHT, but I could do better. Overall, it was great practice, but I still need a little more polish. Enjoy the pieces for now!

 

Original artwork (aka coffee table doodles) by Paula C. D.

Gold Guns Girls

Ok, so a bit of a confession to make: I've been listening to a LOT of Metric lately (if you don't know who they are, check them out on YouTube) and their 'Gold, Guns, & Girls' song is the inspiration behind this. I've been terribly inspired by their sound lately, which is great considering that I've needed a new muse and I'm drawing more outside my limit than usual. This is definitely more design-like than my other attempts. Here, I'm showing you the difference in the techniques I use for Illustrator (Above) and Photoshop (Below).

Personally, I prefer the illustrator version.

Of course, there is also more room for perfection on the above illustration. I'll post it up as soon as finish it which will probably be around the same time I finish the God of ROCK piece.

Special Effects Demo!

Special Effects Demo! from Nelson Pacheco on Vimeo.

Another example of animation work, combining Tracking, Animation, and Special Effects. Using Autodesk Maya and Adobe After Effects, I was able to create this 10 minute demo. The tracking abilities with maya are actually pretty cool and not to complicated to use. Besides the crater there, the modeling used for this shot (Rocket and Smoke Effects) were NOT created by me. 

The Puppeteer...

The Puppetier from Nelson Pacheco on Vimeo.

This is some example of Animation work I had done in my time at Art Institute. Originally, I had just story boarded the idea, but eventually I turned it into a class project. Check it out!