daddymack's CGPortoflio Gallery

The TANKQUALISER

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:04:26 +0000

This image was created for a bit of fun and distraction while I was bogged down in a heavy animation project... It grew organically, no sketches, no real defined design direction and I'm happy with the overall outcome. I hope you get a chuckle out of it

It also won me my first award for 3d in the gnomon challenge W00T!

For those interested the wip thread is here
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=43&t=630390

Don Marinara

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:58:46 +0000

Hi guys, meet the Don, he's meant to be a cheesy sleazy mobster from the oceans underbelly, made him in my spare time in just over a week to tighten my max <> ZB workflow a bit further...

Hope you like

Ode to the Boogeyman

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:30:51 +0000

This is just a bit of fun that I made as a thank you to a friend (null object) who takes on some really odd projects... The humour is pretty left of centre but hey so is he...

Hope you all like

Nosh... the sexy mama

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:16:12 +0000

I created this sexy mamma for the strange behaviour challenge... this is the timelapse of the sculpt from anorexic to obese... Hope you like

Queen Devoura... Maneater of the Maldives

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:42:39 +0000

Just a quick sculpt for a challenge on another site.... It's meant to be very tongue in cheek and silly, note the knife and fork scepters:P

Hope you like

C+C welcome

Gasp!

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:49:21 +0000

Just a quickie that pwopped out while some of my students were sitting exams... Loving Zbrush 3 atm...
Grab the timelapse of it's creation here if you're interested
http://www.mack3d.com/z3/MACK3dGaspSculpt.mov
Hope you like

comitted...

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:03:17 +0000

This was a quickie that popped out over a few hours... It came from a mental image I had of the effects of societies torments on a being... I tried to capture some sadness but also insanity.

Just for fun and to test Zbrush 3 a little further

Hope you like 8D

STAY!

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:13:29 +0000

STAY!

I got the inspiration for this shot while watching my 8 year old daughter train our 6 month old Staffy, I was taken with the relationship dynamic and have tried to comically exaggerate and communicate it through this shot of Scratch and Ink...

Hope you like...

idcrisis

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:08:39 +0000

Hi guys, this is a cool little project that I knocked out in about 20 hours to test one aspect of the R+D I'm doing for a personal project... It's created in Zbrush and Max. I made about 50 heads for the piece... It's a test for some full rigged and textured body morphing I'll try and pull off soon...

I think it's something a little different to what I'm used to seeing and although the animation is nowhere near polished I'm happy with the overall effect... Hope you like

Looie likes worms... Worms don't like Looie...

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:28:15 +0000

This piece is my second attempt at a still in Max... I wanted to create something a little bent and funny but keep a serious edge on all aspects of the presentation of the concept... Looie will no doubt feature in some more shots soon... Hope you like

I'd appreciate any criticisms you have on general composition, palette, technique etc as I'm currently focusing to develop my understanding in those areas of the media

Cheers
Rob

The Journey Begins a' la Rob Mack

Mon, 29 May 2006 20:38:06 +0000

This piece was my journey begins challenge entry and my first ever foray into 3d studio max... Story is a s follows...
We were at Lee's Pyjama party when Sissi (Lee's big sister) showed us the old map she found in the attic... She said that she new where the old bridge was from the start of the map and that if we came with her we could all be rich!... but... The map looked like it went through the dark forest and death valley and Jim, Jim said he had a cousin once who went out there once and, and was never seen again...
Treasure is treasure though... so we all agreed... We had to go... After crossing the dairy fields out by the old mill we finally got to the old bridge... It made scary creaking noises with every step I made and, I was sure it was gonna break when Big Jim finally got the guts to cross it but we all made it... and that was where our journey really began...
Man!... What a freekin place that forest was... You can see from the photo my brother took... we were $hitting ourselves and with good cause... That place was pure evil... and that was only the beginning... The rest of the journey was where the action really took place... It changed me forever and I don't think any of us will ever be the same again...

Thanks to all the CGTalk nutters for the help on this one... Proper Respect!

The Other Side

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:30:31 +0000

Hi guys, this was my spectacular entry this year, I had great fun developing many aspects of it and enjoyed the ride to the line again... Hope you like...
Here's the accompanying spiel
I remember it still like it was yesterday�
After a solid five day trek into the Himalayas we finally arrived at our destination on the other side of the clouds. The scene that met me that morning was unlike any I could ever have imagined. The sun had barely begun to rise and the beasts were just beginning their day�s training when we reached the mountaintop temple. I knew that I was being honoured by being led to the temple but upon our arrival I was informed that I was to be presented with the extraordinary offering of riding one of the sacred beasts.
I remember the instant and almost overwhelming sense of fear I felt upon first meeting it, it was as if time stood still while its gaze pierced my deepest being and assessed my worthiness� These beasts appeared to have a sixth sense and legend has it that they devoured unworthy visitors to the temple� The beasts trainer sensed my fear too, and in his native tongue he remarked �fear not, it is we who are honoured by your presence� as he offered me the reigns�
Needless to say, it was a day that made my years of effort seem all the more worthwhile and one that, to this very day, motivates me toward our cause�
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'cindy'

Fri, 20 May 2005 12:06:34 +0000

Hi out there, this is my first ever work posted in the finished section of this site, it was my master and servant challenge entry. I hope you guys like it
My current story for the image goes... "My Servant is a seemingly innocent little orphan named Cindy whose parents hated her and cruelly tormented her before they died in an �accident� just over a year ago (their house mysteriously burnt down while Cindy wasn�t in it)�Well, as a result of listening to her subconscious demons (her masters), Cindy has just set fire to Bentwood, the orphanage where she spent her last few hellish months�We meet Cindy just as she is leaving Bentwood� She feels empowered to be taking control of her life again, in the only way that she and her demons know�by fire�she is on her way to �visit� her grandma, who she wants to 'repay' for putting her in the orphanage after her parents died�
It was consistently a major goal with this image to initially �trick� the viewer into thinking Cindy is in contol... and then realize that it is her demons that are driving her toward more evil deeds, within moments of viewing� It was my way of communicating the blurred line between a human as individual consciousness, and subconsciously driven actions..."
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The Smiling Assassinated...

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:06:22 +0000

This was created for a mini challenge, the brief was to create a model of your face and then add makeup to it... http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=371919&page=1&pp=15 I spent approximately 6 hrs on this guy, modelled in Max and textured in Zbrush... I'm posting it because I think there's something truly peaceful about the final and I think it kinda expresses my comfort with my own mortality...

Hope you like

Brocky

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:30:16 +0000

This was my first attempt at character design, rigging and animation in early 2004, I called him Brocky, he made a few brief appearances in some animations before I left him for dead on a cd somewhere... So he'shappy to be getting a new lease on life here