Information projected directly onto the eyes while not restricting vision. Dubious practicality but might be interesting visually

2021. I like the energy

Heavy weapon sketching. In progress. Going to play up the materials and finishes of industrial tools to compliment the usual influences

Messing around. I don't think I'll give up the pencil or 3d anytime soon

Old piece I still kind of like

Late for #PortfolioDay day because sometimes everything seems to happen at once. I'm Mike, a 2D/3D concept artist that specializes in hard surface stuff

Needs cleaned up but the topology isn't filthy and the stack isn't collapsed. Those rockets could have a meaty super shotty feel while having some nice katyusha/nebelwerfer fire and smoke

Old but not terrible I think. A decent candidate for brushing up on current UV and texturing methods. I'd like to get this into UE5 to learn a little about vehicle rigging plus scripting firing FX and reload animations

Portrait of Chala. Work in progress. People are both the easiest and hardest thing to depict because we're so used to looking to looking at them I think. I don't think it looks like her yet but I see that as a future possibility

The 'pike' was an interesting problem that went through a lot of refinement. Basically a variable choke super shotgun it needed convey mode information both to the player and to those around them

Slight freshening on an older piece I liked

Krita feels interesting. Might need to use it more

doodle that got away from me

Test concept. Thinking about whether it's a terrible idea to add basic UVs and materials to a maquette as part of the concept process

Quick Substance test. Not very good but I know it *works* at least. Filling in knowledge gaps

freehand zbrush sketching is fun

Working on learning Zbrush properly this time. Hopefully

Cool I still have my notes about the ag tractor and something else I forgot about. Might try spacecraft with hulls like jellyfish or carnival glass in Redshift for the lulz

The bones of a titan

I got a number of very kind requests about which model people would like to see completed next. I'll attempt to complete them in a timely manner but I'll make some progress on the sky cab next. I have some semi hidden details I'd like to spend some time on and do a full interior

Doodles. Got a backup Intuos3 wide because they're so cheap right now. The condition of this one made me realize how much the surface of my old one had degraded. Much better to draw on. Sticking with the old tablet because I prefer the stroke nibs with the springs

Old stuff. I should sketch more

Event nose art cleanup this morning. It's all fun and games until one of Santa's helpers asks you if you like Huey Lewis and the News

Just beating that drum that it's nice to have a 3D maquette to check read and fit as part of the concept process. You can draw over a posed 3D render to turn something around fast for the modeler but still take it to something like a marketing image after that