Adam McMahon's Experiments of the Cartoon Kind http://www.adammcmahon.com Sun, 13 May 2012 17:22:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Roaring Twenties – Update http://www.adammcmahon.com/2012/05/13/roaring-twenties-update/ http://www.adammcmahon.com/2012/05/13/roaring-twenties-update/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 17:22:08 +0000 Adam McMahon http://www.adammcmahon.com/?p=480 I started over on sculpting this guy. My previous pass was “off” in just a few too many ways to try and fix it so I thought it better to start from scratch. I think he’s looking better. Here are a couple of videos documenting my sculpting process.

Resculpting the head:

Creating the body:

]]> http://www.adammcmahon.com/2012/05/13/roaring-twenties-update/feed/ 0 Creature Sketches 1 http://www.adammcmahon.com/2012/05/07/creature-sketches-1/ http://www.adammcmahon.com/2012/05/07/creature-sketches-1/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 02:58:42 +0000 Adam McMahon http://www.adammcmahon.com/?p=478 Here’s something I’m not used to doing much of, creatures!

Actually, I think creatures are a bit easier than cartoons. You just start with a crazy, interesting shape and try to work it into something identifiable with some form of anatomy that we believe. The true skill, of course, comes in making a unique creature that is truly memorable, which I did not do here. But it was fun.

Just a video on this one, no stills.

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Here is the timelapse process video…

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]]> http://www.adammcmahon.com/2012/04/23/mad-eyed-screamer/feed/ 0 The Jerk http://www.adammcmahon.com/2012/04/16/the-jerk/ http://www.adammcmahon.com/2012/04/16/the-jerk/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:17:26 +0000 Adam McMahon http://www.adammcmahon.com/?p=472 I’ve had this character design for a while and even tried to sculpt him in clay last year, but my lack of knowledge in working in clay just became a frustration in trying to create the final details.  But now I’m starting him in Zbrush, and within about an hour I’m almost caught up to my clay model. Below is part 1, the blocking in pass.

]]> http://www.adammcmahon.com/2012/04/16/the-jerk/feed/ 0 The post creative lull character. http://www.adammcmahon.com/2012/04/16/the-post-creative-lull-character/ http://www.adammcmahon.com/2012/04/16/the-post-creative-lull-character/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:13:29 +0000 Adam McMahon http://www.adammcmahon.com/?p=470 I created this after a few weeks of having a creative lull, or block if you will.  I felt the desire to create coming back and just needed to force my hands to start moving and try to break through that barrier.  So I ended up creating this guy without any thought toward what I was aiming for.  Just one form after another.

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]]> http://www.adammcmahon.com/2012/03/17/1984/feed/ 0 What-Cha-Ma-Call-It? http://www.adammcmahon.com/2012/03/13/what-cha-ma-call-it/ http://www.adammcmahon.com/2012/03/13/what-cha-ma-call-it/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:19:03 +0000 Adam McMahon http://www.adammcmahon.com/?p=461

Watch the time lapse sculpting video of this happy feller below.

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