Steve Hubbard - CCAD

Wrapped on Xmen: First Class

2011-06-14T16:15:00.000-07:00

Finished up work on Xmen: First Class. Now I'm working on...

Xmen: First Class

2011-04-06T17:09:00.000-07:00

Now working on Xmen: First Class at R&H.

Wrapped on HOP

2011-04-06T17:06:00.000-07:00

Working on HOP was great! I had 17 shots doing cloth/fur/character effects. Learning a lot from all the great people at R&H!

New Zbrush/Maya project model

2010-10-21T08:41:00.000-07:00

Original concept sketch by Steve Harpster

Model done in Maya and Zbrush

prop wireframes

2010-08-18T23:49:00.001-07:00

Some new models...

2010-08-18T20:53:00.001-07:00

New Model - Robo-Shark

2010-08-11T01:16:00.000-07:00

New Environment Model

2010-05-02T20:43:00.000-07:00

New Modeling project

2010-05-01T22:03:00.001-07:00

3D Illustration AXE Project

2010-04-21T17:01:00.001-07:00

Here's a sequence of images for the a project I have been working over the past months. It's for a large 3d Illustration project made up of 12 life sized grizzly bears made up as pirates. I was tasked with making an axe for the lead bear Blackbeard.

(Side note: Nathan Deshone's assistance on this project was greatly appreciated, he designed the logo for the axe and assisted through-out the whole process. Thanks Nate!)

First off I sketched up a design for the profile of the axe. I then took hard foam and cut and chiseled out a base shape. Then I use Accuforms and refined the shape of the blade and handle holder.

Next, as you see in the image below I used a Dremel tool with a router attachment to cut out the recessed area where the logo and detail would go. The logo was designed by another student who assisted me on the project.

Next I pressed Plasticine clay into the recessed areas and carved out detail.

Next the whole axe head was covered in hard resin(plastic) then painted with several coats of paint to resemble battle damaged metal.

New Website up and running

2010-03-22T12:32:00.000-07:00

I got my new website up and running. Check it out!

www.hubbardcg.com

Truck Model Progression

2010-03-09T10:12:00.001-08:00

Here is a progression of images showing how I developed a truck model from concept art to final.

Concept Art

First block in of model

Another version adding details

Final Version

Wireframe

WIP St. Elia Model

2010-03-07T22:13:00.001-08:00

Nolan updates

2010-02-08T13:01:00.000-08:00

Here are some renders of the Nolan Project characters. I'm working on the surfacing and shaders.

Elia model block in

2010-02-02T20:35:00.000-08:00

Here's a image of blocking in shapes for St. Elia model. See concept sketch below for the model in a previous post. This is a test render to check big shapes and feel and to make sure i'm getting the scale and shadows right.

Spring Semester 2010 - Projects going on!

2010-01-26T07:22:00.000-08:00

It's Spring semester and I'm graduating in May! Whoohoo! I've got a lot of work to do over the next few months and here's a list of what I have going on currently!

Nolan Project
http://teamstega.blogspot.com

I'm currently doing shading and lighting for this student group project. Check out the team Stega blog for images and more info

Joining pre-production on new feature film, Illuminated
http://www.illuminated.com

I will be doing cg environments for the upcoming film Illuminated. It's slated to start production in 2011, but I'm going to be building assets now for some of the larger environments. More to come

Antonio St'Elia city project

I'm starting work on a new environment model, based on the drawing of Antonio St'Elia. The image is below. Can't wait to work on this one!

Much more to come....

Truck Model Update

2009-11-19T08:28:00.000-08:00

Here's a updated version of the truck model I did a month ago....

Fall 2009 Demo Reel

2009-11-17T14:55:00.000-08:00

Steve Hubbard - CG Environment Artist - Demo Reel 2009 from Steve Hubbard on Vimeo.

More CG models for environment project

2009-11-16T21:54:00.000-08:00

L-Systems & Houdini Work

2009-10-30T12:36:00.000-07:00

Here are a few vid caps of stuff I'm working on in Houdini using L-Systems. The videos are small but you can get an idea of what I'm doing. Working with variables and nodes to change attributes of plants/trees. Click on the Vimeo name for a higher-res version.

L-Systems & Houdini Work from Steve Hubbard on Vimeo.

Untitled from Steve Hubbard on Vimeo.

New Digital Environment work

2009-10-30T08:41:00.000-07:00

This is a project I have been working on now for a few weeks. I modeled it in Maya, and it's based on concept art by Roger and Martyn Dean show below.

3d Illustration project

2009-10-05T19:22:00.000-07:00

Here's an image of a project I'm doing in 3d Illustration. It's made of cast urethane and Sculpy. This is the base model that I'm doing a resin kit for....more to come....

Sea Dragon Model Update

2009-09-26T00:12:00.001-07:00

Here's a new version of the sea dragon model.

Cartoon Truck Model

2009-09-25T23:57:00.000-07:00

I've just completed this model for a fellow students short film. It's a stylized truck based on concept art provided by the director. Here's a link to a turntable of the model

New Model - Based on Stars Wars droid concept art

2009-09-18T12:08:00.000-07:00

Here's a model I've just completed. It was modeled entirely in Maya using polygons. Rendered in Mental Ray. Here is a link to a turntable animation of the model as well.

Sea Dragon

2009-09-05T18:53:00.000-07:00

My freshman year at CCAD I did a model of a Sea Dragon but was never really satisfied with it. So, for my first Senior year modeling project I'm remodeling it. Here's a wireframe turntable of it. I still have a few more hours left on it...

Getting ready for senior year!

2009-08-04T10:12:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone! Summer is up in 3 weeks and it's back to school. I thought I would let everybody know what I have planned so far for the first semester. Here's a list of classes and some projects that I'm planning on doing.

Computer Animation III&IV - I'm taking these at the same time, III as independent study. I plan on doing more digi-matte work, concentrating on photo-realistic modeling and digital painting.

3D Illustration I - I'm going to be working on miniatures that I plan on shooting and doing some digital compositing work with them. Learning more about traditional use of imaginary sets in film

So that's all for now, I'll be posting more images/comments as I come up with them. It's going to be a great year!!!

New Project - Arch of Constantine

2009-05-15T05:39:00.000-07:00

I'm starting a new modeling/digi-matte project based on The Arch of Constantine. Here's a link to an image of it

http://www.padfield.com/italy/Rome_1/images/arch-of-constantine-1.JPG

I've completed the columns for it and here are some images of them. They are based on Corinthian columns. They were modeled entirely in Maya and rendered in Mental Ray. Comments/suggestions welcome.

Mystic Character Zbrush/Maya WIP

2009-04-22T16:50:00.000-07:00

Here is a set of renders of the mystic character I've been working on. I still need to paint some more details but it's about 90% done. Comments/suggestions always encouraged.

Low Poly Model of Dark Crystal Mystic

2009-04-12T16:53:00.000-07:00

In progress low-poly model of Mystic character. I'm currently detailing in Zbrush...more to come this week.

Another work in progress - Dark Crystal castle

2009-03-19T19:06:00.001-07:00

Digi-matte painting in progress. Still need to add foreground objects, more distant mountains and details to castle. Need to also fix composition, crop bottom up and add space on sides, composition is to crowded right now.

Cityscape digi-matte painting 3/4's done

2009-03-14T11:18:00.000-07:00

Here's a rendering of a digi-matte painting I'm doing. It was modeled in 3D with textures/lighting/color done in Photoshop. I have detail work to do on it but the base painting is done. The city is my design based on various cities, mostly Hong Kong, Sydney and a few others.

New render

2009-02-23T20:01:00.000-08:00

New render of a digi-matte I'm working on. Still needs a lot of work.

more geometry for cityscape 3d matte

2009-02-09T19:59:00.001-08:00

New 3d Matte Painting project

2009-02-08T19:39:00.001-08:00

Here are some screen caps of a project I'm working on. The first image is the camera angle I'll be using in the final painting. I'm having some kind of weird openGL problem but have just accepted it and it doesn't show up in the final renders.

Dark Crystal Skeksis Castle

2008-12-11T17:26:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! So I have the first version of my Dark Crystal castle model. I have a turntable animation here below are some stills. This is the first iteration and is a work in progess. Any comments welcome

Digital drawing project

2008-12-04T21:14:00.000-08:00

Done in Photoshop, inspired by 18th century artist John Martin.

New drawing

2008-10-31T14:10:00.000-07:00

Hand sketched then brought into Photoshop and sketched on more.

Mystic character from movie The Dark Crystal

2008-10-29T16:30:00.000-07:00

I've started a new large project and have new images to show. I'm going to be recreating several characters and environments from the movie "The Dark Crystal". This movie has had a huge impact on my life and Brian Froud, the illustrator behind the look of the film, is a true master. So, the first character I'm doing is one of the "good" characters in the film called uR ru or Mystic. I'm doing base modeling in Maya and detail work in Zbrush. Below are images from the my WIP of the head. There will be TONS more to come on this project as things progress. Any comments welcome.

Swoop Stars Wars Speeder Bike

2008-10-06T11:09:00.000-07:00

Here are some renderings from a model I built in Maya with NURBS. The concept is based off a vehicle from the Star Wars universe. The enviroment is based off a Stars Wars Factory in Ep.1

First Cintiq drawing

2008-09-03T09:34:00.000-07:00

Some Oil paintings

2008-06-20T13:55:00.000-07:00

Here some oil paintings I did 2nd semester this year. Both are oil on canvas.

Abstract Parametric movements

2008-06-03T08:29:00.000-07:00

Done in Cinema 4D

More cinema 4d work

2008-05-30T06:13:00.000-07:00

2008 CCAD Student Show Open

2008-05-28T21:59:00.000-07:00

I did this years CCAD Student Show Open sequence. It was all shot at CCAD. I did the 3D work in Maya, and compositing in After Effects.

CLICK HERE FOR MOVIE

Cinema 4D Experiments

2008-05-24T20:52:00.002-07:00

So it's summertime! Well, at least summer break. During summer break I'm planning on doing some experimentation among other things. Things to look forward to on this blog

- 3D Parametric animation experiments
- Digital matte sketches
- More Maya work.

Here's the first animation showing some work done in Cinema 4D

Expulsion Project Final

2008-05-10T21:08:00.000-07:00

Here is the final animation for the Expulsion project. I learned alot doing this project and I think it turned out pretty well. It didn't meet my expectations but I had very high expectations for it. All in all I learned a lot of what to do and not to do working on an image like this. Here are some specs for it.

Software used:

Maya 7
Vue 6
After Effects CS3

Other information:
All pieces were rendered in 3d, nothing was painted. Particles done in Maya and Particle Illusion. Compositing done in After Effects in over 50 layers.

Here is a link to a hi-res Quicktime of the animation.

HI-RES VERSION

Below is a small res version

Any comments are welcome.

Here's the original painting

Electronic Illustration - Concept Art Part 2

2008-05-02T13:50:00.000-07:00

Painted in Photoshop, 3d done in Lightwave

foreground plates

2008-04-27T21:07:00.001-07:00

here are some more updates, most foreground elements are done. Crunch time, working on the gate and surronding elements....still need to find models for adam and eve. Due in one week!!!!!!!!!

more renders for middle ground

2008-04-20T21:41:00.000-07:00

here are a few more renders for the middle ground Eden(right side) parts of the animation....working on more trees/vegetation for the middleground/foreground. Trees take a REALLY long time to render...but pushing on....

Concept painting - electronic illustration

2008-04-17T22:24:00.000-07:00

painted in photoshop

more trees and light

2008-04-13T18:58:00.001-07:00

tree light testing

2008-04-13T02:15:00.001-07:00

doing some testing on backlighting trees for the forest on the right side of the image. Looks pretty good, took some time trying to simulate rim lighting with the sun....it's getting there. Having issues with creating soft shadows with raytracing in Vue, but I think it's coming along....

Music video project for Video I

2008-04-13T00:28:00.000-07:00

music video I did for video I class. Done in After Effects with some 3D done in Maya.

all background plates done

2008-04-06T21:01:00.000-07:00

So here are the rest of the background mountain plates. The will be much smaller in the final composition.

Background mountain plate

2008-03-31T07:20:00.000-07:00

Alrighty, starting to work on the backgrounds for the Expulsion project. I now have 5 weeks to finish the project so my production schedule goes like this.

Week of March 31: Right side background/middle ground plates
Week of April 7: Left side background/middle ground plates
April 14- 28: All foreground elements and animation
April 28 - May 05: Finishing/compositing. Sometime in there I have to shoot the live action Adam/Eve

So that's the low down folks. Here is an image of a element i finished today. The first image shows you the element in the painting, the second is the element I made. This will be the format from here on.

One final note: Instructors please post comments. Any suggestions at all are helpful!

tree animation

2008-03-10T04:43:00.000-07:00

Switching gears from particles to something else. I'm doing some tests on animation of the trees across the bridge. Done using Paint FX. I think the tree needs to have more weight so i'm working around that. I still need to figure out how to have particles be emitted from the tree itself, which I think might have to be done in After Effects.

more volcano particles

2008-02-26T07:13:00.001-08:00

volcano cloud light

2008-02-25T05:52:00.001-08:00

This is a volume cloud test for the portion of clouds above the volcano in the expulsion images(see previous post).

cloud fluid test

2008-02-24T21:51:00.001-08:00

Maya cloud test, fluid example still working out lighting

Day for night conversion

2008-02-18T18:53:00.001-08:00

water test

2008-01-27T21:06:00.000-08:00

Waterfall test using particle illusion

Cat painting WIP

2008-01-26T11:27:00.001-08:00

Painting i'm doing in Painter X. It's in progress!

3D seadragon

2007-12-15T17:09:00.000-08:00

here's an image of a Sea Dragon and it's environment. Might animate it someday...

Some more photos

2007-12-14T09:13:00.001-08:00

Wrapping Up Fall 2007 Semester

2007-12-13T18:21:00.000-08:00

So tomorrow is the last day of fall semester. I'm certainly going to get some much needed sleep over the holiday break, but I'm going to start researching my next Design for Media project. I'm going to be detailing the entire process for this project on this blog so stay tuned.

For those interested the project will involve turning this painting by Thomas Cole, called
"Expulsion from Eden"

into a 3d environment/digital matte painting. It will have animated elements(volcano, wind in trees etc...) and I will be using live-action actors for Adam/Eve. So more to come on that...

2007-12-12T21:58:00.000-08:00

2007-12-12T21:32:00.000-08:00

2007-12-10T21:40:00.001-08:00

A little abstraction:)

2007-11-14T20:47:00.001-08:00

2007-11-12T20:45:00.000-08:00

New design problem - more photoshop painting

2007-10-28T20:47:00.001-07:00

Digital Painting learning - clouds

2007-10-24T19:21:00.000-07:00

Doing some learning on painting clouds in PS

More depth of field photos

2007-10-16T18:03:00.000-07:00

Digital painting learning

2007-10-12T13:48:00.000-07:00

A try at painting rocks in photoshop. Technique based on tutorial at 3dtotal.com

Depth Of Field Color photos

2007-10-10T17:17:00.001-07:00

DESIGN FOR MEDIA - FINALS

2007-10-08T18:52:00.000-07:00

Here are the four parts of my Design for Media Problem 1 - It's a progression from a black and white graphic image up to realistic. The color charts show the color harmonies involved in each step.

Step 1. Black and White abstract graphic design

Step 2. Complimentary color scheme

Step 3. Monochromatic

Step 4. Analogous color scheme

Photo Motion Project

2007-10-04T05:13:00.001-07:00

Film scans from Photo project on Motion....all but the top photo which is just a photo I liked that i took of devin

Across the Universe movie review

2007-09-30T12:39:00.000-07:00

So I saw Across The Universe this saturday. It's a movie based on the lyrics of Beatles music, mainly from The White Album and Revolver. The movie was wonderful. Great musical pieces, and having the lyrics be the dialouge in the film was powerful. A lot of the events in the movie are based on real events and people. From Bono playing Ken Kesey to the character Sadie playing a Janice Joplin type. The visual fx were on par and sometimes above expectation. My only beef with the movie is that the didn't do Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds in the film. The used the song in the credits. I'm not sure if they ran out of money or why they did that. But overall I'll give the movie 4 3/4 stars.

philosophy head explosion

2007-09-28T09:20:00.000-07:00

so random thoughts. Religion (especially western religion) takes the person away from God. It allows them a shortcut. Instead of using the text to UNDERSTAND God they use it as a personal definition of God. It's like knowing what a chocolate chip cookie taste like, by reading the recipe. The bible is stated as the word of God, but it was written by man. To be continued...

2007-09-23T23:03:00.003-07:00

Here's my first concept of Part 3 of Problem 1

2007-09-23T23:03:00.001-07:00

Here's my Part 2 of Problem 1

2007-09-23T22:58:00.000-07:00

Here's my Part 1 of Problem 1

B&W Film scans for photo I class

2007-09-18T05:03:00.000-07:00

BTW.......

2007-09-17T18:13:00.000-07:00

I will be posting stuff that I do at CCAD on here soon........

Some stuff this month

2007-09-17T17:52:00.000-07:00

This is some work I've done over the last few months.

This is the new Buckeye Fever logo which was designed in AI and then done in AFX with Invigorator.

This is a logo for a trailer for a client in Los Angeles. One of those things that probably won't ever see the light of day. Done in Photoshop. You probably can't see the detail on the small image...

This is a segment I did for the a open for the Buckeye Football Fever Pre-game show. The satellite was done in Lightwave then composited into the shot with a AFX x10 earth zoom.