Sketchbook: Mike Yevin

Mike Yevin

Well I figured it would be interesting to have a grouping of all my work, whether it be random or for a purpose. I feel like I have a come a long way already so it will be interesting to see how my skills improve from now on

Feel free to critique my artwork, I am always looking for new ways to hone my skills and I appreciate anyone that takes the time to look and give their opinion.

Heres my most recent asset, which is part of a bigger scene. I'll probably get around to making a thread for it after I get SOMETHING into UDK :poly142:



Thanks for taking the time to look. I will try my best to keep this thread up to date

Mike Yevin

Back with an early update on the different wall sections I am working on for my environment portfolio piece. Obviously the details are mirrored on each for the time being, but that will change within the next couple of days as I finish other assets.

Mike Yevin

Well here is my most recent UDK update. Nothing special, just working on layout, light placement, and brainstorming future assets to incorporate.

Mike Yevin

Back with a little update on my most recent mini-environment project for the weekly challenge. The due date for a finished in game model is next Wednesday so its still super WIP but it's coming along nicely.

Mike Yevin

Well I've been pretty busy trying to get used to UDK, and working on this mini-challenge entry. On top of all that I decided I needed to redo my portfolio design because my current one is not user friendly (to update it takes FOREVER, and there are a lot of bigger files I need to edit).

If you click this link you can see my current layout. If you click this link you can see my progress on the new design. Let me know what you think, and expect to see more finished work in the next couple weeks.

Mike Yevin

After a little while of inactivity, I am back with a fresh project. I will have a thread up in the Requests section soon...

Av7xrocker97

wow, surprised nobody has really commented here. Some great stuff going on. I really like the zbrush organic environment piece. Keep it up!

Mike Yevin

Hahaha I'm actually pretty surprised anyone commented to be honest :P

Been busy with a slew of different projects but here is how the mini-environment sculpt came out:



Thanks for taking the time to post a reply

Mike Yevin

More stuff today, this time some quick sketches done for my current game project. I am by no means a solid concept artist, but it is something showing some progress. Hope you all enjoy...

wi_2

great work on those shrooms! maybe a little tip is to try and give the rock a more edgy look.. as in right now everything looks kindof muddy/blobby.. contrast in shapes/form is a one way ticket to interest..(the trick is to do it in such a way that the form don't detach from the whole)
in short.. organized chaos.... that's why explosions are so awesome..

Mike Yevin

I agree on the blobby-ness of the sculpt, it was definitely my first real attempt at making an entire piece solely in Zbrush and time constraints kept me from doing with it what I really wanted. I'll have some more Zbrush work this weekend which hopefully won't look as blobby :P

Mike Yevin

45 mintues in Zbrush while listening to Pelican led to this. I like it so I'll keep hacking away at it for a while longer...

Mike Yevin

Bah, why do eyes have to be so hard?



Still chippin away at this, deliberating whether or not to make it game ready. What do you think Polycount (or anyone of the few people that will actually look here)?

Vrav

My suggestion is that you just grab some reference and do some eyes & ears. No better way to learn than keep trying. Sculpting eyelids isn't easy for me either... you might try to throw a ball in there and sculpt around it.

Mike Yevin

Finished up just a tad more on the original sculpt, but I'm having a bunch of trouble with eyes. I guess thats why I'm just going to focus on doing at least a few of these sculpts a week..



Also busted (get it?) out another sculpt, this time I tried to keep it under an hour. I feel I could improve on a lot, but all in all I'm pretty pleased with it.



Feel free to crit, although I know I could probably spend more time getting the small details and such worked out. At this stage I want to just focus on getting major shapes down before I start going super deep into detail.

lampekap

those sculpts of you have lotsa characater! keep up the awesome work!

Mike Yevin

more sculpt action, this time from a plane

Mike Yevin

blah, more studying, i only like a few of the forms though.



thinking about starting myself a character for my portfolio next..

Mike Yevin

more speedies, trying to improve my workflow and use of detail. the first one started with a rough basemesh, the second is from a plane. 30 mins or so for both

wi_2

great stuff.. seeing lots of improvement!! keep going!

Veneficus

I love the last sculpt. Very interesting character! Could I ask why you work from planes?

Mike Yevin

thanks a lot, i appreciate it

personally i like the fact that you are required to create an entire piece essentially "from scratch" (meaning you don't already have a head shape basemesh or a sphere). plus it is far fewer polys than the sphere, so it allows my computer to have some breathing room. other than that i guess it's just another way to speed sculpt? :P

Mike Yevin

quickie from yesterday

Mike Yevin

arrrgghhhh

Mike Yevin

horrrrrnnnnnssss

PogoP

I'm really surprised not many people are commenting; I love the amount of character you've got in all of your sculpts. You're a very talented sculpter! Wish I was as good as you

Mike Yevin

Thanks a lot for the kind words! I'm sure most threads in this area of the forum get overlooked all the time, so I don't expect many comments :P

But now I'm onto page two, so lets see if I can't make it even better than 1

Mike Yevin

another speedie, and yet again the recording process was a flop. more and more reason for me to get a new beastly computer, now that my artwork is being hindered

Mike Yevin

http://vimeo.com/17383491

paulsvoboda

You've got some awesome stuff in here! I love the style you've got going.
You should start posting your stuff in the "What are you working on" Thread, I'm sure more people would love to see this stuff.

Mike Yevin

part 1: http://vimeo.com/17390417
part 2: http://vimeo.com/17426653

Mike Yevin

starting a new project, decided to make it a full character based off of a profile sketch i did a while ago. ill post that up soon with more progress

Mike Yevin

the man behind the monitor

gibson543

I already posted this in WAYWO but LOL did I picture you so much differently

Mike Yevin

more work?

premium

Hmm... Hot stuff you have here.. keep it up

Mike Yevin

first piece of art from the new year, man am i slacking. just a little over an hour

Mike Yevin

half way through a speedie from last night. i will probably finish it when i get home from work today

Mike Yevin

after another session and some photoshop fun...

Arac

Really dig your style!

That last sculpt is just awesome

Mike Yevin

more speedie goodness. this time i decided to make an old fellow

Eoq

Cheers m8! I like your style in sculpting alot, and I see you've been pushing the details on this last one you did - really great! I hope to see more detailed faces in your next posts, keep at it!

Mike Yevin

i just realized i update at least 3 places when i decide to show my speedies, i must be crazy to think that anyone will actually look at any of those places :P

Mike Yevin

SimonT

you got the proportions really really good!

Mike Yevin

here is my second attempt at sculpting from a sphere. its a really fast and easy way to get down a basic gesture and shape, perfect for concepting. might take the idea of this guy further at some point...

gibson543

someone's been watching Mihai's lunchcrunch videos, and I think that this is one of your best sculpts so far, good work

Mike Yevin

Mike Yevin

like OMG, its totally a weird mutant thing

Mike Yevin

new project yo

Mike Yevin

whapow!