M. Bison Places 2nd!

M.Bison landed in a close 2nd place in the mini competition with 829 vs the 1st place winner with 863 votes.

I voted the win for the guy who got it - his presentation is great and you get a sense that he is challenging you, the viewer. I'm always a fan of that sense of immersion. There were some great entries and the total reaching just over 100! Link is below for the entries.

-The Verdict-

M.Bison Bust

I "completed" and submitted an M.Bison bust for the Street Fighter Bust Mini Competition at Game Artisans. I felt inspired to go as a far as i did (with the time i had) but hope to get time to perhaps complete him in full detail in the future.

Bison is a cool character, dispite having bad memories of losing to him :). I really liked the original take on Bison from Shadaloo, being an older heavy-set asiatic man rather than the later young watered-down Henry Rollins (no offense) Bison. I went with a sort-of Chinese Pagoda/Pavillion theme for his garb/plated armor. I listened to much Fear Factory while modeling.

The character was created flying by the seat of my pants for the most part. Images can be found below.

-M.Bison Images-

Guile on Digg.com

Guile has hit Digg.com's Gaming section with links to the Game Artisans Gallery.

http://digg.com/images/gaming

Kotaku post!

Guile plus the mini sculpting SF competition hit Kotaku Today. It came to my attention by way of an email from somebody sent at the office who didn't know i had done it :). It would be cool to have a link to the story and all that. But i'm not complaining! link below.

http://kotaku.com---->StreetFighter

Capcom'd

Guile has been posted over at Capcom Unity along with the GA.org SF mini comp.

http://www.capcom-unity.com/

Guile Posted

Guile has been posted!
LINK HERE

I would still like to do more renders in poses and scenes etc... I don't see getting around to that any time soon though. Also creating a 15k tri 4096 game version of him would be cool too.

I look forward to checking out SF4 when it is released.

I am currently working on a quicky M.Bison bust for a mini competition surrounding the release.

New Years Update. - its 2009! -

It is already February! Where does the time go!?

I have listed up some new resolutions for the year including attempting Dominance War 4 and also posting on my blog more often. Which is obviously going splendid!

2009 Events!:

Dominance War 4

GDC 2009 - Iincluding an awesome talk about Epics character pipeline by Chris Wells as well as many other cool Epic talks.

E3 2009 - It looks like E3 will be full blown this year.

I'm also looking forward to things like a new Zbrush coming out

Rise of the Argonauts hits shelves

Rise of the Argonauts hits shelves at Game Stop on the 16th and Best Buy on the 18th. Check it out!

Gears of War 2 - Behind the Scenes

Gears of War 2 - Behind the Scenes posted on CGTalk.com check it out!
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4831

Ergonomic Keyboard Arm/Tray installed

I modified my metal/glass desk to have a board running between the 2 metal bars so that i could screw down a highly adjustable keyboard arm and tray.

The ergonomic keyboard setups can be purchased --here--
I recommended them regardless of the price. They are quite versatile and a nice quality.

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Work Setup:
AM-19 Arm: Very long! It has been working great so far, but probably doesn't fit on many desks.

Ergonomic Keyboard Tray: This tray works great and is very large.
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Home Setup:
Dual Swivel Arm: Expenive but will move tray in just about every way you would ever need. Tilts, Swivels, Lifts, Glides.

Mouse Forward Keyboard Tray: This board has a nice mouse forward feature (same with ergo) that i recommend. You should not be extending your arm very far while mousing. Arm shoudl be at a 90deg. This tray is pretty short in length though and just barely fits what i need. The Ergo Keyboard Board seems to be better for this.

They trays often come with little walls mounted into the back which are easily removed (they get in the way) also the pads are sold separatly - Do not rest your wrist!


Also, my LANCER!