The Art of Juno Mendiola

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Concept sketch

Since getting my new job, I haven't had a lot of time to sketch. Hopefully this will change in the near future because I would go crazy without doing my own work. So, I did a quick sketch in Photoshop also using Alchemy. Alchemy is an interesting program because it's all about random shapes and pulling shapes from that chaos. Cool stuff. In any case, it was nice to sketch again. It's almost like taking a deep breath.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Pure Bang Games - Concept Art

I interned at Pure Bang Games for about 3 months doing concept art. I had a lot of fun working with some really cool people. Be sure to check out their future games: http://www.purebang.com/

Stamp Design

My name in a modern baybayin.
The font is Aklatin Heavy by Frederick Victor Paredes Anana (aklatinheavy.blogspot.com).

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Breaking in to 3D

I've always wondered what it would be like to make my own toy sculptures. I've practiced a couple of times in sculpey, but it takes a lot more time and money to make it, so I decided to give 3D programs another shot. Normally, I don't like to sit in front of a computer all day -- I like tactile processes, but with free programs like blender, how can I complain?

I'm planning on modeling a character that I sketched in my sketchbook. Once I'm done with the model, I'm going to have it 3D printed for the world to see in all it's 3-dimensional glory. Really, I just want something tangible to sit on my shelf. I'm very excited as I go along seeing my 2-dimensional character slowly come to life.

So far, I just have some facial features. It's a long process because I'm new to this as I follow along a very good blender tutorial. Hope you like.