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I will be using this space to post things I am currently working on. Maybe things that are just doodles or ideas captured in a sketch? Or maybe just stuff!

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Craig Hardin

Digital Craftsman

02.21.2012 Photoshop samples

Image #1: I color corrected the image and added several new items, can you spot them all?

Image #2: Color Correction based on style guide provided by client.

Image #3: Color Correction based on style guide provided by client.

Image #4: Day to Night Color Correction and shadow removal.

Image #4: Color Correction based on style guide provided by client.

Using Photoshop CS5 and original images where 8bit RGB

02.20.2012

Sample of effect I did recently for "Watch Causality"

Click thumbnails to view movies

Sample of the time travel effect I did. Original concept for this effect was pre-vis'ed by another artist.

02.17.2012

Yesterday I finished the visual effects for the up coming sci-fi mini-web series "Wacth Causality".

I took over the project from another awesome animator/flim maker Chad Perkins about half way through.

I will be posting the link and more stills to the work I did very soon!

Also I am working on this realistic car model.

These are the video game titles that I have worked on.

“Unit 13” 2011 Play Station Vita - (hard-core) 3d generalist, 2d artist.

“Socom 4” 2010-2011 Play Station 3 - (hard-core) 3d generalist, 2d artist.

“The Dream Voyagers” 2010 PC, MAC - (Casual) 3d layout, environment creation, 2d artist.

“Little Shop: World Traveler” 2009 PC, MAC - (Casual) 3d layout, environment creation, 2d artist.

“Sunset Studio: Love on the High Seas” 2009 PC, MAC - (Casual) 3d layout, environment creation, 2d artist.

“Ancient Secrets: Quest for the Golden Key” 2008 PC, MAC – (Casual) 3d layout, environment creation, game design, 2d art, animation.

“Rainforest Cascade” 2007 PC, MAC – (Casual) 2d art, animation.

“Mind Medley” 2007 PC, MAC – (Casual) Art Lead, 2d artist, 3d artist, animation.

“Mah Jong Elements” 2007 Xbox360 Live Arcade Cancelled – (Casual) Art Lead, 2d artist, 3d artist, game design, animation.

“Backyard Skateboarding” 2005 PC, Play Station 2 – (kids) Lead Artist, 2d artist, 3d artist, animation, environment lighting, outsource art lead.

“Backyard Basketball” 2004 PC, Play Station 2 – (kids) Lead Artist, 3d artist, animation, outsource art lead for PS2.

“Backyard Baseball” 2003 Gamecube – (kids) 3d environment artist,  2d artist.

“Backyard Basketball” 2001 PC, Play Station 2 – (kids) Lead 3d character animator.

“Backyard Soccer” MLS Edition” 2001 PC, MAC – (kids) 3d character animator.

“Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet” 2000 PC, MAC – (kids) Lead Ink and painter, 2d artist.

“Backyard Football” 1999 PC, MAC – (kids) 3d character animator.

“Spy Fox in Hold The Mustard” 1999 PC, MAC – (kids) Ink and painter, level design, ship design, 3d artist, 2d artist.

“Freddi Fish 3: The Case Of The Stolen Conch Shell” 1998 PC, MAC – (kids) Ink and painter, 2d artist.

“Pajama Sam: Lost and Found” 1998 PC, MAC – (kids) Lead Ink and painter, 2d artist.

“Putt-Putt Enters The Race” 1998 PC, MAC – (kids) 3d animation rendered as 2d for final race.

“Pajama Sam’s Sock Works” 1997 PC, MAC – (kids) Ink and painter, 2d artist.

“Big Thinkers 1st Grade” 1997 PC, MAC – (kids) Lead Ink and painter, 2d artist.

“Big Thinkers Kindergarten” 1997 PC, MAC – (kids) Lead Ink and painter, 2d artist.

“Putt-Putt Travels Through Time” 1997 PC, MAC – (kids) Ink and painter, 2d artist.

01.01.2012

I am now visual effects supervisior and motion graphics artist for a web mini-series called "Causality" check it out @ www.watchcausality.com

These are a few concepts I have created to show the director Ralph Fontaine.

Quicktime link HERE.

v01 v02

to be used on a monitor on-set. I plan on building this out and animating it for a on-screen graphic.

click the image to the left to view the movie.

Logo transition test.

Using images from my hard drive, I made this as a proof of concept for a hologram shot.

12.04.2011

I am sculpting this to be 3d printed for a friend.

Zbrush4R2

12.01.2011

click for large image

11.29.2011

Update: Still need to pose , add fur and a weapon!

11.26.2011

Making Characters for a game design with my son. More to follow. Zbrush 4 R2.

11.08.2011

Another 5 second club entry.

Using After Effects the rules this time is to use "fractal noise" and "B" or "Bees" in your project. I went Sesame Street on this one!

11.05.2011

Day to night exercise using Photoshop CS5

before After

click for larger image

10.12.2011

About a month into a new contract with Zipper as a 3d artist, this is my second contract with them and I still love it.

I have been working on several different things lately and I wanted to post a few of those here.

The After Effects User group Seattle is having a meeting tomorrow night and we all decided to do a 5 second club just for fun.

Here are my 2 videos I made for it. The theme was "rockstar" and you had to use "Mr. Mercury" filter. After Effects CS5, Particular2, Mr. Mercury, Sapphire.

8.16.2011

Using Softimage 2012 and ICE I made this test animation. Next I will be using a simular technique for confetti.

8.5.2011

7.10.2011 New 3d model built in 1 long day with Maya and Photoshop.

6.28.2011 updates to texturing phase

6.26.2011 Hand Painting the face in Zbrush4. (example of first stage bellow)

6.24.2011 The first 2 Storyboards for the Stereoscopic CGI short film I am starting pre-production on.

I plan to use Lightwave 10 for this short because of the speed in rendering particles, and the fact that LW 10 has improved S3d camera's now.

Modeling will be done with Maya and Zbrush mainly.

6.1.2011 update to textures, hand painted from photo ref.

5.23.2011 This is an update to my female model I am building for the Master class. Still a WIP :)

5.13.2011 Adding wrinkles.

5.11.2011

I have made refinements to the female and the old man's head sculpt.

5.3.2011

I have just recently completed over 2 minutes of visual effects and compositing for a local company!

The project lasted 7 days and was very challenging but also very fun. I love doing that kind of work when I can get it!

Being in the NW vfx/compositing type of work is hard to come by.

It exist but is very hard to find, except in this case the guy found me from my involvement in a local after effects user group!

I will post the link from the movie once it's released to the public.

I also have some possible modeling work on the horizon. Love it!!!!

Later Guys.

4.15.2011 Module 1 sculpt finished. This model was created by making a zsphere rig base mesh, then sculpting to completion.

The head will be replaced by another one with higher subdivisions in module 2, which starts today!

4.07.2011 My first human skull from scratch! I am still working on the teeth :)

This is also my first class assignment. It was made from a single polysphere.

4.04.2011 Horse Head.

More sculpting practice in Zbrush. Master Class starts tomorrow!

4.03.2011 I have been practicing my hard surface sculpting skills. This character was sculpted from a basic human male base.

3.28.2011 Been spending a lot of time in Zbrush lately and here are a few of my doodles that where inspired by Defense Grid.

These both started as Zsphere base meshes.