My work basically is a reflection of my wacky personality, presented in any form I can find! I am a self taught artist, from sketches right on down to the big 3D. My first love of comics, cartoons and anime have heavily influenced me. The Artists who have influenced me most include the likes of Tex Avery, Mike Mignola, Travis Charest, Bruce Timm, Mario Ucci, and Barry Windsor-Smith to name a few. BIO Name : Teyon Alexander Age : 30ish (gasp!) Date Of Birth : 12-11-74 Marital Status : In Love Current Location : Manhattan, New York Level of Education Experience : Some College (Antioch College in Ohio) Programs I am Most Familiar With : Photoshop CS5, Painter, Rhino3D, Wings3D, ZBrush 4, Silo, Modo Specialty : Creature/Character Design and Modeling. Experience - Art: Co-Created the covers for the Actual Facts/Gameplan CD, Cass-Single, and LP for Lord Finesse and Penalty Records. Redesigned the Logo used by Lord Finesse. Worked as a volunteer at Merge Comics assisting with story layout, inking, coloring, and some minor penciling. Also did some consulting when Merge attempted to branch out into animation, as well as assisting in storyboarding. My work currently has been used in several reviews for Rhinoceros 3D in 3DWorld Magazine as well as the letters column. I have taught oraganic modeling classes at LEGO Denmark (great place by the way). I am a former Moderator at Renderosity.com (a website for artists). I've also done the odd fly-er/poster for individuals. I currently work for Smith Micro Software as a content artist for Poser and Anime Studio. Experience - Non-Art : Worked for Chemical Bank's Risk Management And Insurance Department. I worked on a Phone-a-thon at Antioch College. I worked at Barnes and Nobel Superstores where I was promoted to the supervisor of the Children's department after two years. I worked briefly at Teachers College, Columbia University. I went on to work at e frontier as a customer service rep. I have worked in the past at Smith Micro Software, Inc. as a quality insurance rep, customer service rep, technical support rep and modeler. I currently work at Avalanche Studios as a character artist.
Comments (11)
Dann-O
Looks good. The ear I know it is a reptile ear. but I think most of them are concave and there is often an outer and an inner ridge. Excellent model and woudl love to be able to sculpt like that.
Teyon
Outer and inner ridge noted and filed away. I will go back in and fix that. Thanks!
kathym
He looks really cool - what ever happened to the Binrai 9spelling problem)? As far as color goes, I think a greenish/gray with some bright red spotting towards the back of the head for the males would be interesting. I'm kind of curious to see what the rest of the body would look like. Do they have webbed hands? The eyes are good - but need some color. Overall its a very original creature. Good job.
jif3d
Kool Zeebrushin' and character, it seems water based to me, so some frog type texture would be a good place to start ! Good luck & ~Cheers~ :o)
Teyon
Thanks. The Binrai is being remade from the ground up. The files I had were lost and someone was kind enough to give me a copy of an early one I had done but now that I can do it with more detail, I figured I may as well. It's going to be one of my demo reel models so you'll see it soon. Thanks everyone. Frog texture was something I was thinking but there are so many!
MegaJax
Excellent model, I thing colout/texture wise you should go for something like one of the tropical frog species (can't remember the names but they are bright greens/ reds/ blues/ yellows or orange with all sorts of markings)
Richardphotos
what a handsome fellow he is. I agree with Jeff
Genma
I'm really liking the form here. As for the color, hmmm... I'm thinking something aquatic as well... what popped into mid was something along the lines of the Abe Sapien character from the film Hellboy. Would go well with the sculpting you've done to the figure.
Dutch_Wally
Welcome back Master Teyon. marvelous skills on whatever 3d program you've got.
Deadline_Imaging
Damn man, that is sweet looking. I am heading down that road myself film and VG, you have some awsome skills. To me it kinda looks like a cross between a Salamander/Newt and A Tortoise. Perhaps a sampling from both? Use the amphibian tones with the tortoise Skin texture? I definately look forward to seeing where this beasty goes, because that is definately something I would love to have in my own collection. (yes I realise it probably wont be but I can dream!)
Moebius87
Outstanding... might be cool to have it almost translucent with a layer of veins and arteries underneath. Very interesting and incredibly detailed.