Alex Bobylev

Heads and Hands

2011-12-22T16:21:00.000-08:00

Here are the better works from my Heads and Hands class at the Academy, Fall 2011. The top three were homeworks, 18"x24" the lower threee were in class drawings and paintings from a model, 11"x14" - 12"x16".

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Demo Reel Update

2011-12-18T15:21:00.000-08:00

Here's a new demo reel update that features some of the creatures and characters that I've been working on:

Watch it Here

Additional stills of Turog:

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Futuristic mech armor

2011-11-08T20:26:00.000-08:00

A fairly quick cyber/mech marine armour design that I did. Was a paintover of a rough zbrush sketch, done mostly in Painter, with some Photoshop here and there.

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You can see the rough zsketch -here-

A Tree By The Old Town

2011-10-29T17:02:00.000-07:00

Here's another painting that I've more or less finished, I think. Took several months, on and off.
Click on image to enlarge, or check out the high res link at the bottom. Hope you like!

High res: -here-

Automated Explorer

2011-10-19T22:33:00.001-07:00

My latest concept. The original image is pretty big, so check out the high res (right click-view image). Done in Painter and Photoshop.

Autumn

2011-08-28T16:00:00.000-07:00

Started as a paintover of one of my earlier works, but then ended up as its own painting. Done using Painter and Photoshop.

A ninja, a knight and a mech.

2011-07-17T00:16:00.000-07:00

Some new concept art:

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"Messenger Bot"

"Dark Knight"

"Cyberpunk Ninja"

Composition and Painting

2011-07-16T16:49:00.000-07:00

These paintings were part of the second assignment for a class that I took in Spring of 2011.

Cityscape:
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Quick studies:

Landscape:
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Quick studies:

Digital Concept Art and Painting

2011-07-15T23:15:00.000-07:00

Most recent at the top and then from left to right. From 2007 till present.

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Clothed Figure Painting

2011-01-18T21:54:00.000-08:00

These are the better paintings that I did for a class in Autumn of 2010. The top three were the major homeworks (the last two not entirely finished) done in oil on canvas, 16x20". The ones in the second row were done during the class sessions and are 12x16" board for the "Potter" and 18x24" one for the "Sleeping Woman."

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A variation of the "Sleeping Woman" painting with digital color/tone adjustments can be seen here.

Intermediate Figure Drawing

2011-01-09T19:12:00.000-08:00

These drawings were done for my Intermediate Figure Drawing class in Fall 2010. The hooded portrait and the hands were homeworks; the rest are in class drawings done from models.

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Intro To Figure Painting

2010-09-01T03:12:00.000-07:00

Some of the better paintings that I did for a class at the Academy in Spring of 2010 .

Drahl "Brawler"

2009-09-26T23:45:00.000-07:00

New Concept Art:

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Work in progress thread at CGtalk: here

Virginie Ledoyen based 3d girl WIP

2009-06-17T04:28:00.000-07:00

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WIP thread at CGtalk here.

Maquette Sculpture

2008-11-05T23:59:00.001-08:00

Maquette for a creature design class that I took in Spring 2010.

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Still Life Painting

2008-10-05T23:59:00.000-07:00

These are the four major homework assignments from Still life class that I took in Spring of 2009. Oil on 12x16" boards.

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Charcoal Drawings

2008-09-03T14:35:00.000-07:00

These drawings were as part of the large homework assignments for my Analysis of Form and Figure Drawing classes.

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Demo Reel of 2007

2007-11-22T03:38:00.000-08:00

The outtakes from my demo reel:

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*Punk character is a take on a real person from photo sessions at www.3d.sk

*Soulblighter's original concept was taken from Bungie's "Myth2: Soulblighter" game, and then somewhat modified. A promotional painting by Craig Mullins can be found here.

*Drahl Infantry and "Wiggles" were done from my own concepts.

Demo Reel on Veoh:

- Smaller version. Double Click on the video to see it bigger on Veoh, or:

- Download large version (HD 720) from the downloads pane on the left.

Punk Shaded Views:

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Wireframes:

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"Punk"

"Soulblighter"

Drahl infantry and "wiggles"

Polycounts:

Punk:

- Original low res base at 3,187 faces, 6,269 triangles without hair and jewelry, which don't have low res versions.

- Base mesh in the scene with refined torso and all accessories at 50K+.

- Meshes could still be optimised further for game engines.

Soulblighter:

- Current base mesh at 3,816 faces

- The whole base level scene is at 14,023 faces, without grass - 336,187 with. Grass was paint fx in maya converted to polygons for speed.

- Character model could be optimised further for game engines.

Drahl Infantry and "Wiggles":

- Drahl Girl is at 85,980 polygons, base mesh

- "Wiggles" is at 167,085 polygons, base mesh without long wires

- The whole scene is at 289,546 of 0 level. It recieves level 2 smooth subdivision for rendering, as well as a displacement for the ground.

Software Used:

Autodesk Maya
Adobe Photoshop
Pixologic Zbrush
Adobe AfterEffects