mike's online

new blog+site!

2011-11-02T09:31:00.000-07:00

Iam no longer posting on this blog as I've moved over to my own site.
Check me out at: http://msvymbersky.com/blog/

unfinished model

2011-10-17T17:53:00.000-07:00

clay can dry up fast.

nadda fancy.

2011-08-01T23:48:00.000-07:00

Been working on this new character bust. Nothing too fancy. Just trying to nail down some shapes and refine my whole process.

downtown studio space

2011-06-04T13:43:00.000-07:00

new piece at a new place downtown. Once again I am in need of a decent camera, but at least my ipod touch pulls though at times.

astroGirlWIP -

2011-04-21T22:48:00.001-07:00

another current work in progress.. think I need to address a couple things before she's finished.

figurative sculpting. more

2011-04-11T13:19:00.000-07:00

Still haven't purchased a descent camera, but oh well. Some more half finished sculpts to post.

telemark skier

2010-12-15T23:47:00.000-08:00

Thought I would throw down a sculpt I've been working on and off of for, this telemark skier. Very much still WIP. still so much to do!

figurative sculpting

2010-12-11T16:24:00.000-08:00

Over these past couple months I started taking up figure sculpting classes in san diego. Going traditional sorta made me completely reevaluate everything i know. throwing up some shoddy photos of some sculpts I was working on. ahhh my skills with clay have a long ways to go! but its super fun. After taking these pics i realized that a 4megapixle camera just doesn't cut it these days. I need to invest in a new camera that can actually work with lighting..

New job!!

2010-01-17T22:20:00.000-08:00

Some news! I've packed my bags and moved down to beautiful San Diego! I picked up a position with Sony as a junior artist!

mosque_enviroment

2009-11-16T01:07:00.000-08:00

Finally getting around to posting some in-game shots of something I've been working on and off. Really nothing too fancy yet. Just me, messing around in the Crysis editor with WIP assets. Many of which lack a diffuse, or spec, or even a normal map, so don't be too quick to judge. I have much planed for this. lush vegetation, background city building, a time of day cycle, and completed textured assets.

I started a thread awhile back on polycount. I really need to update it though.

Evolve CG Hunter Challenge

2009-11-02T22:31:00.000-08:00

Participating in this years, first ever Hunter Challenge presented by Evolve CG. The goal? Create a badass hunter character!

Recent updates!! 12/14/09

Evolve CG Thread ===> http://evolve3d.net/forums/showthread.php?t=100

zSculpt_figure-study

2009-09-23T23:38:00.000-07:00

Throwing up a sculpt I did last semester. For me, it was a first time sculpting in such a dynamic pose. It had its challenges.

Intel gig

2009-05-16T12:01:00.000-07:00

So last week, was my first week over at Intel. I think its going to be one fun ride till i graduate! whoo-hoo.

DWIV - updated

2009-04-09T14:05:00.000-07:00

Finished the Dominance War challenge!

Check me out on Polycount!

Updated!

Iam calling it done! Click above to see my final submissions or check some samples out below!

kimono-sculpt-fun!

2009-03-02T19:58:00.000-08:00

been giving zbrush the love: intended as speed sculpt, but worked a few nights on it instead.

Enviroment-Mission-Maddness!

2009-02-18T01:13:00.000-08:00

Whoaaa, Long time no post!

So for some time now (like 2 months) ive been on a mission to finish an environment piece that I can throw in real-time. Like the Crysis Sandbox Editor. So, Ive begun the madding task of creating, baking, and importing assest for an old school Gothic Basilica. Been reading a lot about Gothic architecture lately. I love it. I still have sooo much more to do, and although I have started texturing(these are all AO only) I really need to kick it in gear.

It has been fun baking/optimizing finding out what works, and what does not.

One of the great things about this project is that Iam doing it all in 3dsmax. Getting to know the softwere and finding out what I like and dont like. Its kind of cool that in two months I actually havent opened maya at all.
Playing with Unreal3 is cool and all too. Allthough I would rather be in CrysisEditor.

Unreal screengrabs of my current progress. Damn. I've a long way to go.

game-production class-update

2008-12-20T23:03:00.000-08:00

leaving town for a week, and thought i would throw up my "finished" bomber ship. Iam pretty stoked about my texture for, but I think it needs a tad bit more pixel loving. Just to truly finish it off.

Publish Post

game-production class-update_01

2008-11-30T23:32:00.000-08:00

Been slacking lately for posting my stuff up. Here's an update for that game-production class. A heavy/bomber type of ship. Going to start giving some pixel love to it this coming weekend, as ive been very busy with school and trying to maintain a social life.
On a side note, I've also got another character coming along, inspired from works of Frezzato and Tim Bradstreet. Hopefully post a WIP of it later this week. + i've been working on/off on a crazy enviroment but iam probley going to have to wait on that till the end of the semester.

Sooo litttle time!!! oh no!

game-production class

2008-10-29T15:03:00.000-07:00

So were doing a sci-fi space-shoot-em-up-scroll across the screen-retro arcade game/FPS, in the unreal 3 engine mod!

So here's a WIP for a ship in the game normals and AO all bake, it came out to be 8,493 tris total. Not including the pilot that will go with it. yarg!

yarg! ingame.

Icy!

2008-09-27T22:40:00.000-07:00

Yay me! Figured out how to throw props into Crytech's SandboxEditor!
super-huge icy purse test

rwar!

2008-09-20T17:25:00.000-07:00

A lil' maya and zbrush action. Going to make a low-poly for it in max.

low_poly_02. 3dmax=super rad

2008-09-18T00:12:00.000-07:00

3d max is pretty niffy when it comes to modeling and baking maps. Took a week to start and finish these two accessories, a blackberry and coach bag. Iam not too excited about the phone, and found a whole new way to approach it, thus, achieving rockstar results. So perhaps I might, re-bake my normals over break to get it looking good. Or maybe not. In the meanwhile, 3dmax is super rad.

low-poly_01

2008-09-08T02:27:00.000-07:00

three low-poly props. ( column finished)
modeled/baked in max08 & textured in PS

SteamerTrunk -

Oildrum

Corinthian column

clothed character.

2008-08-08T13:40:00.000-07:00

Well I've put to use those boots from last week. Another assignment from "advanced, advanced modeling class". A design for a characters outfit. The clothing was the only part due, but i have diabolical plans to finish this as an actual character design, textured and all.
In due time of course...

bootylishous

2008-08-01T13:05:00.000-07:00

Another model done for "advance, advanced modeling" class. These are the boots of a character's outfit that I will be designing for next week.
Modeled in Maya.

Corinthian column of maddness

2008-07-25T14:56:00.000-07:00

Perhaps the hardest model I've ever done in the shortest amount of time (1week) this is a Corinthian column, modeled in Maya for "Advanced, Advanced Modeling" class. The final model was at 310,130 tris and my computer would not smooth it over in Maya to do an actual mental ray render. So I threw the mesh into Zbrush for a pretty render. So like I said. hardest. model. ever. in1week.

Hopefully in the near future I can finish this prop off by creating a fancy low-poly mesh+normal map for this.

lowPoly_table

2008-07-25T14:44:00.000-07:00

yay! low-poly model for the first week of "low poly modeling" class. If you haven't figured it out already, its a table! Although this is a 3dsmax class, this first assignment was modeled in Maya, (high and low mesh's) , baked in Xnormal, and textured with Photoshop and Crazybump.

looks clean enough to eat off of!