Nathaniel Pengson Artwork

Summer Challenge - Week 2

noreply@blogger.com (Nathaniel Pengson) — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 03:22:00 +0000

Okay so there were some hits and misses this week. Probably the most notable thing is no skeletons. I honestly think I burned myself out that first week. But on a happier note, I've discovered some things about painting in Photoshop with some custom brushes that I've made to try and mimic traditional media. I know there are other programs like Painter and ArtRage that are better for that kind of thing, but Photoshop is just much faster for me, and I already know it pretty well. I think it'll be obvious where the jump in painting occurred. I also managed to accidentally make a brush that mimics ink when used in the right way. :D

I've also discovered another artist named Simon Goinard. His work really caught my eye and got me interested in trying to mimic the brush strokes in Photoshop. I suspect next week I'm going to be experimenting even more and painting more.

Summer Challenge - Week 1

noreply@blogger.com (Nathaniel Pengson) — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 05:22:00 +0000

So this is the 1st week that I'm posting for the summer challenge that I set upon myself. I wasn't able to follow strictly to the tasks I set, but then again I was expecting that. There were some days where I just wasn't in the mood to draw. Of course I would draw, but I may skip on a task if I didn't feel like doing it, or just draw more of something else. But with all that said, I made a surprising amount of drawings that I wouldn't normally do and made some that I'm really proud of.

I couldn't get to doing some observation drawings this week, so I will try to start off with that instead of leaving it to the end.

Anyway, here is the work I have produced this week.

I think that I will try and work with color for the figure drawings. Black and white is great, but its getting a little boring for me. I will also concentrate more on doing some individual studies of the bones so that I can make them more organic rather than making them blocky like have here. It looks great in terms of knowing what the form is doing, but I think I'm ready to step it up. And of course, more observation drawings. I think I will actually try drawing with a pen for those. I haven't tried it before, and have always been intimidated by it because I can't erase. But I shall prevail! :D

Summer Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Nathaniel Pengson) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:28:00 +0000

So now that the first semester of TAD is done and I have a couple of months to kill, it would be a good idea for me to keep pushing with my art. So I decided to do a challenge for myself and give myself more than a few tasks everyday to keep my skills in check. I've picked out a few things that I want to concentrate on while I have the time. This is going to be the schedule:

- 5 composition studies a day
- 1 figure study a day
- 1 perspective drawing analysis drawing a day
- 1 skeleton drawing a day
- 2 observation drawings per week

That seems like a lot to do in one day, but a lot of these don't really take that long to do. And I'm already predicting I will miss a day or two just because....well life happens. I will try my best to update every week with as much stuff as I can. If I can pull this off and not miss a day, I will have a huge amount of work in 2 months time.

TAD Semester 1...DONE!

noreply@blogger.com (Nathaniel Pengson) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:18:00 +0000

Today is officially the last day of the first semester of TAD (The Art Department), and I have a whole bunch of work to post.

Composition 1:

Figure 1:

Fundamentals of Form & Light 1:

Perspective 101:

Media 1:

Photography:

Sketchbook 1:

Anatomy Lab:

Meanwhile at TAD.....

noreply@blogger.com (Nathaniel Pengson) — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 01:43:00 +0000

So I'm almost here at the halfway point at TAD (The Art Department), and I've got some work I'd like to show off. So far my experience has been really great. The teachers are very informative and pour the knowledge all over you. There shall be more to come!

Gametime Live Sports Services, LLC. - GameSlam

noreply@blogger.com (Nathaniel Pengson) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:40:00 +0000

For just under a year, from 2010 - 2011, I worked for a start-up company called Gametime Live Sports Services, LLC. where we developed a game called GameSlam. This was an online social game where you can play along with a live game and get live feedback. For example, If you're watching a baseball game, and you think that the batter is going to get a strike, you can put what's called a "tile" that is a strike. If that happens, you will get points.

I was a Junior 2D/3D game artist. I was mainly working on the in-game environment, but would also work on concept work and various other 2D assignments as needed. The software that I used to create the works below are Maya 2011, Zbrush 3.5-4.0 , Photoshop CS5, Unreal Engine, Unity Engine, and Crazy Bump.

Hangout Industries - Superstar City

noreply@blogger.com (Nathaniel Pengson) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:06:00 +0000

I wanted to show my work from my past two jobs so you can get a sense of where I'm coming from. Here is work from my first job as an intern 3d artist at Hangout Industries. The game was called Superstar City. It was a fashion game on Facebook where you can dress up and model your avatar to show off your fashion skills. You could also interact with other players and play various games. I was responsible mainly for modeling the online avatars. I would take secondary tasks such as texturing, graphic design, and other various 2d work.

New stage in my career.

noreply@blogger.com (Nathaniel Pengson) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:40:00 +0000

So after much soul searching, I've decided to switch careers. For a long time I've been doing 3d but I've never really been happy with the process of doing it. So I'm going back to what I really love to do, drawing and painting. I will be attending The Art Department on February 6th, 2012 to strengthen my skills up. I will also be posting as much work as I can as I go through the program as to see my progression. I've deleted all the previous posts because all of those work was very old and really not good at all. So its out with the old and in with the new. :D