The Art of Jon Pimentel

Scroll Thief---New and Improved

2015-06-30T14:04:00.002-06:00

I finished round two of Scroll Thief, graduated, and got a job! This was back in April, but I've been busy.

Boss Texture

2015-03-05T12:55:00.000-07:00

Here is what it looks like so far:

The underbelly is pretty dark. While this model won't be viewed against a black background in game, it's pretty much never a good idea to get too close to black, or you lose the form. This is supposed to be kind of a fire and shadow themed boss though, so it okay to go that dark?

Here it is with more evil eyes:

Which looks better?

Boss model

2015-02-03T12:08:00.001-07:00

We are re-doing the boss for the first level of Scroll Thief. We wanted it to be a fire-themed tiger-like monster. I found it hard to get the fire theme to come across in the model itself, and I may tweak it further. Hopefully it will help once it's textured. Here is the rough draft:

Mostly just looks like a tiger. Here is the fiercer, stylized version:

Better, but is it enough? Should I make the fur spikier? I'm going to need to reduce the polygon count as it is, so I don't want to make it too complicated.

Scroll Thief Returns

2015-01-27T14:34:00.000-07:00

Developing Scroll Thief was a wild ride, and I had a lot of fun doing it. Recently, I found a small team of talented people who thought it looked fun too, and we are enhancing and expanding the game over the next few months. One of the things I've been working on is art for the title screen and loading screen. Here's what I have:

I might end up having him slicing a word in half...maybe the game title. The ninja in the bottom one is not as cartoony, but then the rest of the image is. I'm not sure I like that. Is it distracting?

Scroll Thief (working title) Demo

2014-12-19T10:43:00.000-07:00

Demo of the game I made for one of my classes. Special thanks to Josh Cotton for his improvements to the ninja and guard models, and to Melissa Smith for her help with many models and textures. Originally the player was going to have to fight the boss, rather than simply get past it, but I ran out of time.

That's Right, a Ninja

2014-10-28T11:54:00.000-06:00

I'm making a video game from scratch for a class project. This is the model I made for the player character.

Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?

2014-03-29T23:10:00.000-06:00

I drew this for my wife's cousin who got baptized today. Anna is one of her favorite princesses, and she is a Dr. Who fanatic, so I thought she would like this rendering of her as Anna.

Valentine Puppy

2012-02-11T21:58:00.000-07:00

A Valentine puppy for my sweetheart, April. She inspires me to keep on going, and to put everything I have into what I do. The model is my family's golden retriever, Sunny.

Chess Animation of Explosive Fun

2011-04-15T12:24:00.001-06:00

At long last, I've rendered this animation, which I finished in 2006. I'm trying to find good sound effects to put with it.

Stone-burrowing Bug

2011-03-01T22:59:00.001-07:00

The last project in my 3D class. We were to design a custom insect and place it in an environment. We never got to critique them in class, so if you have any notes for me, post a comment so I can fix it before I submit this in my portfolio. You can see the textures better if you click to see its full size.

Adventure in the MAYAn jungles

2011-01-26T18:13:00.000-07:00

It's finally finished! Click on it to see it larger.

Psychedelic Portrait

2011-01-07T22:42:00.000-07:00

Done in charcoal and chalk pastel. This one looks best if you enlarge it.

Projects From Last Semester

2011-01-07T21:29:00.000-07:00

Landscape

Two portraits

Two cans

Cuddling Can

Hallway in one-point perspective

Study area in 2-point perspective with value

Oldish and also new figure drawings!

2010-12-10T12:43:00.001-07:00

Now we can all compare and see how much I've learned this semester. The first batch in this post is from October and the second batch is from November.

First batch

Second batch

Now compare these to the ones from past posts. Please comment with advice/critique

Figure Drawings

2010-10-25T17:54:00.000-06:00

I haven't put anything on here for quite some time, so I'll just put some figure drawings up so I can look back at them later and see how much I've grown.

April and a River final (maybe)

2010-06-30T22:51:00.001-06:00

Here is the updated version, and probably the last.

April and a River

2010-06-30T22:03:00.000-06:00

Still new to digital painting. Here is one based on a photograph I took. Maybe I'll post a more professional looking one later.

"Grisly Finale"

2010-04-22T00:24:00.000-06:00

Final project for Joe Olson's drawing class. The turtle is McGreggor's sidekick/occasional weapon. McGreggor never wrestles in the "pansy American leagues" where it's just a show.

Face Exaggeration (round two)

2010-04-07T12:04:00.000-06:00

Project on facial proportion.

Regular faces

Male exaggerations

Female exaggerations

"Thank Goodness it's Friday..."

2010-03-24T20:33:00.001-06:00

2-point perspective project with the theme "Something strange in the neighborhood".

Tribal Redo

2010-03-09T22:05:00.001-07:00

This is a redo of my urban toy project with the added theme of "Tribal". As you can see, it barely resembles the old one at all, which I think is a good thing. I'm going to fix the weird hip-like bump.

Please add your own captions.

4 layouts

2010-03-04T22:55:00.000-07:00

This project was to practice using different design elements in composition.

The First 47 Tries

2010-03-04T22:49:00.002-07:00

This isn't supposed to be a legitimate piece, but if it were, that would be the title and you could suppose that it represents all the thought and work (and frustration) that goes into design. This is just an exercise in value where we took a piece of paper, crumpled it up, uncrumpled, and drew. Click to zoom.

Brought to you by Wacom

2010-02-22T23:31:00.000-07:00

I recently had a birthday, and received a Wacom tablet! I tried it out with Corel Painter 4. This is based off a photo I took in Minneapolis.

Figure Drawings

2010-02-05T16:07:00.003-07:00

These are some of my 1-5 minute figure drawings from November and December. I think I'm starting to get the hang of conte. Any suggestions other than "practice more"?