3Dimensions My Way.

R.I.P CJ

2010-12-28T21:19:00.005-05:00

I lost a dear friend of mine on Christmas day 2010. This Character is a concept he did when I first met him. He always wanted me to model this character but i never got around to making any head way with it. So I am finishing this model in his memory.

New Stuffs

2010-12-27T16:24:00.004-05:00

Here is some freelance work done earlier this year which I am now authorized to make public.

Torvo from Bakia Parker on Vimeo.

Nutri Guard from Bakia Parker on Vimeo.

Nutri Warrior from Bakia Parker on Vimeo.

Character Rigg from Bakia Parker on Vimeo.

GigaCon Project

2010-11-14T19:14:00.005-05:00

GigaCon 2011 is just around the corner. I felt I had to do something Arty for the con. So I decided to try something a bit out of my element, but yet beneficial to my focus. I figured why not build model cars and paint them as battle damaged Transformers. Most would be cars from Transformers G1. I am not quite sure how many I will make. So far I am working on 6 cars simultaneously.

I plan on selling these at GigaCon. I am aware that selling FanArt is frowned upon at Cons nowadays. Due to obvious copyright infringement, I wont paint the AutoBot or Decepticon Logos on the cars. But for buying one you will get a template of the Logo you would like for FREE....lol.

Below are pictures of some early W.I.P.s. I have a list of cars I would like to work on. Besides BunbleBee being the obvious recognizable one I currently have. I was thinking of not using recognizable cars. Instead I will be painting cars from the 70's, 80's, and 90's that I would have loved to see as actual Transformers.

One more thing, No these cars DON'T transform. Its just battle damage Transformers in their Car, Bike, or Airplane modes.

White Box

2010-11-14T18:48:00.004-05:00

I was looking for a means to light and take photographs of a GigaCon project I am working on, Robyn found this simple tutorial on creating a White Box.

http://photo.tutsplus.com/tutorials/hardware-tutorials/diy-how-to-create-your-own-white-box-for-under-10/

I must say, of all the years I have been 3D Modeling, I always struggled with lighting. Working with something as simple as a white box has greatly broadened my understanding of lighting and how real world lighting can be effectively simulated in a 3D environment. I Highly recommended any 3D artist who struggle with lighting or just want to gain a better understanding of lights, to create a White Box and play around with photography.

Below is the White Box I made and some photo results. Enjoy.

HamsterBot Continued

2010-11-06T13:26:00.009-04:00

SO much work to do before GigaCon. I still have the Transformers cars to finish. But heres some progress...

I am trying to finish this model before GigaCon. Its about time I finished this and the Shuriken Bike. I exported what I had of this model into Maya and have been working in Maya. Ohhhh btw...NEIL there's your Hamster in there so HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

Website Renders

2010-06-25T18:58:00.006-04:00

I have been putting together some new renders for my website. This is less than half of what I have for the website. Enjoy.

Screen Grabs

2010-05-11T19:13:00.004-04:00

I worked a bit more on the bike. I pretty much have the mechanics figured out for the transformation. All i have left now is some finishing touches here and there and a few geometry edits.

Drawing Again

2010-05-05T10:50:00.003-04:00

So I have some time off from work and decided to work on my drawing. I enjoy drawing mechanical shapes and objects so here are the first two pages in my new sketchbook.

RSD-X-0n3

2010-02-05T23:30:00.010-05:00

I decided to participate in 3D Total's February speed modeling challenge. The Rules are...you get 240 minutes (4hrs) to model any kind of solar powered drilling machine for an ice planet. The link to my WIP thread is http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=73476
The due date for entries and submissions are Feb 28th.

Final Image

Here are some screen grabs of my progress so far.

239 Minutes in....with One minute to spare. I'm DONE!!!

This is 210 Minutes in...

This is 115 Minutes in...

This is 50 Minutes in...

This is 30 Minutes in...

Evil OverLord "Hamster Head"

2009-11-24T00:11:00.015-05:00

Danny got inspired by Neil's hamster, which in turn inspired me. I mean its a hamster controlled robot for crying out loud. There is no way this is gonna end well and I want to be part of it. Danny's concept is on the lower right of some of the renders. Still a W.I.P. Start at the bottom of the post and work your way up, to see my work flow.

Ok so as you can see, I enjoy this phase of modeling. Its the little details that count. Bolts, nuts, wires, tubes, gears, and rivets, you make one and duplicate the hell out of it. Using a process known as kit-bashing, I used parts from older models that are close to the shape I need and rework them into this new one. No sense in always starting a new piece from a cube. Save yourself some time and kit-bash.

Here's where the fun comes in. Details, details, details. Personally I get carried away and begin deviating from Danny's concept. In most cases (especially when working from sci-fi concepts); As an artist you have to take some liberties. I took some liberties in applying some real world functionality to this robot. Let me re-phrase that, I faked it to look like it would work in the real world. Granted most of it is going to be hidden, but I don't mind spending 3-4hrs on a section of a model that's almost never going to be visible. It just makes me feel good about myself knowing its there.

Using a simple lighting rigg, I check for problem areas. You might notice that you have all this detail on your model and it looks fantastic in the default viewport, but once lights and shadows come into play you realize that your geometry doesn't flow as you had hoped. In my case, Danny pointed out that the air vents in the robot's chest were too big and had warped edges. His heels also seemed too "dough-ey" for my taste.

Once the overall form has been fleshed out, I begin implementing some hard surface modeling techniques. At the same time I add a new level of detail through out the piece. I never focus on just one part. The same applies to drawing. You want to keep moving around the piece. The more time you spend over-developing an area during this phase makes the end piece look odd. Certain spots would look great while others have obviously been neglected.

Here I began using basic geometric shapes such as spheres, pyramids, and cylinders to block out the silhouette of the character. At this point I am not overly concerned with detail. Form is what counts. Ok so I lied. I got carried away and put some details in his knees...sue me.

I started off with simple Spline shapes to get a base form and pose for the character. Doing this not only helps me maintain proportions, but also helps me get a good sense of the character's mannerisms. I was taught to model characters in a "T" pose. I find doing that boring sometimes and the character seems lifeless, no matter how much detail or character specific traits I add during the modeling process. As you can see, the pose I chose gives a hint of arrogance and badass-ness. The big pay off for me is that underneath all that its just a hamster.

DemoReel

2009-10-26T14:32:00.007-04:00

I finally got around to uploading my graduation demo reel on vimeo. I am in the works on creating a new reel. This will do for now.

Bakia Parker Hard Surface Modeling Demo Reel 2009 from Bakia Parker on Vimeo.

Spare Time

2009-10-18T21:49:00.005-04:00

I haven't had much spare time in the last 2 months. I have been busy with work and moving to a new place in Greenbelt MD. I did manage to find some free time to get what little personal work I could done.

First off would be the Shuriken Bike. I have spent countless hours studying HOON's design. Especially the inner workings of the bike and how the transformation sequence would happen. I've studied and watched a lot of videos on how machinery works. Most of it has been on multiple function and form machinery. I had been very careful not to deviate from HOON's design but I know that's exactly what I will have to do to accomplish my goal of creating a model based on someone's concept, but in a realistic and functional way. I also realized this model is going to take much longer than I originally anticipated. I still have to finish modeling, rigging, unwrapping, texturing, material setups, and the grueling task of animating the transformation sequence. So I dont plan on rushing through this. I am taking this as a long term crash course.

Here are the ref pics
SHURIKEN 1
SHURIKEN 2

Secondly, I began working on the interior of the 08 Mustang. This is another attempt at creating a realistic production quality asset. When the modeling phase is complete, I plan on using both V-Ray and Mental Ray for rendering. Most of my rendering expirience has been with Mental Ray. It can be a pain in the you know what sometimes but when it works, the end results are second to none. As for V-Ray, I have very little expirience with this rendering toolset. Two of my collegues have used V-Ray in the past with impressive results and I hope to pick up a few pointers from them during my learning proccess.

Freelance

2009-09-26T12:51:00.005-04:00

Doing some work on the side for a friend of mine. He runs an African entertainment music and television site. He wanted a 3D look to his existing logo. This is my first attempt, there's going to be more.

Mustang Update WIP 2

2009-09-06T09:32:00.001-04:00

Did some more work on the mustang. These are just lighting and material test. I still have a boat load of modeling to do. I plan on having an interior done as well.

Daily Exercises

2009-08-13T00:22:00.001-04:00

Some sort of a Goblin sketch done by Danny. I hope to get more head sketches from him to work on.

Daily Exercises Update

2009-08-09T23:04:00.001-04:00

The female is a combination of various Star Trek Voyager alien designs combined into one. There's some Klingon, T-laxian, and Hirogian elements on her.

The King is what i could get done in about 2hrs. Its based on King Balor from HellBoy 2.

Daily Exercises

2009-08-08T22:19:00.001-04:00

I have been doing a lot of daily exercises they are starting to turn out OK. They usually average about an hour a piece. so here is one.

I am bored...

2009-07-03T22:56:00.002-04:00

So I got bored today and did some character modeling. Starting with Robyn's character Leo.

This is an older model of Enrique's character Axel. Chad originally began working on this and did the feet and pants. I continued by adding the waist wrap and torso. I stopped working on it for a while because I lost the turnaround (needed that to finish). In ZBrush I blocked out a few things on the torso as a start. I plan on taking my time with this one, and learning ZBrush.

Reference picture by Enrique Rivera

Portfolio Booth

2009-07-02T20:15:00.002-04:00

Graduation was 2 weeks ago and we were required to build a trade show-like booth to promote ourselves as artists. I went with a construction site theme. I modeled myself as a construction worker robot (inspired by the movie "Robots"), and built a makeshift construction site.

I won best in show out of all the other majors. Took a lot of work and effort and I appreciate the honor and award I received. After all is said and done, walking across that stage made it all worth it.

New Things

2009-06-28T04:56:00.001-04:00

So, I Finally Graduated College, and I find myself with a lot of time on my hands. I began working on random projects to keep myself busy, here are 2 examples. Some comments and crits would be appreciated.

This Mustang is about 6hrs worth of solid modeling time. Jinn's engine is in there for size and spacing reference. I will build my own engine...later on.

I've been creating and working with interactive low poly game models such as characters and props at my current job. On my spare time I wanted to practice and apply certain techniques I picked up at work.

Well its Batman and Superman. I modeled the batman a few months back, and I decided to continue with more. Logically Superman would be next. Think of these as 3d sketches...for now. I still have to unwrap and texture these guys. Right now they are simply poly painted.

Batman: 2670 polies
Superman: 1982 polies

Floe W.I.P

2009-02-16T21:59:00.001-05:00

I began working on Floe in zbrush a few days ago. I have been working on her on an off amongst other projects. I plan on getting her upper body done first then move on to the lower (tree) part of her. Some crits are welcomed.

This is the zbrush screen cap. I am making it a point to learn anatomy, since all i have been doing is mechanical models. not quite where i want it, but then again zbrush comes with a steep learning curve.

Here we have the updated and altered base model which was made in 3d s max 09. Not much to say about this except i was more concerned with edge loops and correct topology

Floe

2009-01-22T14:34:00.001-05:00

This is a character I created for my digital ink and paint class a while back. Over the break I wanted to work on my organic modeling (since all i tend to do is mechanical). I still have a few issues here and there to adress on the model itself. As you can see i made a few changes to the characters design. Some things dont translate well into 3d from a drawing. One of them being the HUGE vagina like leaf in the drawing.
So far this is the base model that has been done in 3D studio Max 2009. Once I get the arms in I will export the model to ZBrush for the finer details and tweaks.

some crits and suggestions are welcomed

Gundam W.I.P

2009-01-04T22:48:00.001-05:00

Been working on a Gundam for a while now. Started out as a redesign for Heavy Arms Custom, but i ended up going for a completely original Gundam. So now i gotta come up with a name for it.

Dragon Bike W.I.P

2008-12-30T22:20:00.001-05:00

Yet Again i changed the motif of the bike. I cant seem to decide.

Website

2008-12-14T21:02:00.001-05:00

I began working on some layouts for the look of my website. When you click on one of the icons on the main page, the camera zooms into the back of the corridor to show you the display on the back wall. This whole site was built in Max icons included. The zoom animation will be rendered out in about 25 frames.

MAIN PAGE

UPDATE of MainPage after some crits.

GALLERY

RESUME

Stage Tw0

2008-12-07T20:31:00.001-05:00

Here is an animation preview of the stage

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MidTerms

2008-11-11T23:21:00.001-05:00

So uhhhhh, after about 2837642893692 sleepless nights...

Midterms

2008-11-10T12:48:00.001-05:00

Well, I pulled an all nighter to get my midterms finished for Senior Project II. I am very tired and mayhaps a little delirious. At the end of the day, some sleep will do me a lot of good. Wish me luck. and good luck to you guys in my class.

Project Chopt Spider WIP

2008-11-09T00:30:00.001-05:00

Danny did the concepts for the spider. My job was to take his turnarounds and concepts and create a model which is to be rigged and animated. Here are a few early test renders i did. The model is actually done and fully rigged. I will post my final update in a day or two. The final design is actually a combination of both these preliminary renders.

Bumble Bakia

2008-11-09T00:22:00.002-05:00

Thanks for naming this one for me, Chris. This is a self portrait. Its meant to fit in the world of Blue Sky's movie "Robots"

Grave

2008-11-09T00:16:00.001-05:00

A character I submitted for a competition at school. I got Second place. I lost to Gawd himself (Tom Davis). My inspiration for his design was Megaman X, and Power Rangers... (don't ask).

Not So Sunny

2008-11-09T00:12:00.001-05:00

An old model I found...thought i'd share.

Maple DS

2008-11-09T00:05:00.001-05:00

Modeling time = 53mins
Texture time = 18mins
Lighting time = 26mins
Render time = 6mins

Total time = 1hour 43mins

I started doing this model as a speed model test. I wanted to go back to Nintendo's old color scheme. so i used the SNES controller as my color pallet. as i got to the texturing part all i could think of was Maple Story (don't ask) so this one is dedicated to my good friend Karrie Simms. Hope you like it Kerr.

PRESENT HALL PASS!!!

2008-11-08T23:50:00.001-05:00

Its ED209!!!

Buster Sword

2008-11-08T23:46:00.001-05:00

I know, I know. The texture on the ground is all kinds of eff-ed up. I KNOW. I have been lazy to change it.