Gary Lee

Merry X'mas and Happy New Year!

2011-12-27T20:13:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! I hope everyone had a Merry X'mas! New year is right around the corner, i have a lot of plans for next year! Starting out with a new gallery site, its not finish yet, but not very far from it. I have to thank everyone who had check out my blog and the very kind comments. I am hoping to have more to show for the coming year. Thanks again everyone! I wish everybody will have a Happy New Year!!!

Dota2-comic fanart

2011-12-12T01:20:00.000-08:00

couple busts i did after seeing the dota 2 comic.

more clay!!!

2011-12-11T18:48:00.000-08:00

Instead of one long six hours pose, this was five 3 hr sessions. I thought I would have gotten more done with 15hrs, um........not really :( But more important, I really enjoy making the piece, and i learned something every time! Portrait open sessions is coming next term, i can't wait to start!

another sat open session (6hrs)

2011-10-09T22:07:00.000-07:00

open session at The Seattle Sculpture Atelier

2011-10-05T00:28:00.000-07:00

open session at The Seattle Sculpture Atelier on Saturday. It's a 6 hours session, I am recommending for anyone who is interested in sculpting, lots of fun and great people there. Also, Matt Buckner (who is a great sculptor and teacher) will be giving critique during the session. Armature and clay are provided.

neville page concept creature_wip

2011-08-30T21:47:00.000-07:00

i started this piece a while back and never got finish. it's base off a concept by Neville Page. i recently started to work on it some more and trying to finish it.

been i long time

2011-06-28T17:23:00.000-07:00

i 've been really busy with other stuffs, and these are what i worked on recently.

scientist wip

2010-09-28T21:06:00.000-07:00

been a long time, this is a zbrush model i 've been working on. will make it into a game model.

more head bust....more wip......

2010-06-09T22:26:00.000-07:00

a few head bust i did in zbrush, and started to develop more on one of them. hopefully i will get to finish the rest of them. but i have been very busy working on a freelance project, once that's done, i plan to work on a full character.

Concepting_WIP

2010-05-04T00:21:00.000-07:00

My idea is to design some aliens with EXO suits. I started off with an old base mesh to make a few head design I sculpted and polypainted in zbrush, and did some quick paint over in PS. Then I used zsphere to created the body for one of the head. My next plan is to complete the first one with the helmet, then move onto the other ones.

game character

2010-04-15T10:58:00.000-07:00

i created this character base off of Kekai's concept. Budget for the low poly was 4500 tris with 1024*1024 normal, diffuse and specular, and 1 bit alpha was used.

Skull Study

2010-03-27T00:56:00.000-07:00

started with zsphere, and quick color pass with polypaint.

Head Sketch

2010-03-24T11:13:00.000-07:00

Hellboy_3d_Print

2010-02-28T20:32:00.001-08:00

It was printed by www.ownage.com. i really like how it turned out. Thanks Des for painting it for me.

Vampire bust update

2010-01-25T22:45:00.000-08:00

for the final image, i used different materials in zbrush to render out different passes, then composite in photoshop.

Vampire bust

2010-01-24T04:10:00.000-08:00

finally, worked on something new with my spare time. not so sure how far i m gonna get with this piece, but i m gonna spent some time to learn more about the render passes with zbrush. i m gonna give myself another day to experiment with it and see what i will end up with.

CB character update

2009-11-10T23:41:00.000-08:00

i painted the texture in zbrush. it was lots of fun, without painting on layer, it really feel like working on a painting instead.

Creature Box character wip

2009-10-25T22:42:00.000-07:00

this was base off a creaturebox.com design. those guys are amazing. I started it over the weekend, its still wip, would want to finish it with texture and render.

more update

2009-09-03T23:52:00.000-07:00

modeled the gun, pouch and stand.

small update

2009-08-26T23:14:00.001-07:00

continuing , one step closer.... i m moving onto the gun and the pouch next b4 i make my final touch.

Hellboy_WIP (Zbrush)

2009-08-20T21:40:00.001-07:00

alla prima

2009-08-07T22:22:00.000-07:00

i began to do these small size alla prima painting. Both of these were done in less than 3 hr. They still need lot of work tho, didn't really came out the way i like. i will continue to work on my skill, and hopefully i will start to get better at it. but more importantly, i am really enjoying it!8x10_o/c
above, this spot was found when i went bike riding with Mike and Chu couple weeks ago. An abandon house that was built on a hill was almost completely bury by the trees, i thought it was really cool, so i went back last week and did a painting of it.

6x8_o/c
I did this one when Brad and I went to gas work park. It's a very cool park to do painting, i will definitely revisit.

hellboy quick sketch

2009-07-22T00:48:00.001-07:00

i m thinking to make a hellboy model with zbrush, so i did a quick sketch to explore the style i want to do. i may do couple more or just try to explore more in zbrush.

still life_o/c 16x20

2009-07-19T19:43:00.000-07:00

still life painting i did in Sandra power's class. It's not complete, but i think i will just leaving it where it is for now, ready to move on to something new. i had learned a lot through this painting,

Sandra was a very good teacher, she really changed the way i see value and color.

head study_self-portrait

2009-06-07T02:44:00.001-07:00

couple of my more recent sketches

2009-05-30T19:49:00.000-07:00

05/07/09

2009-05-07T01:32:00.001-07:00

03/05/09

2009-03-05T00:38:00.000-08:00

02/26/09

2009-02-26T01:06:00.000-08:00

02/19/09

2009-02-19T01:22:00.000-08:00

self-portrait

2009-02-15T22:08:00.001-08:00

a quick self-portrait study

2d mini: Baby Movie Monsters

2009-02-15T17:16:00.001-08:00

I created this image for the 2d mini comp on GameArtisans. i chose the monster for the cloverfield. spent about 8hr on it.

wed nite session

2009-02-12T22:49:00.000-08:00

01/31/09_(digital)

2009-01-31T15:42:00.000-08:00

01/24/09_long pose

2009-01-24T22:34:00.000-08:00

this is what i had at the end of the session.

after i went home, i duplicated the layer in PS and change the hue on top layer to blue. then i erase some of the blue where the light hits the figure. and this is what i ended up with.

01/21/09_long pose

2009-01-22T01:52:00.001-08:00

this is my second attempt using my laptop for the long pose. didn't have a chance to work on the background, i was really just focusing on the figure. I will do more painting at this wednesday session and try to use digital one week and then traditional the week after.

another sketch for POTBS

2009-01-22T01:51:00.001-08:00

01/17/09_figure drawings (charcoal)

2009-01-18T12:26:00.000-08:00

some 25 min poses.

another steampunk robot

2009-01-11T21:47:00.000-08:00

did another rough sketch of steampunk robot. the last one was short and stocky, so this time i went for something looks more slim.

figure drawing_1/10/09

2009-01-10T19:42:00.000-08:00

i wish it was a longer pose, just didn't have enough time. or maybe i just need to draw faster....hehe

Ballard Long Pose

2009-01-08T00:35:00.000-08:00

first time at the Ballard long pose session, about 2 1/2 hr. I used my laptop with wacom, and still new to this. I had lots of fun doing it, can't wait to do more.

steampunk robot

2009-01-05T02:06:00.000-08:00

i really like the steampunk theme. i will do more of quick sketches, and foucus more on the Shilouette.

a few sketches for POTBS

2009-01-05T02:02:00.000-08:00

more guesture drawings from last sat session_2-5min

2009-01-04T18:50:00.000-08:00

1st post in 2009!!!

gesture drawings 2-5min

2008-12-24T02:39:00.000-08:00

its been a little while since i post my stuff. i m gonna start updating more often.

DWIII Character

2008-07-06T19:16:00.001-07:00

DWIII Character WIP

2008-04-23T01:11:00.000-07:00

high poly mesh

high poly mesh w/armor

low poly w/normal

haven't post for long time, i have been very busy lately.
here is the wip for my DWIII guy. didn't make it for the comp,
but i will finish it for my portfolio.

more bull riding gesture (charcoal)

2008-03-18T19:59:00.001-07:00

study of gesture movement

2008-03-11T22:45:00.001-07:00

this was a fun exercise, i was drawing bull riding from video clip
on utube. the quality of the clip wasn't very good, but it actually help
forcing me not getting into the detail. i think i will do a few more,
and would try it with charcoal to see how it will turn out.

figure drawings 03/09/08

2008-03-09T20:21:00.001-07:00

10 min gesture

another DWIII sketch

2008-03-08T01:29:00.001-08:00

i kinda like the shark arm idea. it would

be fun sculpt that in mudbox or zbrush.

quick sketch

2008-03-06T02:43:00.001-08:00

did a quick sketch of a creature. i should have spend

more time on my DW entry, but well... i had fun.

some sketchbook stuffs

2008-03-03T23:46:00.000-08:00

figure drawings 03/01/08

2008-03-03T16:35:00.000-08:00

1 min gestures

2 1/2 min gesture

few more sketches for DWIII

2008-02-25T01:31:00.001-08:00

did a few sketch with this bug idea

more DW III stuff

2008-02-22T00:37:00.001-08:00

I had this shark looking armor in my head, so i did

a sketch over one of my thumbnail

more DWIII sketches

2008-02-21T00:58:00.000-08:00

few more sketches for DWIII entry.

WAR has begun!!!

2008-02-19T23:55:00.001-08:00

the Dominance War III has begun. its time for me to put

on my gears and start sketching. some doodles from tonight.

figure drawings 02/16/08

2008-02-19T16:43:00.000-08:00

25 min pose

sketch01

2008-02-10T19:05:00.000-08:00

a few sketches to start off my new sketchbook

cave (3d environment)

2008-02-09T17:20:00.000-08:00

environment that i did a few months ago

figure drawings 02/09/08

2008-02-09T16:29:00.001-08:00

25 min pose

figure drawings 02/02/08

2008-02-09T16:23:00.000-08:00

5 min pose

5 min pose

1 min pose

1 min pose

figure drawings 01/30/08

2008-02-09T16:18:00.000-08:00

30 sec pose

Wii Game Star Challenge Entry (3d)

2008-02-03T13:29:00.001-08:00

final pose

construction sheet