The CLONES debut album

I created this in honor of the 40th Anniversary of the Ramones debut album. Made in Maya rendered with Vray. I used the original photo and photoshopped the lads out. Enjoy!

Baby Spoil Boy Gorilla

This is a test render of the gorilla from my short film. It is more on the realism side then I want but I can always dial that back. This is how he first appears in the story before he is abused, hairless, large, and pale. Made in Maya rendered in Vray with Xgen fur for the gorilla. Enjoy!

My interview with CGsociety!

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Those WERE the droids I was looking for...

The idea for this one is fairly simple but the emotions run deep. Hopefully you all catch the little hidden gems and have a laugh. See how many you can find! Made in Maya and rendered with Vray. Comped in After Effects with some minor adjustments in Photoshop. Taps designed by Jaime Ugarte (http://jaimeugarte.tumblr.com). Cheers!

Questions of Rug and Duty (view 2)

The internal struggles of the Scout Trooper. That rug really does tie the room together. I wanted to render a different view to show the sweet literature. Made in Maya rendered in Vray.

Questions of Rug and Duty

The internal struggles of the Scout Trooper. But that rug really does tie the room together... Made in Maya rendered in Vray.

The Light Side of Father's Day (view 1)

This is to be viewed on the right side of the "Dark Side of Father's Day". More detailed shots to come in this epic scifi day for Fathers. Rendered in Vray.

The Dark Side of Father's Day (view 1)

Father's day will never be the same. More images to follow from different angles and close detail. There are layers to this one folks :)

Spoil Boy and Gorilla Sculpts (with a decent camera)

Stormtrooper Father and Son v.2.0

I updated the Stormtrooper Father and Son image with their pet Wampa and Hoth Luke dog toy. I upped the res quite a bit as well. Enjoy!

Spoil Boy Sculpt

The 2014 Meditech Holiday Card!

Meditech Holiday Greeting 2014 from Meditech on Vimeo.

Bug of the Future!!!

Bug of the Future from Meditech on Vimeo.

Spoil Boy Gorilla

This is the Gorilla from my short film “Spoil Boy”. In the story he is thrown from a truck going to the zoo. His crate lands and breaks open right in front of a our frustrated main character. Spoil Boy sees this as an opportunity to finally impress his friends. He lassos the cute fuzzy primate and drags him back to his house. There he keeps him in a crate only big enough to house the animals body taking the creature out just to “train” him. Seeing no light and only eating he eventually becomes what you see here. Spoil Boy impresses everyone around and procures many a friend. But it comes… at a cost…. The close up render was made using only Maya (Mental Ray) and After Effects. No photoshop. Textures were created in Zbrush.

So I animated a camera through the "Spoil Boy" set. Let me know your thoughts! I added a few things... one being... CASTLE GRAYSKULL!!!

Spoil Boy (test render) from Joel Erkkinen on Vimeo.

Spoil Boy

This is a render I created for a short film I am making titled “Spoil Boy”. As you can see he is quite spoiled. At this point in the story he had just tried to gain friends by demonstrating his new rocket. As he set it in flight from his window high above the playground below a malfunction occurred and it crashed causing chaos. The children threw the rocket back knocking the boy back down his toys. With disgust he sulks on his toy box with his ruined toy. As the narration reads for this scene: “He didn’t care if they’d sway. He didn’t need them anyway. At least that’s what his mommy had said…” And the door bursts open with mommy handing Spoil Boy a brand new shiny rocket. Check out all the sweet 80s toys. There is lots of detail. This was made using Maya and After effects. All the toys are in 3d gathered from various free model sites. Below are wireframes as well as a very prelim and rough house. Enjoy!!!

These ARE the droids you're looking for... v2

Crossing the Amazon

A Stormtrooper Portrait

When I created “Stormtrooper Invited Home Early” I made a portrait. Here it is in full rendered form with a few tweaks. I thought the concept of a portrait was funny but wanted to create a little more of a story as well. Maybe this was a wallet photo found on the battlefield. There are lots of details This was created in Maya and Composited in AE. I used Photoshop for final adjustments. Enjoy!

Stormtrooper Invited Home Early...

Thought the idea would be funny. There will be a making of the portrait on the wall soon :) Made in maya, after effects and some Photoshop. May the 4th be with you!