Kingston Entertainment Design

Few weeks ago painting class demo

2011-10-15T11:35:00.001-07:00

This is one of the old sketch I scanned from my sketch book, and I let my class to paint it as a test.

This is my take on this ( test )

Is really fun, they are doing pretty well, and I think should let them do more, since I have many old sketches...hehe

PS cs4

Today's painting

2011-10-14T05:46:00.001-07:00

IPAD > PS CS4

Today's painting

2011-10-10T05:43:00.001-07:00

PS CS4

Painting - Dodge from iPad 03

2011-10-07T18:37:00.001-07:00

Started from iPad Brushes app, refine in photoshop.

Done in photoshop. Having fun painting this...lol

- Photoshop cs4

Creature concept demo

2011-09-26T21:41:00.000-07:00

Zbrush 4, photoshop cs4

Some old concept works to share

2011-09-25T19:13:00.001-07:00

- Concept design, photoshop cs4

Dodge from iPad 02

2011-09-24T07:13:00.001-07:00

- Posted from my iPad

Dodge from iPad

2011-09-17T07:05:00.001-07:00

Anyone know how to save the brush action to movie file from iPad app Brushes? I cant find a way to do that...

a test paint with Brushes app, very difficult to paint details, but very cool as it can record your brush action and replay it... not much design going on, just try to paint something to get use of the ipad.
-Did a little quick touch up in photoshop

Started to get use of the sausage pen tip...lol.

- Post from my iPad

Candy land

2011-08-27T13:04:00.001-07:00

This is the first time for me to draw something sweet or cute...lol
Hope is not doing toO bad..

Feng have bough us an IPad, now I can start sketching or painting with that, will post some old stuff and some ipad stuff soon.... really great !

- Post from my iPad

Final submission for Dominance War V

2011-05-30T19:50:00.000-07:00

Hi all, These are the Layouts i will be submit for Dominance War V, Hope everyone like it, if you love what you see here, Please Vote at the below link:

URL to the Dominance War Public Vote page:

http://wwww.gameartisans.org/contests/domwar/5/entries_cgsociety_3d.html?votes_ok=1

Name: Kinston - Entry Name: God of Authority

The Final Submission Main Page Layout

The Final Submission Presentation Layout

The Final Submission Construction Layout

The Final Submission Texture Layout

The Final Submission Concept Design Layout

Above Layouts are the Final Submission , If you think i did a good job, Please Vote at the below link:

URL to the Dominance War Public Vote page:

http://wwww.gameartisans.org/contests/domwar/5/entries_cgsociety_3d.html?votes_ok=1

Name: Kinston - Entry Name: God of Authority

Thanks a Lot.

Dominance War V W.I.P. 3

2011-04-19T07:45:00.000-07:00

Update for today, adding alittle more details for the helmet.and designing the back pack....

show more of her face. and try to make her more god like kind of features.

This is for myself to check if my concept really works.. not gona use this dragon head in the final, but knowing the helmet really able to transform in 3d make me feel good.

Don't know why i still wasting time to try transform her helmet,... but is fun.. hehe
i think she will look cooler in the 1st mode with some part of face covered, but wanted to show her full face in the final.. and try to see if the dragon idea will work.did some simple animation to see if it will work...

now gona use time wisely... detail details details!

Dominance War V main war: God of AUTHORITY

2011-04-12T22:07:00.000-07:00

I m working on the Dominance War Main war this year... This time the Design Topic is :
The powerful God

You can follow my CG society thread here: My Dominance war V thread

Hope i m not too late to start, been busy this while.

My idea is pretty simple, dragon = god, warfare machine = power and authority, Futuristic = entertainment values, i m thinking of using Dragon or girl + futuristic + warfare machine to show the power, authority type of god. Think is still too early to confirm the detail. anyway i have to speed up my progress, everyone here is doing great and fast.

some early concept drawings:

this direction is more toward the dragon concept:
trying to make him transformable to 3 mode: god mode, dragon mode and war machine mode.( not confirm yet.)i' m trying to make his head to be the missile launcher like a tank in this mode.. added more details for the head design, some hair at the back of his head as a power charge form thunder and lighting to make him more god like....

i have finalized my concept (finally), spend too long to figure out the concept of of his different mode.below are some of his movement study, mechanism and proportion study.
research some refs today and will start to work on the 3d modeling.

Movement, mechanism study

Finalize the god mode's proportion

FINALLY I HAVE MY OWN WEBSITE ----- KINGSTONCG.COM -------

2011-01-19T08:59:00.000-08:00

---------- My Personal Website is up --------!!!!!

This is my 1st website with my own domain name...hahaha
i finally have my own website and i have arranged all my concept and 3D works,
Should be pretty easy to view those art works, and i also re edit and uploaded those old tutorials, is much bigger size now and easier to understand. Next i will composite those dominance war 5 Pre- war making of videos to the new website, Feel free to check it out:

------------------- http://kingstoncg.com -----------------

Dominance War final submission

2010-12-16T04:57:00.000-08:00

Today is the deadline of the Pre Dominance War 5.

I've completed the model and created a layout with a few WIP and submitted my final today.

You can check out my final entry at the below Link:
http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/minis/finals_cgsociety_3d_4222.html

Dominance War 5 Update 08-Dec

2010-12-08T13:02:00.000-08:00

new update:

Dominance War deadline extended till 13th Dec 2010. so i have 5 more day to polish up the quality for my entry.

85% done ,sculpting a specific pedestal to fit this character, finalized using simple light in maya for render, the result is not bad. created a rig for him to pose ..

things to do next:
-touch up all muscles textures. (untouch yet)
-touch up the back textures.
- try a few different pose.
- fix the hair
- add more color to the face.
- some season effect for the skull.
- solve seams.

test pose and test render ( Try to pose him to look like a flying Skull . -- thats the whole idea of it )

Dominance War 5 Update 29-Nov

2010-11-29T05:22:00.000-08:00

A fast Update! need to get back to work on the textures... time is running out...

The final zbrush sculpt ,have to stop at this point., baked final AO map for texturing.
applied a basic color for the whole character.. started working on the details of the character's upper body.

Dominance War 5 Update 21-Nov

2010-11-21T14:39:00.000-08:00

Some updates:

Unwrap UVs done, haven't place them in a page yet.. still deciding to use 1x 1024, or 3 page of texture ( 2x 512x512, 1024x 512)... need to plan it carefully for the hair. Good thing is i can back to zbrush to bring him to higher level of details.

back to Zbrush , break all the parts to different subtools, try to get all the fine detail done by tomorrow.. then start work on the textures.. time is running out.(can only work on this at late night)

The body, head, and the belt area's details level is done ... the rest are still sub level 4. I can't way for all to be done, and i have tired alittle A.O. test (my 1st time in this work flow).. i like the result alot... and i have tried to add a sketch material to my model.. and the shader cavity + my AO map have a really good result!. need to find a way to work with this in future.

You can follow this CGsociety DW5 thread at the link below:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=6774724#post6774724

Dominance War 5 2010 Per- War Entry

2010-11-18T16:02:00.000-08:00

This week start, i will be working on the Dominance War 5 2010 3D challenge,
i m joing the CGSociety team again this year. This is the link to my entry in CGsociet forum:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=322&t=933766&page=6&pp=15

a little update of i have done so far:

concept painting 20101110

2010-11-10T05:36:00.000-08:00

today's concept painting, try to control my painting study not longer than 3 hours.

Massive Update

2010-11-07T19:13:00.000-08:00

Stuffs I've done these days.

This 2 years i m fully focus on entertainment design, working on 2d, 3d concept design. It was really challenging and fun in this 2 years. Below are some of the concept design or painting i have done.

Concept Design post

2010-11-07T03:57:00.000-08:00

Just organize the post, grouped all the Concept design in one post

FZD School Graduation Show November 2010

2010-11-01T20:00:00.000-07:00

If you love designing, drawing, playing video games and watching films, then join us on Friday, 12th November at 6pm for our Graduation Show.

Please RSVP by 8th November to rsvp@fzdschool.com or call us at +65 6334-9258.

2 Batches of Entertainment Design student will be graduating on the same day,
Below are the Links to their class entertainment Design Blog:

http://fzd02.blogspot.com Entertainment Design DED02 Class Blog

http://fzd03.blogspot.com Entertainment Design DED03 Class Blog

Zbrush concept sketch

2010-10-20T06:29:00.000-07:00

a small project using Zbrush as part of the Concept design tool..
aiming for a fast 3d form as part of the Concept development or design presentation.

Concept sketch, build form using Zbrush

another one

Concept design done by FZD student Kai Ng http://skyrion.blogspot.com

3d Sculpt by Myself Zsketch for the base (15 to 20 mins)

Sculpting and rough poly paint in Zbrush ( about 2 hours )

added that guy to make the above concept design more complete.
using the same method to build form from quickly in zbrush, focus on the design but not modeling.

the progress:

profile check:

not going to re-topo for this.. is mainly for Concept presentation.
Zbrush 4 have a really great workflow for concept Design development.

FZD School of Design First Graduation Show - June 18th

2010-06-09T06:52:00.000-07:00

Join us for our first 2010 Senior Graduation Show on Friday, June 18th at 6.00 pm. Featuring designs from consumer products to films and games, come to be inspired and mingle with like-minded industry professionals.

Hope to see you there!

UP DATE for Dominance mini war

2009-07-01T20:07:00.000-07:00

New Up date for Dominance War4, i didn't able to join the main war, but Surprising me that i have got into the TOP 5 Finalist for my WAR GENERAL -SDK from CGSOCIETY

hahaha i 've got myself a 5th place, anyway i will work harder for the next chance.

News about the school:
http://www.fzdschool.com

Finally completed the mini challenge

2009-03-02T18:08:00.000-08:00

this is my 1st time doing online competition,
is really fun, and tired ofcoz...but i can really feel that everyone are very passional and skillfull in those cg forums.

belows are my texturing WIP:

Normal map

colour map

different views

the wire

and this is my final image for this mini challenge.

Hope you guys like my model.

Kingston

My entry for Dominance War

2009-02-28T17:22:00.000-08:00

Have been working and teaching for few years, finally i can work on some personal stuff, i decided to join this mini dominace war, using a low poly model from them, and add in our own design... is really cool and fun...

and this is what i have so far.. will texture him tonight.

New SketchBoard is up

2008-11-05T12:54:00.000-08:00

i have created a new Sketch Board http://kingsketches.blogspot.com i will be posting my daily/ weekly random 2D or 3D WIP sketches, rought ideas, doodles, which i draw them on the train,on the bus, on my bed before i fell to sleep, or at the starbucks, coffee bean, food court, ...or whenever i can find a seat hiding at a coner. I m now working full time in a game company, at the same time i m teaching night classes in a 3d college, i always try to find some time to draw something. Will try my best to keep both website updated and hope you enjoy viewing them...

game rigging test animation

2008-10-22T03:18:00.000-07:00

did a rig for this character to test the bone set up and check if enough bones for this game character, and did a simple timing animation to check. just blocked in the timing, didn't refine the details yet.

game rigging test animation from kingston on Vimeo.

Zbrush model - retopo, Zsphere, transpose master test

2008-10-14T02:57:00.000-07:00

in the project , i have a chance to use one of the powerfull tools in zbrush 3.1 - retopo to combine 3 mesh in to 1 new mesh, and able to cut down alot in polygon count and textures. click on the HD button, to view in high Definition .

monster statue Zbrush model from kingston on Vimeo.

will post the Zbrush timelapse movie for the progess in future

Public Concept Sketch Group is up!!!

2008-09-19T20:15:00.000-07:00

I have created a Public Concept sketch Group: http://conceptsketches.blogspot.com

below is the details of this sketching group:

Public Concept Sketch Group is a place for artist to practice drawing, We will post up a topic or a few word daily(try to be), and we will use the topic to create a concept drawing, force our mind to think out of the box, just leave us a comment to the topic you want to draw with your image URL, and give us your name, email address or website, i can help you to post up your image to the group. if you are interested and COMMITED to join us, we will decide and add your email to this group, member should post image with ( width =650 x Height =free ).

feel free to draw together, post there together and improve together.

drakkarim wip

2008-07-04T03:59:00.000-07:00

character 3d model progess

2008-07-01T14:05:00.000-07:00

In game low-res model.

Zbrush high res modeling stage

character 3d model progess - beast 02

2008-07-01T14:00:00.000-07:00

In game low-res model.

Zbrush high res modeling stage

character 3d model progess - beast 01

2008-07-01T13:50:00.000-07:00

In game low-res model.

Zbrush high res modeling stage

character model - monster army

2008-07-01T13:42:00.000-07:00

character 3d models - soliders

2008-07-01T13:35:00.000-07:00

redo all the textures, re-create the body proportion, re-sclupt the high res model in zbrush using the base low poly model.

character 3d models - villagers

2008-07-01T13:30:00.000-07:00

Making of the statue

2008-07-01T10:01:00.000-07:00

this video will show my progess of creating a statue model in zbrush, 1st model the low poly base ... model in maya, assign groups for the model, sculpt rough details untill level 4 or 5 in zbrush. transpose to the pose according to concept drawing, next import the low res mesh for the rock base for this statue, and using Zsphere to create the head and body of the snake.

Watch Zbrush part 1 statue creation and retopo timelapse in Entertainment Videos  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

this 2nd video will show my progess of sculpting the snake head and body, also the use of aphla ... masking for the scales.

Watch Zbrush part 2 statue creation and retopo timelapse in Entertainment Videos  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

video will show my progess of combine the 3 sub tools to one using subtool master, and start ... making a new topo for the model. By giving it a new topo mesh , i can cut down tons of polygons and texture size. the subdiv level 1 polygon count was 10k, after retopo it cut down to 2500 tri facaes, yet all the detail remains the same. a very important and usefull tools in Z brush 3.1.

Watch Zbrush part 3 statue creation and retopo timelapse in Entertainment Videos  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

in this 4th video, i spend a little time to re-arange the groups (which is important for sculpting managment) ... and bring up the subdiv level to 6 or 7 and continue adding more fine details and texture for the monster's upper body.

Watch Zbrush part 4 statue creation and retopo timelapse 01Zbrush statue creation and retopo timelapse in Entertainment Videos  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

this is the last video of the statur, i will re fine the snake and the base of the ... statue and will bring it back to maya , redo the UVs and generate the normal maps again in Zmapper. Thanks for watch and hope you like it.

Watch Zbrush part 5 statue creation and retopo timelapse in Entertainment Videos  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

Zbrush part 01 armor creation timelapse

2008-07-01T10:00:00.001-07:00

armor creation timelapse 1st video, i build the low poly model in maya, export to zbrush, group them and group spilt to different subtools, here it shows my progess from sculpting this character from helmet to the upper body.

Online Videos by Veoh.com

Zbrush part 02 armor creation timelapse

2008-07-01T09:59:00.000-07:00

armor creation timelapse 2nd video, this video will show my progess from sculpting the arm armor , clothing, using mask , lazy mouse to create belt, aphla masking for the foram armor ...etc

Zbrush part 03 armor creation timelapse

2008-07-01T09:58:00.000-07:00

Game Lonewolf character , Ksatria gameworks

armor creation timelapse 3rd video, this video will show my progess from sculpting the lower body armor parts, and a final overall adding cracks and dirt on the armor , thanks for watching.

some future machine gun

2008-07-01T09:56:00.000-07:00

did i few fast rough sketches weapon design demo for the game spec class last sat,
also a good chance for me to practice ..

Retopo character head Zbrush timelapse

2008-07-01T09:51:00.000-07:00

another model... with normal maps on a lowpoly model.i did a retopo timelapse , showing some steps of retopo progess for the monster head to a new mesh flow..

Online Videos by Veoh.com

Concept Sketches Monster 02

2008-06-30T13:21:00.000-07:00

Concept Sketches Monster 01

2008-06-30T13:15:00.000-07:00

character design sketches 02

2008-06-30T13:06:00.000-07:00

chracter design sketches 01

2008-06-30T12:54:00.000-07:00

Robbot, machine concept sketches 03

2008-06-30T12:39:00.000-07:00

Robbot, machine concept sketches 02

2008-06-30T12:21:00.000-07:00

character painting WIP

2008-06-30T10:22:00.000-07:00

sketch wip for a character in photoshop.
3d sense student, from game spec conceptual class and figure drawing class can take alook the progess.

drawing portrait with refs

2008-06-30T04:53:00.000-07:00

digital paint progess

2008-06-30T04:49:00.000-07:00

some step by setp photoshop painting progess.

2003 digital painting

the step by step of this painting

POSE of the day ..

2008-06-30T02:41:00.000-07:00

a very good way to study how to draw human poses from http://www.posemaniacs.com

デッサンの練習ツール by posemaniacs.com

今日のポーズ by posemaniacs.com

1999-2000 colour and mood study mix medium

2008-06-30T01:31:00.000-07:00

mix medium painting done when i was a student

A2 size colour pencil, pastel drawing on black colour paper

A2 size colour pencil drawing on black colour paper

A2 size colour pencil, pastel drawing on red colour paper

A4 size light and mood study,mix medium painting (gouche, colour pencil, poster colour)

year 2000 portrait pencil sketching

2008-06-30T01:08:00.000-07:00

pencil portrait drawings done when i was a student

A2 size pencil sketching

A2 size pencil sketching

A3 size pencil sketching

found a few old drawings 2004

2008-06-30T01:05:00.000-07:00

POV from the human

POV from the monster

Who is the evil??

1999 -2000 marker, object

2008-06-27T16:01:00.000-07:00

rendering with markers, done at year 1999 to 2000 when i was a student, render every single details to make it looks photo-real, one of the tougher subject in foundation year.

200-2004 SEGA concept drawings

2008-06-27T14:42:00.000-07:00

<2003 some character design concept>

<2004 Sangokushitaisan game card>

2003 SEGA concept paintings< JACK>

2008-06-27T14:03:00.000-07:00

conceptual painting for SEGA PS2 game - JACK the darkness -

2004 SEGA Sankogushitaisan 3D model

2008-06-27T02:16:00.000-07:00

1999-2001 marker, character

2008-06-26T13:51:00.000-07:00

Marker rendering done when i was a student, have learn so much from the school.... http://theoneacademy.com

robbot, machine concept sketches 01

2008-06-26T12:32:00.000-07:00

2003 old drawings

2008-06-24T14:43:00.000-07:00

2003 PS2 game characters

2008-06-24T14:33:00.000-07:00

PS2 game character model,1000 polygon, head 64 x 64, body 128 x 128 texture, the texture below is the exact size of the texture used on the characters... i had learn so much about texturing, and game modeling when working on these 2 character

photoshop painting

2008-06-24T14:18:00.000-07:00