Legend of Buddy is a homemade, interactive storytelling game that follows characters in their search for Self through the daisy-chaining of memories, dreams, and reflections.
Game Environment: Unity 3D || Modeling: Blender 3D || Animation: Adobe Mixamo
In a dreamy space, in a dreamy place, Buddy and Frog discovered motion through their feet
Buddy and Frog are truly out-dancing themselves this spooky season.
Of course butterflies do not have ears. Of course they hear differently. It would be strange to think otherwise…
Game prototype made from scratch in Unity. We have C#, prefabs, movement, weapons, enemies, UI, health, etc.
Pixel art animation made in Photoshop
In a place of self, in a space of else, Buddy found solace in an almost being.
I learned how to 3D model while working at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, where I recreated realistic renders of environments and characters for VR environments.
More recently I am modeling low-poly characters and environments for my own video game. 3D modeling is my favorite step in game development 😌
VR render of the British Institutions 1813 gallery showing.
Modeling Lord Byron, the most noted celebrity to visit the British Institution’s 1813 showing at 52 Pall Mall
3D model of a dream I had of shooting 3 lizards in a cave
What would an objective reality look like if we saw objects as words?
I carve sculptures with a CNC router (X-Carve). The pieces are like large puzzles assembled from smaller wooden pieces. The Fig video below shows the build-process.
Papaya: Wood+spray paint, 11”x19”x1”
Fuji: Wood+spray paint, 18.5”x17”x1”
Leg Anguish: Wood+sheet acrylic+spray paint, 17”x19”x0.6”
Frida: Wood+acrylic paint, 20”x12”x1”
Marienbad: sheet acrylic+spray paint, 20”x12”x0.1”
Where is it: Wood+sheet acrylic+spray paint, 16”x16”x1”
Laser-engraved on 12” wood-round.
The observant scholar spent his days wandering the towers. The magics of the world often overwhelmed him. It was here where and Frog plunged into the nuances of complexities of their inner landscapes.
(maison du jardin)
Oozy gooey sticker pack
Unflappable Bird was not always so steadfast. She dived for seeds and soared to grounds high. The the sky she flew from the depths she knew. Yet here she returns one winter more. All hail our nightfall, her royal guide in shadow!
Pamela
Pamela is a meditative spiderweb weaving robot marking time’s slow passage on the window. Her lone fang (a punch-needle) sews a generative pattern on a sheer curtain that she traverses with magnetic wheels. She’s top heavy currently but is receiving a promising redesign 🕷
The beginnings of Pamela, a spiderweb weaving robot recording time’s passage. I modeled the 3D printed parts in Fusion 360.
Generative paths for weaving webs on curtains. I programmed the visuals with Processing 3.
Here’s her guts! I used an Arduino to program her brains.
