The Creations Of A Desperatly Over Caffeinated Insomniac

The Hunger Strikes

2011-10-24T10:36:00.000-07:00

Little quickie project I did for a blendercookie community competition.

Start to finish was about 1.5-2 days. Created entirely inside Blender 2.59, with the exception of the textures, which were painted in Photoshop CS4. Still a lot wrong with it, but the bell has tolled and the fat lady has sung.

(Click for bigger!)

Lily In The Wind

2011-10-24T10:32:00.002-07:00

Here it is! 6 months and Thor himself couldn't count the hours that went into this beach (/Long dark tea time of the soul reference).

Check it out here, or on my website, here!

My Website!!

2011-10-24T10:32:00.001-07:00

I have an actual honest to the gods website now!!

Check it out at chriswalker.ca!

Lilium - Textured Turntable

2011-05-29T03:45:00.000-07:00

Spider VFX Assignment

2011-04-21T03:57:00.001-07:00

Lilium Modeling Turntable and Rigging Test

2011-04-21T03:56:00.000-07:00

Lilium Modeling - Apr 20th from Chris Walker on Vimeo.

Lilium Modeling- One Month Progress

2011-04-05T00:27:00.001-07:00

Lilium Modeling Turntable - Apr 04 from Chris Walker on Vimeo.

Spider Texturing

2011-03-15T04:18:00.000-07:00

Texturing assignment, model was provided.

Group Environment - Modeling

2011-02-23T02:54:00.000-08:00

3D88 - Jesse, Adam, Chris, David, Jonathan, Shao, Tom - v3 from VFS Modeling on Vimeo.

I was responsible for basically everything at ground level.

Heavy Push

2011-02-23T02:51:00.001-08:00

HeavyLift

2010-12-19T01:20:00.002-08:00

Heavy Box Lift - 3D Animation

2010-12-19T01:20:00.001-08:00

Morrigan - Dragon Age:Origins

2010-12-18T16:58:00.000-08:00

Zbrush Turntable:

Morrigan Zbrush Turntable from Chris Walker on Vimeo.

Maya Renders:

Programs used:
Maya 2011
Zbrush 4

A Digital Doodle

2010-11-23T20:32:00.001-08:00

Female Anatomy Study - Zbrush

2010-11-08T17:02:00.000-08:00

Female Anatomy Study - Zbrush from Chris Walker on Vimeo.

Male Anatomy Sculpt Zbrush

2010-11-08T02:12:00.000-08:00

Male Anatomy Study - Zbrush from Chris Walker on Vimeo.

Stills:

My first photoshop painting with a tablet!!

2010-11-03T18:05:00.000-07:00

What can I say? I was feeling in a depressingly Christmas-y sort of mood.

Also...I love my tablet. :)

Human Skull - ZBrush Sculpt

2010-11-03T01:41:00.000-07:00

Human Skull and Musculature - ZBrushSculpt from Chris Walker on Vimeo.

A Balloon Ride In June

2010-10-30T10:38:00.000-07:00

This was created for the "Art From Memory Challenge" at http://www.thememoryproject.com/. The site is a really cool project and I would definitely recommend looking around for a while.

This piece won an Honorable Mention and will be shown at 44wide in Toronto, along with the other honorable mentions and Finalists.

(Click for Hi-res)

This piece is inspired by the story of Donald Robert Stevenson, a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force serving in Pilot Training. Towards the end of the war the Japanese began sending “Fire Balloons” (Essentially hydrogen balloons with bombs strapped to them) across the ocean towards Canada and the US. Mr. Stevenson was one of the pilots tasked with shooting these balloons down before they reached land.

(You can read his full story here.)

Chris.

Japanese Fire Balloon

2010-10-24T12:16:00.001-07:00

Japanese Fire Balloon from Chris Walker on Vimeo.

Fishiken Sculpy Sculpt

2010-10-21T11:07:00.000-07:00

Horten HO-229

2010-10-21T10:11:00.000-07:00

Horten Ho-229 Wireframe Turntable from Chris Walker on Vimeo.

Horten Ho-229 Clay Turntable from Chris Walker on Vimeo.

T-6 Harvard : WW2 Plane

2010-10-17T16:56:00.000-07:00

T-6 Harvard WW2 Plane from Chris Walker on Vimeo.

Superhero Goon - Simple Character

2010-10-06T00:56:00.000-07:00

Goon - Simple Character Model from Chris Walker on Vimeo.

Goon Rig Test from Chris Walker on Vimeo.

Whip man has a whip

2010-09-29T22:51:00.000-07:00

Classical...eeeee (Excited squeal)

2010-09-23T19:58:00.001-07:00

A Few More Classical Animation Exercises

2010-09-10T21:42:00.000-07:00

Christopher Heyerdahl ZBrush Sculpt

2010-09-08T14:39:00.000-07:00

First assignment of 3D Animation and Visual Effects year!

First foray into Zbrush.

Attempting to sculpt Christopher Heyerdahl.

Reference:

Not bad for a first attempt I think.

A Drop In The Waters - Final Foundation Project!

2010-08-24T02:04:00.001-07:00

Well here it is! As spit shined and polished as I could get it; my Foundation Final project!

Enjoy!

A Drop In The Waters - VFS Foundation Final Project from Tenth Dimension Films on Vimeo.

CellyTracker.com

2010-07-27T21:20:00.001-07:00

An incredibly awesome ad made by the incredibly awesome Gary Sylvester, starring me!

Created by Gary Sylvester
Voice over by Chris Walker

Website for cellytracker: cellytracker.com

The Gaia Antithesis

2010-06-22T18:21:00.000-07:00

The Gaia Antithesis - A Comic Book (The first three pages)
Written By - Meghan Gallagher
Art By - Chris Walker
June, 2010

Created as part of the Vancouver Film School Foundation and Writing courses.

God Whale-The Second-The Second

2010-05-12T10:39:00.000-07:00

Higher quality scans of final God Whale Concept art.

Top View

Side View

Also check it out the history and overview of the God Whale located here.

God Whale The Second

2010-05-06T04:29:00.000-07:00

An update on the god whale, a more recent sketch. Unfortunately it's a little large to scan for the time being, so I only have pictures for now.

The Fishiken

2010-04-29T07:06:00.000-07:00

So I was randomly searching through one of my hard drives and stumbled upon this little dude that I sketched a while back and just sort of forgot about. But I rediscovered him, and now so can all of you!

Knossos - A Short Film

2010-04-28T04:22:00.002-07:00

Knossos - A Short Film (2010) from Tenth Dimension Films on Vimeo.

Vancouver Film School Term 4 Project
-Max 3 mins
-Max 13 shots
-2 months, conception to final render

Starring...

Robert Wellman as the Scientist

Charlie Kerr as the Experiment

Stacey Kurki as the Computer Voice

Created by...

Chris Walker
-Screenplay, 3D Artist, D.O.P.

Will Housten
-3D Artist, Director

Gary Sylvester
-Compositing, VFX Artist, 1st A.C.

Mauro Gagliega
-VFX Artist, Compositing, Cam Op.

Corey Kurki
-Sound Design, Key Grip

Jason Obermeyer
-Production Manager, 1st AD.

Jon Berezan
-Make Up Artist

Special Thanks to...

Chad Costen

Jaques Courtade

David Leith

Thanks everyone!

Specifically for this project I created the screenplay, built/textured the experiments, tubes, both hallways and the space station.

Subtlety - A Short Film

2010-04-28T04:22:00.001-07:00

Subtlety - A Short Film from Tenth Dimension Films on Vimeo.

Second and final project of Term 4 Art and Creativity at Vancouver Film School.

Designed to be shown in a gallery context (Aka, looping constantly)

Created by:
Ileana Vega
Corey Kurki
Jason Oberymeyer
Chris Walker

The God Whale

2010-04-17T01:11:00.000-07:00

First of many many many many many many steps in my final project of foundation. Rough initial concept sketch of my main feature, so may I introduce you to the God Whale.

The small dot underneath is roughly human scale.

Arts and Creativity Field Project

2010-04-09T21:18:00.001-07:00

First project of Term 4 Art and Creativity at Vancouver Film School.

Designed to be shown in a gallery context (Aka, looping constantly)

Created by:
Ileana Vega
Corey Kurki
Jason Oberymeyer
Chris Walker

Arts and Creativity Field Project from Tenth Dimension Films on Vimeo.

Some more sketches!

2010-04-03T03:25:00.001-07:00

Random doodles while waiting for public transit...which is like a lot of my time! :/

I think something may be wrong with my scanner... :/

Tock Tick By Chris Walker

2010-03-08T08:11:00.001-08:00

I pace around my ten by twelve
And count the hours passing by
First one then two
No wait, just one
It's hard to tell
The clocks all read
Two O'clock you fool
But am I wrong?
I thought it was...
I could have sworn...
That it was just
Three in the morn
I think...
I thought...
I knew it was
It was! It was!
Then how?
But how...

Oh shit...
Daylight savings time again.

Chris Walker

Orphan

2010-03-06T19:55:00.000-08:00

So I figured it was about time I threw a post on here about this "little" project.

It basically started as something to fill the profound boredom that was bound to exist during my spring break. But I'm kinda starting to like this project. So I'll probably end up finishing it sometime.

The plan is to make a short little animation (3-4mins). The story is about this 15 year old turn of the century orphan, living in a orphanage. That's all I'll say for now...not out of any false sense of secrecy, just because I haven't quite figured it all out for myself yet :P

I'm going for a sort of Gothic/Noir aesthetic, it will be in mostly black and white and hopefully pretty dark (tonally and thematically.

And well they say pictures are worth a thousand words, so here's a lot of words.

Here's my main character. (The hair is temporary.)

And a basic hallway of the orphanage.

And my main characters room.

And then playing around with some lighting ideas.

And that's all I got for now. But like I said, I'll hopefully finish this one day.

Everything so far has been inside Blender 2.5

Til next time.

Doodles

2010-02-27T00:30:00.001-08:00

The mental spillage of a dull existence.

When all else fades...

2010-02-24T19:49:00.000-08:00

When all else fades...

A Visual Effects Piece

This was my discovery project for term 3 at Vancouver Film Schools Foundation program.

The work period for this consisted of roughly, every waking second that existed between other homework assignments for 2 solid months.

Programs Used

-Maya
-After Effects
-Premiere
-Soundbooth
-Photoshop

Enjoy!

When all else fades... VFX Project from Tenth Dimension Films on Vimeo.

When all else fades... A VFX Breakdown from Tenth Dimension Films on Vimeo.

After Effects Establishing Shot

2010-02-23T22:20:00.000-08:00

A quick establishing shot I whipped up in After Effects for a school project.

After Effects Establishing Shot Project from Tenth Dimension Films on Vimeo.

I Lived A Life

2010-02-21T00:17:00.001-08:00

They started in the night, neither dreams nor memories, but something simply remembered.
A flash of emotion, an image of a loved one, the face of a brother.
These images I have never seen yet remember so well
flash through my mind without any sense of reason for their exsistence.
I know their names, I know their faces,
I feel the love for the wife I see,
but it is and is not me that lived that life.
They exsist as mere fractions of time that stretch beyond the reaches of knowledge.
Each day I know more, but still I do not know why or how.

In the end does it really matter why or how?
They exsist and that is enough,
I remember the life of a stranger known as myself.
He lives a life, he loves a lover and he lived a life.

So why can't I get on with mine?

Chris Walker, 2009

Face to Face, Chris Walker, 2009

2010-02-21T00:16:00.000-08:00

What can I say?
I was young and foolish,
Following the teachings of those
I thought I could trust.

Day to day I listened,
To them speak the words
they thought I should know.

Day to Day, I gathered what they spoke,
Never questioning,
Never thinking,
Never knowing the truth
Hidden inside the words I heard.

They told me stories of happiness and eternal joys,
Of riches beyond a mans imagination,
and the pain that would be felt no more.

So I beleived.
I'm sure I did.
I read and sang,
I knelt and spoke to the wind,
The words I thought I should say.

I did the things the others did.
I saw them happy,
Speaking of the joys,
It had brought them.
So I beleived, I'm sure I did.

Day by day,
I read and sang,
I did the things the others did,
But hope began to drain.

I did the things the others did,
Not for myself,
It held no hope,
No joy,
No eternal promises,
Any longer.

So I did the things the others did,
Not for myself,
But just for them.
They see the face I gave them.
They see the face I created,
Just for them.

But day by day,
That face grows weak,
And to keep it up,
Every minute,
Of every hour,
Of every day.
Hurts more than I had ever thought.

So pain by pain,
I hide the truth,
And count the days,
Til they see the truth.

Chris Walker, 2009

"Surrealist" Short Story

2010-02-21T00:15:00.000-08:00

So I'll explain first. This was one of my final school projects for what basically accounts to a art history class in school. We basically just had to create something in the style of one of the periods we studied this term. I chose surrealism.

The process behind creating this was basically, I had been awake for about 50 hours at this point, had just downed 3 energy drinks in like 10 mins. And then I just started writing, turning off my conscious brain as much as possible and just letting my improv/ subconscious mind take over. And I just tried to keep writing as long as possible without stopping. And this is what I ended up with, so enjoy, and please let me know what you think!

The Over Tired Ramblings of A Delusional Man

Once upon a time in a faraway land there was man called jack, he was neither particularly wealthy nor incredibly intelligent, but he had one thing on which he prided himself above all other things. He loved bacon. He loved bacon more than any man or woman could ever dream to dream to imagine. He loved it more than cheese or even his car, no one ever made a joke about why jack crossed the road, because everyone already knew that it was to get to the bacon on the other side. Jack once crowd surfed his way to the stage at a barbeque of a friend of friend of his, just because someone had dropped a piece of bacon on the floor, and had not even the courtesy to pick it up. In fact Jack once slaughtered an entire hoard of zombie Nazi raptor Jesus' just to get to some bacon...but I'm not sure entirely trust my source on that on. But I'm sure if that situation ever arose that Jack would do it, and he would do it smiling, just because he knew that there was bacon waiting for him at the end of it. But if there was ever to be anything even more remarkable than Jacks particular affinity towards to salted pig product, he would be the fact that jack weighed a solid 110 at 6 foot all, never a pound more or less. The village women had begged and pleaded with jack to tell them his secret but he never would. They would plead and beg, but jack would never budge. They offered him plates and plates, platters and trolleys full of bacon, I actually remember once that old Mrs. Marlburry down the road had one brought him and entire city bus stuffed with the most delicious, juicy, crispy, crunchy, perfectly salted, perfectly fried bacon I have ever seen in my life. But still Jack would not budge. Of course he only did so after eating the bacon provided. The man may have a particular affinity for bacon, but he isn't an idiot. So this occurred for days and days, weeks and months and years, until eventually all the women grew old and fat and ugly and no really cared anymore. But still there was Jack, 6 foot if he was an inch and a solid 110 pounds, and beautiful as the day he was born. And he loved his bacon. I can't really say for certain what Jacks secret is, he still has it locked somewhere up in that perfectly salted, bacon filled brain of his. Of course theories circulated...many theories. You could say he became the new Chuck Norris of a sorts. I actually remember once that old mars mMarlburry down the road had one brought him and entire city bus stuffed with the most delicious, juicy, crispy, crunchy, perfectly salted, perfectly fried bacon I have ever seen in my life. Jack once slaughtered fifty hookers with a plastic spoon to get to some bacon. Jack once ate a bacon so fast that the world reveresed time and the bacon turned back into a pig. But if was okay because he just ate to pig whole as well. Jack once ate so much bacon that the world eventually gave up and tried to swallow itself whole, but Jack was all like, Hells No Universe and gave the universe some pork chops, cause Jack won't eat that part of the pig, and it was all like, What up! And then they were cool. Unfortunately now the universe smells like pork chops. Well kids it looks like it time for Mr. Happy pants again! What is Mr. Happypants going to teach us today? Lets ask him! Hi Mr. Happy Pants! What are we going to learn today? Well Hyuck, Hi kids, today we're gonna learn how to draw on the wall in our own blood. Won't that be fun? YEEEES! Do you remember what we did yesterday boys and girls? YEEEEES! Good! Now you remember where your parents keep the knives? YEEEEEES! Good! So our first job today, is to go get the biggest one you can find!! YAAAAAAH! And oh man dude, Jack once scissor kicked some bacon from a live pig...and it lived! You wanna know Jacks secret? He made a deal with the devil, an obvious lover of all things baconny, so that any bacon Jack eats goes instantly to hell for the Devil to feast himself on. Jack once ate so much bacon that God himself was like "DUUUUUDE! AWESOME!" and then granted him eternal awesomeness out of sheer respect. Actually you know what you should hear about? Duude alright so I met this chick last night, holy fuck was she hot. I mean like think about Angelina Jolie, crossed with like, like, like, Meghan Fox with a little Neilk Patrick Harris mixed in for good measure. And my gaaawd. You havn't even heard about the tail yet....daaaayum. But the real thing about Jack isn't that he wasn't so much human. In all honestly he was really much more of a martian angel crossbeed sort of a deal. I mean I kinda knew the guy but not real well but I can tell you for certain that when the gates of hell open up in your front yard you start to ask questions. Even more so when the devil starts trying to barter your soul from you. And you wanna know the siuck part? He wasn't even really good at it. I mean you always hear these stories about people trying to sell their souls to devil and the devil is this really MUAHAHA evil guy but in real life he's alot more like, like, like well some kind of used car sales men. Well the devil went down to georgia, he was looking for a soult to steal. He was in a bind cause he was way behind, he was willin to make a deal. But he really really sucked at it you know? I was all like I want the chick with the tail and he was like whoah dude to much, and I was like but you said ANYTHING, and he was like well yah I guess, so I was like, well? And then he was like, well I guess so, but you can't have the tail. And i was like, But duiuuude that the best part, and then he was like yah it really really is isn't it, well okay I'll give you the tail, but I keep the second head. ANd I was like damn you Satan, but okay. And then the Bastard went and took the head that looked like Sam Rockwell, and dude I was piiiiiised. So I got Jack to roundhouse kick his ass. ANd in the end he got some bacon out of it and I got a pretty hot chick, with a tail included. All in all it was a pretty good day I think...but ah shit, here comes the hoard of Zombie Nazi Raptor Jesus'. And they have bacon, sorry folks but I gotta watch this. Okay campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties cause it's coooooold out there today. It's cooooooold out there every day, What is this Miami Beach?

I Think (A Poem)

2010-02-20T23:49:00.000-08:00

To think the thoughts,
I thought I thought.
I thought I thought
To Think a thought.
But the thought I thought,
Was not the thought
I think I thought.
So then I think,
The thoughts I thought,
Were not the thoughts,
I sought to think.
So then I think of the thoughts I sought to think,
And wonder why I think the thoughts
I sought to think.
I think?

Chris Walker

(If you really want to have some extra fun try reading it outloud really really fast!)

Landscape Painting (Acrylic)

2010-02-20T19:54:00.001-08:00

When all reality disappears, what will we have to rebuild it but our imaginations?

Jumping Flour Sack

2010-02-20T18:45:00.001-08:00

My second classical animation!!

Bouncing Ball

2010-02-20T18:44:00.000-08:00

My first classical animation! Woooo!

A Few Random Sketchs

2010-02-20T18:18:00.000-08:00

Bringing "bored in class" to a whole new level.