http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog Art Director/Senior Artist Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:55:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2011/03/relic-rescue-social-facebook-game/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2011/03/relic-rescue-social-facebook-game/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:23:51 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/?p=392 Relic Rescue Social Game Art Direction, Interface Design, 3D Design The following images are screenshots from the Facebook game Relic Rescue. I was an original team member and Art Director. I had to hire and train a team of senior AAA artists to learn the…]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2011/03/relic-rescue-social-facebook-game/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/05/dominance-war-4/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/05/dominance-war-4/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 23:42:42 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/?p=244 Dominance War IV Storyline: The two heroes in the third Great War for Dominance foresaw what would happen if Machines were allowed to continue their hostilities, but it was too late. 5 year’s after their sacrifice to end Machines’ disruptive means for war with unstable…]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/05/dominance-war-4/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/03/gijoe-characters-snake-eyes/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/03/gijoe-characters-snake-eyes/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:05:16 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/?p=225 G.I. Joe Characters: Featuring Snake Eyes I love G.I.Joe. Growing up I collected all of the toys and played with them for hours. My brother collected the comic books and I looked at the pictures. With the hype of the new G.I.Joe movie coming out…]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/03/gijoe-characters-snake-eyes/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/03/dawn-of-war-making-of-the-greater-knarloc-tau/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/03/dawn-of-war-making-of-the-greater-knarloc-tau/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:23:19 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/?p=208 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War The Making of the Greater Knarloc (Tau Race) About the Greater Knarloc… A huge dinosaur-like creature from the Kroot genetic family. Originally, they were used as beasts of burden but were later trained for war after proving as effective at…]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/03/dawn-of-war-making-of-the-greater-knarloc-tau/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/03/dawn-of-war-wallpapers/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/03/dawn-of-war-wallpapers/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:54:11 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/?p=123 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Wallpapers Here are a collection of wallpapers I had created for the Dawn of War franchise. Every single character in the original series of games (excluding Soulstorm) were rendered using their texture maps and model from the game with the…]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/03/dawn-of-war-wallpapers/feed/ 1 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/the-outfit-character-sheets/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/the-outfit-character-sheets/#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:58:47 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/?p=111 The Outfit by THQ (Developed by Relic Entertainment), 2006 Role: Character Art Supervisor Duties: Model and Texture game characters using “next-generation” techniques including a high-resolution zBrush model and Shader 3 technology. I also pinched in for some UI Design and art creation of the Achievement…]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/the-outfit-character-sheets/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/brain-game-the-wonder-juice-machine/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/brain-game-the-wonder-juice-machine/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:59:04 +0000 Shawn Digg http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/brain-game-the-wonder-juice-machine/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/brain-game-the-wonder-juice-machine/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/free-brain-games/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/free-brain-games/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:40:56 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/free-brain-games-new-games-added-every-month/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/free-brain-games/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/video-game-achievements/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/video-game-achievements/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:02:13 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/?p=80 The Outfit – Published by THQ, Developed by Relic Entertainment The achievement medals for THQ‘s “The Outfit” were created using 3D Studio Max and Adobe Photoshop. This game was Relic Entertainment’s first foray into the video game console world. The achievements are high resolution models…]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/video-game-achievements/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/09/character-art-company-of-heroes-opposing-fronts-pc/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/09/character-art-company-of-heroes-opposing-fronts-pc/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:27:59 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/?p=42 Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (PC) Expansion Pack to the highest rated RTS game of all time. I was the Art Supervisor for the Characters team on Opposing Fronts. It was a fun project and great opportunity to work on the expansion to such a…]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/09/character-art-company-of-heroes-opposing-fronts-pc/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/09/ui-design-dawn-of-war-games-pc/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/09/ui-design-dawn-of-war-games-pc/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:01:35 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/?p=41 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/09/ui-design-dawn-of-war-games-pc/feed/ 0