http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog Creative Director Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:54:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 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 Brazil Renderer. Most characters in the original series used one [...]]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/03/dawn-of-war-wallpapers/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/01/african-safari-calendar/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/01/african-safari-calendar/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:43:18 +0000 Shawn Digg http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/01/african-safari-calendar/

African Safari Calendar featuring original photography by Andrea Woods and Shawn Woods. A beautiful set of African wildlife from the Serengeti, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, Mount Kilimanjaro and the Masai Tribe. We visited the beautiful country of Tanzania. It is filled with some of the most exotic tours in the world and the game viewing [...]]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/01/african-safari-calendar/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/12/asian-art-showcased-in-exotique-4/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/12/asian-art-showcased-in-exotique-4/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:15:34 +0000 Shawn Digg http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/12/asian-art-showcased-in-exotique-4/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/12/asian-art-showcased-in-exotique-4/feed/ 0 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 Medals you earn on Xbox Live. Maps: Diffuse, Specular, Reflection, [...]]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/the-outfit-character-sheets/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/digg/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/digg/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:22:30 +0000 Shawn Digg http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/creative-director-3d-video-game-artist-ui-designer/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/digg/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 rendered out using the Brazil Renderer from SplutterFish. I was [...]]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/video-game-achievements/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/barack-obama-presidential-speech/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/barack-obama-presidential-speech/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:44:52 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/?p=68 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/11/barack-obama-presidential-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/10/nhl-3rd-jersey-concepts/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/10/nhl-3rd-jersey-concepts/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:09:12 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/?p=56 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/10/nhl-3rd-jersey-concepts/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/10/the-conversation/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/10/the-conversation/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:26:39 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/?p=50 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/10/the-conversation/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 highly rated video game. The standards were set very high [...]]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2008/09/character-art-company-of-heroes-opposing-fronts-pc/feed/ 0