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/2009/12/social-gaming-network-connections/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/12/social-gaming-network-connections/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:11:26 +0000 Shawn Digg http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/?p=325 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/12/social-gaming-network-connections/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/12/tweeters-hockey-club-jersey/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/12/tweeters-hockey-club-jersey/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:49:14 +0000 Shawn Digg http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/?p=301 Tweeters Hockey Club Logo and Jersey Design I follow a hockey jersey blog called Icethetics that keeps a constant update on new jerseys and concepts. I had this idea to create a hockey logo based off Twitter called “The Tweeters“. I used the Pittsburgh Penguins vintage jersey to start, tweaking the color to more teal. [...]]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/12/tweeters-hockey-club-jersey/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 dimensional travel, the sinister threat they foretold, emerged! …Reality collapsed. [...]]]> 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 in the summer of 2009, I thought it would be [...]]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/03/gijoe-characters-snake-eyes/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/03/the-outfit-game-signature-vehicle/ http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/03/the-outfit-game-signature-vehicle/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:40:59 +0000 Shawn http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/?p=220 In the video game “The Outfit” we had a number of “Signature Vehicles” that could be unlocked and played in the game. Each Signature Vehicle was a custom texture over the original. I thought it would be funny of the tank flame thrower was painted like a fire engine, shooting flames out of the barrel. [...]]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/03/the-outfit-game-signature-vehicle/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 eating enemy infantry as at carrying heavy loads. I had [...]]]> http://www.shawnwoods.com/blog/2009/03/dawn-of-war-making-of-the-greater-knarloc-tau/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/2008/11/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/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/2008/09/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