EUGENE TRAKHTENBERG

1/30 babyaga

2012-01-30T13:12:00.000-08:00

shanka

2011-09-20T23:51:00.002-07:00

my first mistake was thinking i had any concept of tone or value

Major / Lord Marshall West

2011-09-15T22:06:00.001-07:00

yaletown jogger

2011-09-15T11:37:00.003-07:00

me and aaron passed this dude while jogging i couldn't help but laugh, and he gave me the stink eye, the image got burned into my brain.

Whirrun of Bligh morning doodle

2011-08-29T09:59:00.002-07:00

Colem West coming soon

finally Bayaz!

2011-08-22T22:57:00.002-07:00

just a quick doodle

2011-07-12T12:07:00.003-07:00

Bayaz is half done, should finish him this week, stag and computer building set me back

long overdue doodle

2011-06-03T14:10:00.002-07:00

superrunaway

2011-04-06T10:53:00.001-07:00

maquette

2011-04-01T00:05:00.004-07:00

le goat

2011-01-07T10:38:00.002-08:00

5 -10 min speed paintings

2011-01-04T15:36:00.003-08:00

waiting for Tools to be fixed upload

2010-12-16T16:11:00.001-08:00

arms

2010-12-01T13:58:00.000-08:00

warmup hands

2010-11-29T14:22:00.001-08:00

some throwaways

2010-11-26T11:42:00.004-08:00

last bunch of symmetry ... probably

2010-06-28T18:08:00.002-07:00

more symmetricalness

2010-06-01T09:56:00.003-07:00

sketches

2010-05-13T09:54:00.001-07:00

warmups

2010-05-12T15:37:00.003-07:00

some of the better warmup drawings from work, cant post anything from work cause EA owns it all

pre- bed doodles

2010-03-30T23:04:00.002-07:00

Blogre

2010-03-13T16:00:00.000-08:00

life draw-ering

2010-01-23T13:17:00.002-08:00

Xmas break away from home sketches

2010-01-02T10:38:00.001-08:00

orc armor concept breakdown

Holiday !!! Break from 3D

2009-12-23T08:09:00.003-08:00

actaully i'm kind of lying. this is the concept stuff for a high poly orc model 1 work on when i'm sick of shank, its pretty much 90% zbrush so its coming pretty slow.

a bit moar

2009-12-19T21:35:00.003-08:00

splitting time between rigging and texturing, but barring any more problems animation is set for this upcoming week.

texturing

2009-12-15T17:04:00.003-08:00

initial XSI shader

2009-12-07T06:10:00.003-08:00

still having some issues with hard/soft edge loops when rendering i think i might just screw it and double up all the hard edges and to hell with the polycount :P

amore complete, but los of stuff to do still model

2009-12-04T18:46:00.001-08:00

UUUgh more Zbrush Conversion problems. it gives me weird five sided crap on one side and clean topology one the original, and the maya .obj looks all together different,
HALP meee computer gods

3D backlog

2009-11-30T17:33:00.006-08:00

just a test of png vs Jpg, nothing to see here folks

Dragons for Ben

2009-11-20T06:06:00.003-08:00

the beard

2009-11-13T03:03:00.002-08:00

quick armore

2009-11-06T00:22:00.002-08:00

cartoons bleh

2009-10-24T03:14:00.004-07:00

tried doodling some cartoon after i dont know a how many year haiatus, clearly the rust has built up into a rust golem which is needless to say one tough badass, ( halfway, i gave up in frustration and had to draw something noncartoony ( on the right.. durr) )

D & D Troop

2009-10-21T01:36:00.002-07:00

all the right people should know what this is hehe, i'm starting to work on the colour but sweet merciful crap is it taking along time, so for now i'm posting the rough, enjoy !

some amandas

2009-09-29T23:52:00.003-07:00

after losing a pile (4+) months of work ive decided to start backing everything on the interweb, like i should have been in the first place but some lessons are harder learned than others.
in short, let the posting resume, huzzah

there you go sean

2009-07-21T15:11:00.001-07:00

NERDS

some vector sketching

2009-05-27T18:14:00.003-07:00

DEMOREEL LINK

2009-04-24T14:52:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pqOKNFyOwM&feature=channel_page

2009 DEMOREEL

2009-04-24T14:49:00.001-07:00

something or other

2009-04-15T20:13:00.001-07:00

archer 5 min

2009-04-09T16:48:00.002-07:00

gradpage final

2009-04-01T09:46:00.001-07:00

opening shot

2009-03-20T16:37:00.002-07:00

another scene

2009-03-19T14:43:00.002-07:00

Some Sneak Peeks

2009-03-18T17:24:00.003-07:00

another 5 mins challenge

2009-03-05T17:43:00.002-08:00

quick ogre preview

2009-02-28T19:03:00.000-08:00

feb 26th 5 min challenge

2009-02-26T21:01:00.002-08:00

5 minute design challenge resurections

2009-02-26T15:19:00.001-08:00

modeling_done ...

2009-02-04T14:25:00.003-08:00

a bit more models

2009-01-22T21:07:00.002-08:00

3D progress and such

2009-01-21T12:16:00.002-08:00

same thing but in high def!

2008-12-30T19:03:00.001-08:00

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=wEIyKY6v7TI

click here for hot ape action!

team Discovery Channel Project

2008-12-17T13:55:00.002-08:00

Some 3D updates

2008-11-26T20:43:00.001-08:00

sketchbook and orcheads

2008-11-12T19:31:00.004-08:00

environment update

2008-11-07T16:08:00.005-08:00

again sorry for not posting too frequently but its going to be a big dump next few days... so yeah to be continued

arena concept, and ninjas

2008-10-10T20:25:00.002-07:00

Big Fat Post

2008-10-08T19:35:00.004-07:00

Sorry for not posting for a while, courses are a lot of work i generally spend much of my free time sleeping, but i'll make it up by fattening the blog up with some of the stuff I've done for school projects and etc, so far these are my first attempts, so expect improvement :)

Chief Machine

2008-09-17T13:28:00.001-07:00

Another 15 minute Design challenge, "war Machine"
and my first attempt at modeling a face "go Apache Chief go"

Painter Hates my guts

2008-09-17T01:37:00.003-07:00

Bloody god damn Painter fu@#$%ed me over, i was working ona portrait of a friend of mine for a good 4 hours then the inevitable CRASH happened. i did get to take a screen shot of the catastrophie, but the portrait isnt done not the quality anywhere near good, so i decided to post /my lamentation and remind everythoing to SAVE THEIR Foockin' WORK!

Eye textures and Sketchbook

2008-09-12T20:48:00.002-07:00

hers an eye texturing assignment from school, first one is just photoshop effects the second is just paint and third is a combination o' both

adn here are some sketches me and Sean did of the Ogre
he came out with the "wall eyed look" i'm fully using it

graarg !!!

some concept stuff

2008-09-10T21:42:00.002-07:00

some concept stuff made after class,
a snowbeast chairs and something what i don't know what it is

3D !!! and plenty of it

2008-09-10T09:31:00.004-07:00

I've Started the 3D program at Cap U a week ago, its going to be an intense couple of months, since it seems like we're doing a 2 year program in the span of 8 months, however that will mean there's not going to be a shortage of assignments to post, and since we have everything from modeling to animation to concept design and painting, a good range of subjects will ensue.
anyways so without further ado here's my very first model, "le hand d'human"
enjoy

HOLY SHIT!

2008-08-22T01:41:00.003-07:00

if you haven't yet seen the cinematic trailer for the new WOW expansion (wrath of the lich king) i suggest you head over to the following link immediately!!! the quality of animation nearly made me poop meself. anyways I'm pretty busy with the animatic for the short film but after watching the trailer in HD for the fiftieth time i had to break away and draw some armor even if for only a couple of minutes.

a wee bit more, but for now its storyboard time

2008-08-17T22:19:00.001-07:00

more short pre dev

2008-08-14T11:52:00.003-07:00

getting closer to nailing down the characters for the short, so here are some more poses and such

umm... space cat

2008-08-12T03:32:00.002-07:00

Publish Post

a bit of an update

2008-08-05T17:59:00.002-07:00

here are two "not-anywhere-near-finished" projects
but sometimes its fun to see stuff pre-Dev

random

2008-07-28T12:14:00.001-07:00

here are two random pieces, one is just out of the sketchbook and the other was a title representing a current predicament, called Umbrella and Cello

Short film concept

2008-07-27T20:58:00.005-07:00

for those who are in the know, here are some of the earliest pre-vis scraps from my sketchbook for the upcoming 3D short. Just basically toying with the char design for the ogre and the ork chumps, the pages are in chronological order, so towards the end i think i have their faces sort of felt out. now gotto finalize the designs etc etc etc. as always the only thing more welcome than comments is constructive criticism.
oh and most of these were drawn on a moving bus, hence the awesome line

some doodles

2008-07-11T00:26:00.002-07:00

just some doodles of girls at the kayak shoppe, and one bad painting...

BURNED PSU

2008-06-29T10:58:00.002-07:00

sorry for the lack of posting all, i burned out my PSU so my computers MIA untill another replacemet arrives in the mail, which should be this monday, then the posting may resume

Chun Li and stabby McGee

2008-06-12T22:40:00.002-07:00

heres the more recent challenge of sexy proportions, Chun Lee from SF , and a random orcess with some daggers, decided to post unfinished because colour will come next week and i didn't want to completely bail out on the post

DAVEY!!

2008-05-30T15:14:00.003-07:00

going ot attempt to sketch some dudes and dudettes from work, heres #1 Dave

long long looong overdue

2008-05-30T13:56:00.003-07:00

well here are the intensely long overdue Blanka and inventor, not exactly a maximum effort attempt but i find it nearly impossible to come back to something once I've started and not finished it, which both projects were so regardless of the shabbiness this took effort.

the once a week post attempt has crumbled in ruins however, and further penance required anyway enough of making excuses and time for the next weekly challenge.

oy vey

2008-05-02T14:22:00.002-07:00

after months and months of non drawing, heres my shabby bod villain, not even coloured,
but the outdoors is no substitute for drawing, so I'm going to try my damnedest to update at least once a week

too muhc armor

2008-04-08T00:10:00.002-07:00

i'm struggling with the bond villain, i haven't done anything cartoony in so long i end up unwittingly drawing overtestosteronated, armor clad, cyborgatrons as soon as i let my hand wander adn do its own thing, this is a tough cookie, but bond villain will come on the next post!

orkey-ork

2008-04-06T03:07:00.002-07:00

heres a revisited piece from before, still not done but i felt like posting something, next me our weekly design challenge is going to be a new James bond Villain! this one will have to be gives quite a bit of thought so tune in :)

warewolves etc

2008-04-02T18:10:00.003-07:00

i guess not so much werewolves, let this be a lesson to anyone that concept without research isn't the greatest thing since sliced bread, this thing looks a lot more like a lion/fox/man thing but nonetheless here are my attempts.

but nuts to this, time for more orcs

TF2 engineer vid

2008-03-29T19:22:00.002-07:00

hey all as promised i'm trying out to capture some video, so far the quality is not great but i'm still tinkering, in the meantime heres a 15 minute Team Fortress engineer at 5X the speed, oh and the coloured version will come soon.

CWC

2008-03-27T15:40:00.002-07:00

Heres the host of Cute with Chris, a terribly funny show,
check it out if you have the time

painter self portrait

2008-03-26T00:31:00.002-07:00

a painter portrait exercise

slow day

2008-03-25T18:19:00.002-07:00

been a pretty slow day, so here are some more doodles. also i've been experimenting with this FLV recorder so you might get to see my process of drawing one of these days.

cheerio'

some work in progress

2008-03-25T11:48:00.002-07:00

well here are two doodles and my slow troll colour learning process, the armored goat was another me and sean design challenge i hope he posts his its way more bad ass, the archer was just something that came out while i was listening to a particular song that struck a pose in my head,
and the troll well needless to say its going to take a lot more work, it looks a little too flat at the moment i'll see what lots more layers and highlights will do for him, the head is looking better ... more to come

headhunter

2008-03-14T02:21:00.002-07:00

just a quick troll doodle, in the almighty !!!COL ERASE PENCIL!!! like it or not i'm still better at sketching with it, 2 years of penciling don't just wash away that quick, anyway i'm going to attempt at painting some anatomy on him when i get the chance.

pharaoh zombie

2008-03-11T09:30:00.002-07:00

hey everyone sorry haven't posted in a while , but inspired by my buddy seans last mummy post i finally got my kick in the bum and came up with this here pharaoh zombie, will make turned out not half bad for an hour more or less :)

more orc doodle

2008-02-24T23:33:00.002-08:00

sexy girl time

2008-02-22T05:37:00.002-08:00

another step of freelance and a warmup doodle

update

2008-02-20T00:18:00.002-08:00

haven't posted in a while, but again not cause of not drawing. here is some more rejected freelance as well as just some fun doodles

problems no more

2008-02-14T15:15:00.002-08:00

hey all had some technial issues with my internet but,
all is fixed now and posting may resume

hooray for vampires

2008-02-05T23:00:00.001-08:00

my response to seans sweet ass vampire

pyro

2008-02-02T01:06:00.001-08:00

started a new project to distract me from my newest obsession

heres the first of the rest of the TF2 team, i give you the "pyro"

some more discardedness

2008-01-23T05:44:00.001-08:00

some doodles and a speed painting i did with sean

oh and the bottom is a portariat i'm doing for my grandpa back in the old country, i'll post its evolution:)

Publish Post

randoms

2008-01-20T04:48:00.000-08:00

i've been trying ot figure out how ot paint, so i dont have much to post since it would all be tutorials, but here are some doodles from "pre production"

the new portfolio ...well most of it

2008-01-14T08:43:00.000-08:00

here she is folks

one more

2008-01-12T07:41:00.001-08:00

some crumbs

2008-01-11T03:39:00.001-08:00

here are a few of the older versions of the new portfolio pieces, they'll go through some more revisions after some much needed outside input.

catchup

2008-01-08T05:02:00.000-08:00

heres a small remedy for the recent "bloggerly" neglect . although the life drawing isn't done and so far shaded badly, but an improvement from the last batch, the others are just doodles, p.s. reference were greek/roman statues, good stuff