Scott Kennedy: Artist

Current Work Hosted Privately

2011-09-13T21:43:00.001-07:00

Please contact me if you would like see my current VFX work.

scottkennedy@kennedyvfx.com

In the meantime you can see some of the cool work I've been doing at Float.

http://www.youtube.com/user/floathybrid

2010 Visual FX Reel

2010-03-25T15:31:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHZhnJfm6j8

Environment Art Demo Reel 2009

2009-09-30T22:21:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR5r_11IDs8

Environment Study Finished

2009-09-30T22:16:00.000-07:00

I came back to this and added some last minute polish.

I created a grundge texture that I used to add a little more detail to the surfaces and sell the old dirty look better.

I also remodeled the rebar so that there is actual geo there instead of planes. I think it sells much better now.

And last but not least I completely redid the light rays coming in through the windows, new shader/model.

High Poly Laptop to in Game Asset

2009-07-29T12:33:00.000-07:00

I modeled out this laptop off of a Panisonic Toughbook.

To get the keys and all the groves I thought I would acheive the best results if I modeled it high res and baked the info down into the normal map of the game asset.

I think it turned out pretty successful.

The final asset turned out to be 594 tris.

Zbrush Face Sketch

2009-07-28T16:29:00.000-07:00

I spent about an hour sculpting this face from a sphere in Zbrush 3.1
I wanted to emphasise the bone structure of the face so I went with an old man.

Environment Study Painting added

2009-07-27T15:32:00.000-07:00

The Second image is the original concept that I based this environment on. (I did not paint this concept, this is a piece I found that inspired me, thank you to the artist who did paint this.)

I added the painting and put it in a frame. (I did paint the landscape however.)

At this point I'm going to hold off on working on environment pieces and add some motion and life the world with some FX work.

Landscape Painting Update

2009-07-23T14:21:00.001-07:00

Spent some more time on getting more detail into the foreground.

Also worked on pushing the background back.

Landscape Painting Work In Progress

2009-07-23T13:28:00.000-07:00

I'm doing this painting for the paintings on the wall in the scene I'm working on.

It still needs some love but its coming along.

Environment Art Study/ Foliage Fix

2009-07-22T16:40:00.000-07:00

I didn't feel that my first attempt at the vines and foliage was very successful.

I repainted the vines and alphas and updated the models.

Only the first 2 colums have gotten the treatment so there will be more to come.

Environemnt Study Update/Dirt and Leaves

2009-07-22T12:51:00.000-07:00

As the title says, I have added decal leaves and Static Mesh dirt spots.

Environment Study Update

2009-07-21T12:09:00.001-07:00

I was able to get some time to work on this again.

I added the vines, and a subtle light ray coming in from the windows. I also tweaked the post-process a little more.

America's Army 3.0 Environment Work: Hay Bails/Store Fridge

2009-07-15T16:30:00.000-07:00

These are some examples of the Environment work that I did for the game.All were done with Maya, Photoshop, Crazy Bump, and are shots from the game.

In the Hay Bail shots I did the models and textures for both the decrepted and clean ones. I also did the lighting for that map.

The mist you can see inbetween the bails in the last Hay Bail shot was an effect I did for that map. The goal was to make it look like low lying fog, almost like a scary movie in a graveyard.

For the Store Fridge I did the model and textures for the fridge.

America's Army Environment Work: Farm House/Road

2009-07-15T16:16:00.001-07:00

These are some examples of the Environment work that I did for the game.All were done with Maya, Photoshop, Crazy Bump, and are shots from the game.

For the road I did all the texture work and decals. I had the pleasure of doing the lighting for this map as well.

The steam coming from the manholes was an effect I did.

For the farm house I did the surface textures the model of the roof and porch that was modeled to BSP walls. I also lit this environment as well.

America's Army 3.0 Environment Work: Pine Tree/Windmill

2009-07-15T15:36:00.000-07:00

These are some examples of the Environment work that I did for the game.
All were done with Maya, Photoshop, Crazy Bump, and are shots from the game.

I did the model and texture for the pine tree.

I did the model and texture for the windmill.

I did the lighting for windmill shots.

I also created the grass you see, the circling vultures and the cloud layer you can see in the background.

Just to be clear I didn't paint the sky box but I did create the animated clouds in the mid ground.

Environemt Study

2009-07-15T15:19:00.000-07:00

This is a work in progress of an evironment study that I'm doing for my portfolio. I'm doing all the modeling and texture work in Maya and Photoshop. I'm using Unreal Engine 3 as my final output for this.

The top image is a screenshot from Unreal and the bottom is the original concept.

As you can see I still have a ways to go to nail the orginal concept.

I don't know who painted the orginal concept, but kudos to he/she, I think its a great piece.