Curtis Campbell - Environment Art and Level Design

New Project - Joker Short Film

2008-11-05T17:17:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone. It's been a long time but I've began work on a new, big project. Once again Kyle Cheal and my self have teamed up for a short film about the Joker. Well, sort of anyways. You'll have to see it. So far I'm working on the Joker model. Now remember, character modeling is definitely not my strength but I don't think this is too bad. It is "pretty much" done, except for the head of course. And there are some things I need to add that you can probably see.

My particular job on this short film is to model/texture/render all of it, which is actually quite a lot of work. Kyle Cheal will be doing all of the animation, which we actually want to start as soon as possible. We don't have a set date for the film's release.

2D Art Reel

2008-06-10T07:55:00.001-07:00

To accompany my Demo Reel, I also made a short reel of my 2D Art. Hope you like it.

Untitled from Curtis Campbell on Vimeo.

Demo Reel 2008

2008-06-05T21:33:00.000-07:00

After much work, here is my 2008 Demo Reel. Thanks to all who helped along the way!

Demo Reel 2008 from Curtis Campbell on Vimeo.

Paris Cafe - Final

2008-06-05T08:56:00.001-07:00

Here are the final Paris Cafe shots!

Final Shot Paris Cafe

2008-06-03T22:50:00.000-07:00

Here is a final shot of the Paris Cafe! Met my deadline early and Kyle has begun rendering his animated short while he finishes his last shots.

More Life Drawings - Old and New

2008-06-02T22:30:00.001-07:00

Here are some more life drawings. There are some old ones that are more clear as some of the other pictures are blurry, plus a bunch of new ones. They range from 15 second gestures to 40 minutes.

Render Test on Cafe and some updates.

2008-06-02T22:09:00.000-07:00

Here's basically a quick render test with Final Gathering and global illumination on the Paris Street, with a subtle composite of Ambient Occlusion.. It's almost done! The texturing isn't 100% complete and neither are the window shaders, but this is sort of the direction I want the lighting to go.

This is what it will look like on my demo reel at least, as still images. Kyle's animated short will look similar but not quite as sharp. He won't be using final gathering or global illumination in his version, just due to time constraints on render times. This scene needs to be complete by Wednesday, as that is my deadline plus Kyle needs to start his rendering of his short then. With this lighting setup it turned out quite alright I think.

I want to change some things, like the sidewalk texture is a little too bright, and the unwrap is a little off on it. Otherwise It should be done by Wednesday. I'm going to be working on it almost all day tomorrow and Wednesday morning. Wednesday evening I will be rendering the scene, and compiling the other pieces to complete my demo reel, which 100% must be done on June 11th!

There were a few things I would've liked to add to this scene, but due to time constraints I wasn't able to complete them. That's how it goes unfortunately.

DM - Frostbite Update

2008-05-26T03:11:00.000-07:00

I've made some changes to DM-Frostbite. Added the snow again, and changed the sky to a custom one rather than a pre-made asset!

Finished Jungle Temple

2008-05-26T03:07:00.000-07:00

Here are the final shots of the Jungle Temple!

Digital Painting - Heath Ledger's Joker

2008-05-26T02:39:00.000-07:00

Here is a digital painting I've recently done. I've never really done digital painting to be honest so this was for the most part a first time thing.

I hope you like it.

Paris Cafe

2008-05-22T09:04:00.000-07:00

Here are the latest shots from the Paris Cafe. The modeling is mostly done, just need a few touches here and there. I'm currently working on the texturing/unwrapping.

Paris Cafe/Street Environment

2008-05-14T21:25:00.000-07:00

I'm working on this piece for Kyle Cheal's animated short film. I've been working on it for about a week now. Just modelling which will be done next week, hope to be done in 3 weeks.

Life Drawing

2008-05-08T10:05:00.000-07:00

Here are some recent Life Drawings I've done in school.

Jungle Temple - NEAR FINISHED!!!

2008-05-01T09:11:00.000-07:00

EDIT: For my final demo reel this will be touched up a little. Theres a few issues that have come to my attention (thanks everyone who critiqued!) that will be fixed. They are all minor fixes and shouldn't take me long at all but will make a lot of difference.

Added Things: Filled Up the area with static meshes
Added smoke particle effects
Bloom Lighting and other post processing effects

Jungle Temple - Update WIP

2008-04-24T09:26:00.000-07:00

Heres the latest on my jungle temple. Still alot of filling up to do. It will be completed by April 30th as that is my deadline.

Exterior Shots

Inside Shots

New Project - Jungle Temple

2008-04-17T09:01:00.000-07:00

Heres my latest project that is most definitely a WIP. In fact, expect it to look completely different in about a weeks time, because the texture on the wall is changing and its going to be filled with a bunch of stuff, this really is just a very basic outline of the level. I'm making this in Unreal 3 and XSI once again.

Contact Information

2008-04-11T14:40:00.000-07:00

Curtis Campbell
Email: campbell123@gmail.com
Cell: (250) 864-7964
Home: (250) 764-7010

Environment/Unreal Tournament 3 Level

2008-04-10T09:05:00.000-07:00

And again, another update!

This environment I created all the assets for using XSI and built the level in Unreal Edtior for UT3. The level is currently undergoing private BETA testing but as soon as it's ready I'll be posting it here as well as the Epic Forums and others.

Also: Normally there is snow falling but it broke when I took these pics. I'll be adding it shortly.

New Environment Model - Worn Apartment

2008-04-10T08:59:00.001-07:00

Here is my worn apartment environment I created in XSI. Completion time was approx. 5 weeks part time work. (About 8 hours per week)

There are still some very minor details that need to be added before I put it on my final demo reel.

XSI to Unreal Tutorial

2007-06-15T22:28:00.000-07:00

Hey all I posted a tutorial at Digimill on how to export models from XSI and import them into the Unreal Editor! Check it out here

3D Rhino Final

2007-06-04T23:44:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Triple update today :O

Anyways Here is the Final Rhino Model/Texture. It uses a regular color map along with a bump map and subtle displacement map. I also baked on a subtle Ambient Occlusion. Hope you enjoy!

Here's the color and bump map!!

Color Map

Bump Map

Older Drawing

2007-06-04T22:59:00.001-07:00

This is a drawing I did awhile ago of Gatts from the Berserk Anime :D Enjoy

Unreal Editor Tutorials

2007-05-02T00:55:00.001-07:00

Lesson 1 - The Interface

Lesson 2 - Building a Basic Map

Lesson 3 - BSP Based Stairs

Lesson 4 - Static Meshes

Lesson 5 - Terrain

Lesson 6 - Skyboxes and Sunlight