http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/ andyh's gallery of images en-us 120 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/1041329

Personal work.

Partially based on a sketch by Serge Birault

Serge's sketch:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1972123038369&set=a.1071518243812.9146.1701836375&type=1&ref=nf

Maria 'Fuchsia' Gibson (the likeness):
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fuchsia]]> Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:59:30 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/1039284

A tribute to one of my favourite models - Miss Mosh.]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:48:29 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/1024035

Paid work.

Princess character I made for a short film for the Whistler Film Festival. The company I was at was Picasso pictures, and the directors were Tokyoplastic.

You can see the finished short here:
http://vimeo.com/32947862]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:19:02 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/1006939

Personal work

Cute, sugary sweet illustration featuring my Vicky character.]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:17:27 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/1001534

Conclusion of a 2-part tutorial for 3D Artist magazine (http://www.3dartistonline.com).
The second part is in issue 32 and covers texturing, shading, skinning, posing, composition, lighting and post-processing.
The issue can be bought from newsagents and online here from 17th of August: https://www.imagineshop.co.uk/magazines/3dartist.html]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:40:09 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/994599

New character created for a 2-part tutorial for 3D Artist magazine (http://www.3dartistonline.com)
The first part is in issue 31 and covers design and modelling.
The issue can be bought from newsagents and online here from 20th of July: https://www.imagineshop.co.uk/magazines/3dartist.html]]> Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:34:23 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/997112

Personal work

60's styled illustration based on the likeness of Yukiko Kobayashi - an actress from the 1968 Godzilla film 'Destroy all monsters'
I really wanted to push the illustrative look, and make it simple, yet expressive.

Work in progress images are on my Facebook page:
http://tinyurl.com/FacebookWIP]]> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:34:09 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/993996

Personal work

Vicky is a new character that I intend to put in a few different scenarios / outfits. Here she is as a catsuited asassin!
I wanted to get a nice chunky, almost toy-like look, with simplified shapes and features.

There are a few work in progress images on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/...133202376716521
Be sure to 'like' it, as that is my most frequently updated site.
]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:00:45 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/1023967

Paid work

A character i made a while ago to go alongside the 'Miya' character I also made here:
http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/996104/]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:25:31 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/996104

Paid work.

Teenage character designed for an interactive game by Spitball entertainment]]> Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:01:27 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/988588

Personal work.

1950's style pinup. A homage to Gil Elvgren - quite possibly my favourite artist of all time.]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:07:33 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/980362

At long last, my Trixie figures have almost finished production and are now ready for pre-purchasing! Just use the paypal drop-down menu and button at the top of my new blog to order:
http://andrewhickinbottom.blogspot.com/

She will be ready to post around the middle / end of June. She costs 90 GBP (thats pounds - cgtalk wont let me use the pound sign!), and postage will be 5 GBP for UK customers, or 10 GBP for customers living elsewhere. There will be 48 figures available to buy in this limited run.

She was casted and hand painted at Ownage in Hong Kong and is made of a mix of polystone and urethane parts to maximise strength. I will personally sign the base of each figure and include a postcard sized print of Trixie.

Its been a long term ambition of mine to get a collectible of my own out there for sale. Im really pleased to see it happening! ]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 13:50:59 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/970149

Having a strong affinity with Japan, I couldnt help but be moved by the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami that struck on the 11th of March 2011.
I dedicate this image to those who lost their lives, those who were displaced, and the strong spirit of the Japanese people.

Til the end of 2011, all proceeds from this print go to the Red Cross Japanese tsunami and earthquake fund.

http://www.inprnt.com/gallery/andyh/rebuild/
]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:50:35 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/973835

Paid work

A redesign of the mascot characters for the Las Vegas business & entertainment website LucyVegas.com

A series of 7 poses were made for all purpose uses, and 3 illustrations with backgrounds were required for advertising - this is one of them. This particular one is to be used as a billboard - hence the layout and composition.

The new website is not live at the time of posting, but you will get to see what Lucy and Martini (the dog) used to look like:
http://www.lucyvegas.com/]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:02:57 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/973834

Paid work

A redesign of the mascot characters for the Las Vegas business & entertainment website LucyVegas.com

A series of 7 poses were made for all purpose uses, and 3 illustrations with backgrounds were required for advertising - this is one of them.
The new website is not live at the time of posting, but you will get to see what Lucy and Martini (the dog) used to look like:
http://www.lucyvegas.com/]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:01:16 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/973833

Paid work

A redesign of the mascot characters for the Las Vegas business & entertainment website LucyVegas.com

A series of 7 poses were made for all purpose uses, and 3 illustrations with backgrounds were required for advertising - this is one of them.
The new website is not live at the time of posting, but you will get to see what Lucy and Martini (the dog) used to look like:
http://www.lucyvegas.com/]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:58:33 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/964492

Paid work

Mascot character based on the lead singer of an upcoming band called 'Rain on mars']]> Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:47:15 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/965496

Paid work

Characters for a series of adverts for Tassimo coffee machines.
I modeled all of their heads, hairstyles, base bodies, and the outfits of the two characters on the right.
I did not pose, light or texture them.

Here is the trailer for the series.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqB1PxBLuME
And some of the individual adverts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKmn-JRrBAI&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPzEdql9pxA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcXjL9lMJdM (german)

Directed by Tom & Mark Perrett, produced at Nexus productions.]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:37:35 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/947629

Personal work.

My great love for TRON legacy, in cabaret pinup form.

Grey & closeups:
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/...pg?t=1294676718]]> Sat, 08 Jan 2011 11:55:35 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/942101

Personal work.

Stylised portrait based on Gaylen Ross from the 1978 film "Dawn of the dead".
She has a really intresting face, and had a kind of sad / worried expression for most of the film, which i tried to recreate.

I wanted to give the image the look and feel of a photograph from the 70s.]]> Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:27:50 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/965499

Paid work

4 characters I modeled and textured for part of an Intel advert. It was my first real job using Zbrush.
The characters had to look like they were from a fighting game, so normal maps were applied to low polygon meshes, anti aliasing was turned off, and lots of crisp rim lighting was used to help sell the 'gamey' look.

Here is the finished advert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM0ptMqNhso

Directed by Adam Foulkes and Alan Smith. Produced at Nexus Productions.]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:42:35 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/931082

I got a figure printed out of my Trixie character from Shapeways a while ago, and Ive just painted it.

Extremely pleased with how it looks!
Hopefully, I can get a limited run made in plastic - I just have to find the right people.

Loads more pictures, information, angles and some work in progress shots at my facebook page (copy and paste link):
http://www.facebook.com/AndrewHickinbottomArt#!/album.php?aid=23861&id=133202376716521]]> Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:42:50 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/916170

A super-cliched tribute to my super-talented French chum, Serge Birault.
I learned a lot about Vray whilst making this.

Serge's site:
http://www.sergebirault.fr/sb/index.php]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:41:28 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/900205

Personal piece inspired by random people ive seen this summer since moving to London.
I used Vray for the lighting, though I still kept relatively simple and flat shaders.]]> Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:42:58 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/900489

I made a posed version of my Trixie character and sent it to Shapeways.com to be printed out in 3D.

Extremely pleased with the results - they did an amazing job on it! I may paint it eventually.

She's 6.7 inches tall.]]> Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:12:01 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/857836

Stylised likeness of Shakira for the SEAT cars 'good stuff' advertising campaign. I also made the backing dancers.
She is only on-screen for a moment (the octopus bit) but it was a cool project to be a part of.

Superfad (the studio i worked for) did a great job - you can see the finished spot here:
http://superfad.com]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:32:07 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/807964

Personal work.

"Hoteru no aoi" means "hotel blues" in Japanese (to the best of my knowledge!).

I tried to create a piece reminiscent of Japanese glamour / AV photography, and to emulate the composition, mood and lighting style.

The girl was made from scratch. Lit with regular 3dmax scanline spotlights and omnis.

Hope you like it.]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:37:52 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/712273

Its been a while since i made Suzie, so i thought i'd best make a new character! I thought i'd try something a little darker and kinkier for a change - meet Trixie!

Her style is influenced by the fantastic retro pinup cartoons of Shane Glines and Bill Presing. I tried to take on board the broad shapes and simplified, flat shading style they do so well.

Im extremely pleased with how she turned out. Hope you like her.]]> Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:49:52 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/836726

4 main characters I modeled for an International Olympic Committee promo named 'all together now' during my time at Nexus productions. I did'nt texture these characters - just model them.
The spot was directed by FX and Mat and produced by the talented folks at Nexus productions

To see the finished animation, go here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ1IFrYA4Oo
For more information on the production, as well as seeing the other 2 main characters created by 3d lead David Fleet, go here:
http://tinyurl.com/ykwbq6a]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:43:27 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/890821

I modeled these characters for a series of Actimel commercials for Pasozebra productions in Valencia, Spain. I was based in Valencia for a month, which was intresting.

Unfortunately, due to some copyright malarkey with the clients, i can only show this one promo image and the completed commercial video below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8d5Uiiaulg]]> Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:19:05 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/889171

Family characters made for the board game 'Beat the parents'.
Unfortunately, they were not used, as the clients clients decided that they wanted more conventional looking characters. Booo :-(]]> Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:16:48 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/852480

Adelaide zoo has recently had a pair of male and female pandas called Wang wang and Funi.
I was asked to create cartoon versions of them for presentation and merchandising purposes including storybooks, board games, tshirts and the relevant branding around the zoo.

http://www.wangwangandfuni.com/
http://www.adelaidezoo.com.au/products/wang-wang-funi-merchandise]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:03:01 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/748088

Made for the promotion of a well-known beauty product.
1 body, 3 heads and multiple costume, hair and accessory variations were made that can be mixed up to create a look.]]> Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:14:00 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/757330

Illustration for the 'Battle of the sexes' card game box using the male and female characters i made for it.]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:05:46 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/694477

An archetypal girly female character i created for the re-branding of the popular boardgame "Battle of the Sexes".

She appears on the packaging, the board, and the playing cards alongside a male character i also made. See my gallery for pictures of him.]]> Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:29:14 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/694475

An archetypal macho male character i created for the re-branding of the popular boardgame "Battle of the Sexes".

He appears on the packaging, the board, and the playing cards alongside a female character i also made. See my gallery for pictures of her.]]> Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:27:28 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/679996

I saw some pics of a Japanese cosplayer, whos distinctively cute face inspired me.
Cute cosplayer reference

Like my previous Thom Yorke pic, I tried to understand a bit more of Mental Ray in the process - this time, i tried the MRsun and MRsky lights, combined with final gathering. Very fiddly to get right, and a lot of corners were cut, but im quite pleased with the end result.

Now i have finished it, i can finally start packing for my month in China in just 2 days time!

When I come back, I may finish off the rest of her body, tweaking the proportions more and create some full-body poses of her.]]> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:16:00 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/675267

Ive been inspired by some caricature art recently and spent the last 3-4 days entheausiastically working on this image of the lead singer of Radiohead's very charismatic face.
My lack of experience with caricature art has meant that the likeness could be a lot better, but im very pleased with the result as it was very quick to do, and i was able to learn a little about Mental ray's materials and final gathering to produce a 'proper' looking render that i felt i have been unable to achieve in the past.
I felt like i have achieved and learnt something by doing this - a feeling i havent had for some time now.

It is entirely 3d with some minor colour control and level alteration in photoshop. Textures were all cut and pasted from various high-res photos of Thom Yorke. stubble & eyebrows generated using max's hair plugin, then turned to geomertry.

Here are some WIP images and closeups:
]]> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:44:11 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/643080

Hi folks - long time no see.

Ive been doing a fair bit of freelance work of late, but ive recently had time to start making a set of illustrations of Suzie. I was bored and figured they were more intresting than a bunch of poses on a white background like i usually do.

Ive been very inspired by 40s and 50s era pinup illustrations by artists like Gil Elvgren, Dan De Carlo, Don flowers and Jack cole, not to mention modern artists like Dean Yeagle - who's Mandy character was the main inspiration for Suzie. Im hoping this is a fitting homage to that cheeky humour of old.
I also had some tips from an old art director friend to try and get the composition spot on. I hope it shows.

I should have a few more of these to show featuring Suzie in her different outfits when i get round to creating them.

Hope you like it!]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:07:17 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/660027

Just another quick, fun image using Suzie. When i finish modeling a character, im usually in a rush to finish the job and move on, so i normally do a simple multi-pose image on a white background.
I Wanted to do these illustrations as they feel more 'complete' and descriptive of the character. Plus, im doing these to submit to the Exotique book, and it seems to favour 'illustrations' rather than simple pose sheets.

Well, heres Suzie chilling out with a beer or 2 on a hot day with the curtains (mostly) closed.]]> Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:09:44 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/785871

A small selection of the hundreds (literally!) of characters made for the 25 episode TV series 'Friends & Heroes' in 2005 back when I was full-time at The Character shop.]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:59:31 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/785853

Here are some characters I made back when I was working full time for The Character shop.
Created for a series of animated films based on the popular mascot characters for Haven holiday parks in the UK.

Celshading was done using the Finaltoon plugin.]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:43:39 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/785865

Here are some vehicles I made back when I was working full-time at The Character shop.
Created for the 'Knight Rider: Turbo boost' animated episodes.

I made KITT, the Knight industries truck, several background and 'guest' vehicles, and even a transformer version of KITT.

Here is a clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cXUv0BJ7rM]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:19:28 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/720071

A devious traffic warden character I designed and made back in July 2007 for the studio I was working for. He was to be used in a short film.]]> Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:38:56 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/694473

Here is a job i did for a TV series pitch about a year ago. 3 poses of Jimmy Blondo and his dad, Harry.
Annoyingly, i was never paid for the job - the clients just vanished once i finished it.

Live and learn - the experience has now made me very careful about who i accept jobs from.]]> Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:22:53 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/647150

Fancied a break from my usual pinup ladies to make this idea i had in my head. It was only quick to do and just a bit of fun.

Ive been playing Team Fortress 2 a lot lately, and was also inspired to make something look simplistic and toy-like, kinda like those designer vinyl toys you can buy.
I based this on Jesse Ventura's role in Predator - Blain. Hes one of my favourite film characters.

Also did a quick 5 frame animated GIF.

]]> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:42:44 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/619136

Well, seeing as its on TV now, i guess its safe to post it!
Here is a model i did for a test for new series of Spitting Image - later renamed 'Headcases' now showing on ITV1.

They were pleased with the result and the time it took, yet i didnt get to make any more heads. Shame, as i would have loved to work on it.

Took about 3 days working from provided front and side sketches]]> Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:02:41 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/563531

Here is some work i did for the PS2 version of the Harmonix game "Guitar Hero II"

She was adapted and optimised from the higher resolution xbox 360 version of the model.
It was great to work on as im a fan of the Guitar Hero series, and it was somewhat surreal seeing the finished thing on my ps2, and my name on the credits!

Here are some screenshots of her in-game. She was rigged, skinned and posed by someone else.




Backing band:


]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:58:12 +0000 http://andyh.cgsociety.org/gallery/560455

Hey up folks - its been a while.

Thought i'd upload pics of this funky female rock bassist I made for a small project a while ago.

The turnaround was quick, so i used my 'Tokyo girl' character as a base model, and then altered it. The design was of my own.]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:42:48 +0000