Art by Sam Yang

Blizzcon 2011 Artist Stage – Diablo Bust Print

cgsammu — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:30:35 +0000

Here is the actual 3D print of the Diablo Bust for you guys all to check out! This badboy is 8inches tall and this is also my first print ever! It was pretty awesome to finally be able to hold it in my hand!

Blizzcon 2011 Artist Stage – Diablo Bust

cgsammu — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:58:06 +0000

Here’s something I did at this year’s Blizzcon! I have been a huge fan of Diablo II way before getting hired at Blizzard, so I thought this would be a fantastic opportunity to create my own version at Blizzcon =) This sculpt was auctioned at the event for everyone to bid, very exciting! This is also my first sculpt done with ZBrush’s new feature, Dynamesh that came out recently as well. Being up stage in front of a huge audience was definitely a great experience, I had a lot of fun talking to the fans and signing autographs

Interview – 3DCreative Magazine – 08/01/2011 “Character Issue”

cgsammu — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:27:25 +0000

My interview with 3DCreative magazine has finally released! I’m pretty excited to see my 3d render on the front cover of the August issue! Some of the things I talk about are my industry experiences and along with a gallery of my artwork for you guys to check out!

Polycount – Brawl Competition 2011 “Marvel vs Capcom 3 – Zero”

cgsammu — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:41:31 +0000

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I’ve been a huge fan of Zero from Rockman X3 and decided to make a fan art for this competition! I basically wanted to recreate him as a next-gen model yet maintaining that original symbolic design Capcom did. Some of the challenges I faced during this creative process was to keep this model clean and reading well from a distance. I think I’ve accomplished the simplicity I was going for, and it turned out well!

Interview – Animation Arena – 04/03/2011 “Featured Artist of the Month”

cgsammu — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:40:53 +0000

Looks like my first interview got posted! I’m very happy to finally have this opportunity to share my thoughts and experiences with everyone. My intentions are to reach new artists out there with my words of advice, giving them honest opinions and direction to jump start their career.

StarCraft II – Wings of Liberty 2010 “In-Game Portrait and Environment Art”

cgsammu — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:18:19 +0000

Just want to say congrats to all our fellow employees on our team, we finally did it!!

Here are some Terran Mercenary and Zerg Portraits I got to work on (above) and the bottom ones are also some environments I did for StarCraft – Wings of Liberty. Many tilesets including Char, Tarsonis, Xil, Typhon, Aiur, Korhal, Xel’Naga Worldship, BelShir, Ulnar, Zhalkuldas, Avernus, and SpacePlatform. Some of these have Animation, Particle FX, Custom Havok Deaths, individual Death stages from concept to finish! =) Enjoyy!!

The Release of StarCraft II – Wings of Liberty “Nuclear Launch Detected” 06/27/2010

cgsammu — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:08:23 +0000

Hell, its about time!! I’m so happy that our epic game is finally going to be released! This new TV spot debuted during the NBA Finals with 30-seconds of cinematic awesomeness!

Comicon Challenge 2010 “Ms.Marvel”

cgsammu — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:05:23 +0000

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Hey guys so I’ve looked at what most people were going for this year and made sure this wasnt going to be like the 6th similar entry..XD In the previous challenges Ive also worked on too many creatures – thought I try sumthing different for 2010. Ive been thinking about making more chicks lately.. So Im going to be making Ms.Marvel this year! Some of the things I gotta focus on is probably the face, hair, anatomy and render polishing. I received 10th place out of 300 entries this time around! =)

Digital Sculpting Mini 2010 “Final Fantasy Tribute: FFX Sin”

cgsammu — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 08:56:15 +0000

This was like a 30 day challenge while we were crunching at work only had time to work on it after hours or during the weekend. It was difficult to get good references for this character from FFX thats for sure. I’ve been a huge fan of the FF series, and always wanted to model him in ZBrush – I picked this villain because its got a lot of fun wrinkle details to paint in. I will make a in-game version in another time

Blizzard Gallery Show 2010 “Bahamut” and “Alien Fetal Queen”

cgsammu — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 08:54:57 +0000

Heres some new art work I’ve been working on recently during my freetime. I havent been painting much, so I thought I’d practice and get better with illustrations. The Alien Fetal Queen however took only around 3 days to complete from scratch to finish. I was experimenting with the new ZSpheresII as the base mesh. I think its definitely a powerful tool to use.