Irene Matar

Baggy yoga Pants

2011-11-13T02:24:00.000-08:00

Saw some neat pants. I wanted to sculpt all the folds, so I did that part first and eventually lost interest in the upper body. Crotch wrinkles are fun on baggy pants!

Rodrigo y Gabriela- finished

2011-10-31T13:11:00.000-07:00

This sculpt doesnt photograph well, so I took video instead!

More Rodrigo & Gabriela

2011-10-01T15:59:00.000-07:00

A little more work done!

Rodrigo y Gabriela

2011-08-28T00:58:00.000-07:00

Went to a Rodrigo y Gabriela concert a few weeks ago in Hollywood.

http://www.rodgab.com/home.html

Turned out to be freaking amazing!! So much energy!! I was so excited - Just wanted to go home and play guitar all bad-ass like them..... Except I don't know how to play guitar, I've never even held a guitar.

I stuck to what I know instead- Had to do something productive with my enthusiasm ( its rare for me)

Besides isn't this what real sculptors are supposed to do-- Make statues of great people?

Don't judge me -you know who you are-, I know i'm supposed to be doing paid work or finishing one many in progress sculpts!

I plan on finishing this one!

Speed sculpt attempt

2011-06-29T13:42:00.000-07:00

WIP!!

A one hour attempt to make this awesome drawing : http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QOwyTJWbwT8/TUhra5WooLI/AAAAAAAAAVs/VDUHw8Npd1Q/s1600/Leon-Cub.jpg

check out her blog:

http://carolsarena.blogspot.com/

But ran out of time ! I would like to pose it out, and finish the fur sometime.

I envy you Zbrush speed sculptors!!! You make it look so damn easy!!

More ride or die

2011-06-02T01:33:00.001-07:00

Progress on Ride or Die!! Slow progress....

Skinny-Fat

2011-05-04T13:41:00.000-07:00

Skinny Fat: a condition affecting many of us. Inspired by a trip to the beach...

Another sketch done in my spare time several months ago. I finally decided that its good enough to show to other humans.

Mostroville puppet

2011-03-25T10:23:00.000-07:00

Edward Von Ghastly stop-motion puppet for the Monstroville short film.

Check it out:

http://www.indiegogo.com/Monstroville-Teaser

Creator/Producer/Director - Von Kreep

Character Designer - Jeremiah Alcorn (El Tigre) http://alcornstudios.blogspot.com

Sketch

2010-12-05T01:30:00.000-08:00

......A few divisions later

While I was on vacation, away from my tools and clay, I started a Zbrush doodle. I liked it and decided to flesh out more.

Ride or Die girl

2010-10-08T22:26:00.000-07:00

Hello

New project!!

Kick-ass design by Sanford Greene : http://codegreene.blogspot.com/

Ive been working on her here and there on my spare time- nothing much to show until now. Ill be posting some progress pics in the coming weeks. Hope you like!!!

Tiny Stripper!!

2010-06-10T20:48:00.000-07:00

A very small sketch of a stripper on her smoke break- in wax. still very much in progress.

Zbrush Doggy

2010-04-04T12:08:00.001-07:00

Zbrush sculpt of my dog. I took some glam shots of him a while ago and decided to do a piece. I kind of regret not doing it traditionally. Its just so much more satisfying when you can hold a sculpt in your hands! Still is a work in progress though- a bit rough in some parts.

More Hipster

2010-03-17T20:09:00.000-07:00

New sculpt

2010-01-26T22:20:00.001-08:00

Hey guys, heres my new sculpture. Its a commission by Jayenti Collins. You can check out his blogs:

http://100000baddrawings.blogspot.com/

http://aswangart.blogspot.com/

I am also putting together a tutorial for this piece as I go. For those of you that have sent emails:

http://irenestutorial.blogspot.com/

Hipster update

2010-01-25T11:57:00.001-08:00

Thanks to Ryan's awesome suggestions, I started adding some more accessories to my hipster. Its a work in progress. If anyone's got any essential hipster tips. Id be happy to add them to this guy. I'm going to have to shelf him for a few weeks while I work on other things. but I will get back to him soon!

A hipster and his iphone

2010-01-15T10:55:00.000-08:00

Not very long ago, a friend told me what a hipster was. I need to get out more- here I was thinking the whole emo thing was still going on. Man, I must be getting old ... Oh well. It seems like I see hipsters everywhere now. I am fascinated by their scarves, and very tight pants haha

I started the piece after the new year. He stands at about 12' - a lot bigger than my usual 8' . Its my first time using Chavant clay. So far I like it very much. Still is in a very rough stage.

I also have a sculpey sculpt tutorial I am trying to get together for some of you guys who have sent emails. My biggest hold up right now is designing the character to sculpt. Takes me for EVER!!

yey finished

2009-12-20T11:23:00.000-08:00

Done !
Shad decided to get fancy with some lights and a camera. Took like a million pictures

THe Batman

2009-11-24T11:12:00.001-08:00

Not a whole lot of change in this last set. I am just doing more cleanup. I will add the cape and utility belt later just so I don't have to sculpt around them. Thanks very much for all your feedback--it's very much appreciated!!

Here's some progress on Cheeks' batman design statue. It s a real fun little piece. I was going to post the entire armature process, but it went by too fast and before i knew it, I was already sculpting!

Zbrush head sketches

2009-11-23T18:55:00.001-08:00

Most of my work these days is digital. Here's a couple of heads I did a while ago in my spare time.

Captain America!!

2009-08-20T10:59:00.000-07:00

finally Captain America is in stores!!

Hey Guys- long time no update , I know!!
Heres a little guy I did a while ago. He was as the Hasbro booth at comic con last month.

Tans-D Heads

2009-07-13T18:07:00.001-07:00

I was unpacking and found some old spacebaby heads. I did a little experiment a while back with growing and shrinking heads with the help of a guy whos been in the industry for longer than I have been alive- Thanks a million Kirk!!

Last day of employment- baby update!

2009-07-10T19:36:00.000-07:00

So today was my last day of my contract at my sweet job. Unemployment, here I come! I figured I should wrap up espace baby before I estart on freelance stuff. I didn't get to add some stuff I wanted to, but oh well. I will post the finished copies soon!!

2009-05-20T20:04:00.000-07:00

a few more pics

were's the hand?

2009-04-07T19:47:00.000-07:00

A few more pics of space baby. He is coming along .....very slowly. Thanks very much for your support. Space baby refuses to cooperate with me when it comes to the articulation.
I couldn't find the hand for the pictures. I m afraid my dog might have eaten it. Oh well, enjoy!

2009-03-16T17:28:00.000-07:00

Some more pics of space baby. Still looks the same, but Ive put a lot of work since the last update. I am almost done with the articulation.

espace baby update

2009-02-16T20:59:00.000-08:00

Heres a little update on space baby. Not a whole lot of visible progress......Ive made a lot of mistakes on this little guy - articulation is tough!!!

Space doll

2009-01-23T19:12:00.000-08:00

This sculpt may or may not suck. I am starting to work in wax now, and this is my first test. Space baby is being sculpted in my spare time, and is also my first attempt at articulation. I hope it survives other wise it will join monkey, and the many many unfinished sculpts on the top shelf of my work area.

Dialogue shot

2009-01-23T18:32:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted anything in a while. I am working at a new job now, and It leaves me with some spare time to work on my reel.
This was an animation I blocked out a couple of weeks ago. It was tons of fun- although its got a long way to go. Ill probably never get around to finishing it.

Assembled Jaffa sculpt

2008-12-24T17:03:00.000-08:00

Six months later I finally get the Jaffa sculpt for stargate worlds assembled! Hope you like it :)

Finally done!

2008-12-15T21:08:00.001-08:00

Finally finished, he is off to be molded now!

Some updates

2008-12-03T16:28:00.001-08:00

Almost finished!!!

working on my demo reel

2008-11-06T13:35:00.000-08:00

My First shot at making a demo reel after graduating from school a long time ago. I figured it was about time to change out my old reel which had some of my first attempts at animation. It was a little embarrassing

Progress shots....and my kitty

2008-10-21T13:25:00.000-07:00

Finally received copies of Stargate sculpture

2008-10-12T09:20:00.000-07:00

I finally got back the casts from a sculpture I did months ago. I cant wait to have her painted!!

2008-10-01T13:43:00.000-07:00

A quick update on both characters

2008-09-28T23:53:00.000-07:00

Another sculpt started !! Character also by Sean Galloway & turnarounds by Walter Gatus

2008-09-26T18:47:00.001-07:00

Lots of bulking up left to do

2008-09-19T23:16:00.000-07:00

some more progress shots of the armature. Just about ready to start putting the clay on :)

Finally starting a new sculpt

2008-09-17T23:27:00.000-07:00

Its probably a bit too soon to start posting pics, but I am totally excited about this new sculpt. I just started the armature today.
The character is by the very talented Sean Galloway, and the character turnarounds are by Walter Gatus.

2008-09-14T13:25:00.000-07:00

So this is my last assignment from the second quarter of animation mentor. It was really rushed, and I want to come back to it later and fix it up a bit.

2008-09-04T21:28:00.000-07:00

To start things off!