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Santa Clarita, California, United States
Jonathan Payne is a freelance artist residing in Santa Clarita, California. His sculptures and paintings focus primarily on creature and character design . He has studied under Jordu Schell (Men In Black, Edward Scissorhands, Avatar), concept sculptor Simon Lee and fine art sculptor John Brown. He prefers to sculpt in oil, polymer and WED clays. Recently he has become consumed with creating an original line of tumorous balls of flesh known as the Fleshlettes. In addition to his macabre "babies" he also enjoys composing fine art sculptures depicting both wildlife and the human form. Jonathan is available for hire as a freelance artist and for individual commissions.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

First Polygon Modeling Assignment


We modeled an airplane with simple extrusions and smoothing.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Monday, September 21, 2009

WIP: Young Maasai woman w/ long hair




Here is my next work in progress sculpture: A young Maasai woman w/ long hair.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Bouncing Ball in Maya

Just like in 2D animation we started with a bouncing ball in my Maya class.

Squash and stretch included.