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anatomy app

2011-11-17T14:44:00.000-08:00

I have been burning it a both ends. but here are some ashes. This is an app that I am making with Scott Eaton. I am very happy with the progress. After some sleep I think Ill write more! :)

CTN 2011

2011-07-17T04:02:00.000-07:00

Ill be at CTN 2011, I hope to see you there!

paris man 3

2011-07-15T10:57:00.001-07:00

sketch: Paris Girl 4

2011-07-12T00:29:00.003-07:00

a quick sketch to keep limber

Paris Man Sketch 2

2011-06-13T01:19:00.000-07:00

I did this on the train to Aneccy Film Festival.

paris Woman sketch 2

2011-06-03T06:46:00.001-07:00

Its been a while so here's another sketch

Spectrum 18

2011-05-04T14:37:00.000-07:00

I just found out I will have 2 pieces in the upcoming Spectrum 18 magazine. I have tried several times in the past but only made it in with a group piece. So I am very excited to get in. Ill keep you posted but in the mean time these are the pieces that got in.

Painting a 3D print from ZBrush

2011-03-16T10:39:00.000-07:00

This is a little behind the scenes movie of painting a 3D print

Some better renders

2011-02-27T15:30:00.000-08:00

Here are some better ZB renders

Toy Fair Sculpt WIP

2011-02-26T15:21:00.001-08:00

This is a sculpt I did for a demo at Toy Fair NY. ITs a total of 2 days work

Toy Fair NY 2011 Turntable

2011-02-26T15:20:00.000-08:00

Bill Pressings "Valentine"

2011-02-16T12:13:00.000-08:00

I did this sculpt for Bill Pressing

http://billpresing.blogspot.com/

we hope to produce a limited edition soon.

fabric test 2

2011-02-08T12:00:00.000-08:00

Heres a quick test before I really start my fabric studies.

CTN images

2011-02-03T08:07:00.000-08:00

http://www.facebook.com/n/?photo.php&fbid=10150093757159661&set=a.10150093757069661.282450.294452404660&mid=3b45aebG5864f22eG25e6f3bG5&bcode=Iz4gs&n_m=md%40michaeldefeo.com

http://www.facebook.com/n/?photo.php&fbid=10150093757689661&set=a.10150093757069661.282450.294452404660&mid=3b45aecG5864f22eG25e6f3bG5&bcode=Iz4gs&n_m=md%40michaeldefeo.com

Santa Fe Inspiration

2011-01-04T23:15:00.000-08:00

I did this sculpt over a couple days inspired by my latest trip.

Heres the turntable

SantaFeTURNTABLE from michael defeo on Vimeo.

heading home

2011-01-02T19:12:00.000-08:00

Im in Sedona now and back to NY tomorrow. There was so much visual info to absorb on this trip it will take me quite a long time to process. Needless to say I have been inspired immensely by this trip and hope to create many new works form this amazing time.

In one day I saw the petrified forrest, painted dessert, meteor crater and the grand canyon! YIKES!

I love the South west and have always wanted to do this trip. After doing it I realize it is just a recon mission to decide where to come back to!

Santa Fe

2010-12-31T08:23:00.000-08:00

Ive been in Santa Fe for 3 days. Great town, but I did have much time to draw or sculpt. Here is part 1 of 2 of a native american bust.

SantaFePart1 from michael defeo on Vimeo.

Nick

2010-12-24T18:43:00.000-08:00

Heres a 2 hour Xmas speed sculpt.

Happy Holidays

nick from michael defeo on Vimeo.

South West

2010-12-24T11:19:00.000-08:00

Ill be driving across the South West for the first time. I'm very excited to see the big dinosaurs and Muffler men.

Stay tuned for images and speed sculpts!

fabricDemo1

2010-12-10T20:36:00.000-08:00

Hi Heres a quick demo of fabric. I plan to copy all the Lanteri fabric studies .

speed sculpt dejour

2010-12-06T17:15:00.000-08:00

I did this 1 hour sculpt. Based on a character that my girlfriend created

oldLady from michael defeo on Vimeo.

its that time of year

2010-11-29T07:58:00.000-08:00

I did this sculpt in about an hour based on a cool design by my Niece Amy Waldman.

the nose knows

2010-11-24T14:29:00.000-08:00

Here's a nose demo, I plan to do an ear next, then Ill have the whole set.

noseDemo from michael defeo on Vimeo.

CTN sculptors!

2010-11-22T18:32:00.001-08:00

Me, Bruce Lau, Ruben Procopio, Doug Hild, Kent Melton, Damon Bard, Raffaello Vicchione, Jim McPherson

This weekend, I had a great time at the CTN Animation Expo, where I gave lectures and demonstrations on traditional and digital sculpting and participated in a panel on maquette sculpting with some giants of the industry. It's a great new show, and I highly recommend it.

CTN WIP

2010-11-22T15:20:00.001-08:00

I sat in the Natural History Museum today ans sculpted for a while. Ill do one more pass on this guy.

CTNdemoWIP1 from michael defeo on Vimeo.

CTN 1 hour demo

2010-11-21T04:06:00.001-08:00

THis is a 1 hour demo I did at CTN this year. It was a lot of fun. I didn't do a time-lapse but ill do that for the next phase of this model.

CTN 1 hour demo from michael defeo on Vimeo.

ZBrush4 mouth demo

2010-11-16T22:14:00.000-08:00

Hi all,

Here's a mouth demo, 1 hour +. Still could use more detail and tweaks but you get the idea.

Hope you like it!

http://vimeo.com/16915085

zbrush eye demo

2010-11-15T20:25:00.000-08:00

Heres an eye demo I did on the plane to LA, about an hour +.

I plan to do a nose and mouth this week, keep and "eye" out for it.

http://www.vimeo.com/16874706

Demos!

2010-11-14T17:44:00.000-08:00

Im heading to CTN tomorrow and Ill be doing some ZBrush demos. Over the next few days Ill be doing some speed sculpts to practice up. Ill send out a Tweet when I post them. So keep an eye out for them. Speaking of keeping an eye out, here's a cool eye sculpt tutorial I found.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf8WcSMyPnQ

CTN is a few days away!

2010-11-13T16:34:00.000-08:00

Ill be headed to LA on Monday to do a demo and panel on maquette sculpture.

http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/clay-underneath-my-nails/

If you can make it please stop by, if not they post the videos after the conference so Ill let you know when it out there. Also my new website is up and almost perfect. A few little tweaks but take a look.

http://www.michaeldefeo.com/

home work!

2010-11-12T16:13:00.001-08:00

Hi,

I thought I'd show my homework for today. These are draw overs on a photo of a sculpture in the Louvre. Very difficult stuff but ! love it!

anatomy lessons

2010-11-10T13:32:00.000-08:00

Im working on my online anatomy course again with Scott Eaton. I cant reccomend it highly enough. But its not for the faint of heart. It is intense but worth every penny and bit of energy.

The knowledge of mechanical anatomy paired with form study like Bridgman and Gottfried Bammes, make for a complete study.

Its all worth it.

November news

2010-11-05T11:14:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Im super stoked that my new website will be launching next week. In addition Ill be at CTN in LA this month to do a lecture/demo. And there a "Winter Holiday Special" on the self taught version of my Schoolism.com course.

Lots of cool stuff coming up!

http://www.michaeldefeo.com/ (coming VERY soon)

http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/tag/2009/

https://www.schoolism.com/

day 225 1/2

2010-07-27T05:34:00.000-07:00

I dont know how long Ive been out of Blue Sky but Ive been in Paris for about 6 months (with one month off in March). Im having a lot of fun and theres a lot of work too!

Heres a charcter I did on the side from a design by Olivier Tossan

Snow day

2010-02-03T08:33:00.001-08:00

When I work at home and stay home on a snow day, do I work?

Day 3

2010-02-01T15:11:00.000-08:00

The first Monday.

It still hasnt sunken in, but this is actually my 3rd day of freelance work. There are no weekends for me anymore.

But I do get to have wine at 4:00.

Day One

2010-01-30T14:31:00.000-08:00

This is the first day after Blue Sky.
Not gone but modified. I had the best ever time working there and now I go freelance to try new things. I hope to be back at Blue Sky soon to help out however I can. In the mean time my peeps sent me off with good vibes to sustain me.

and a nice cheese plate doesn't hurt.

my reel

2007-09-12T21:09:00.000-07:00

Blue Sky

2007-09-12T00:05:00.001-07:00

These are a few of my Blue Sky Maquettes. Due to current restrictions, these are the only images I can show on-line

Digi-Sculpts

2007-09-12T00:04:00.001-07:00

Super Rad

2007-09-12T00:04:00.000-07:00

These are cool vynal toys were cast from my maquettes. There will be other characters coming soon. You can buy one here:

http://www.sideshowtoy.com/?page_id=4489&sku=905101

A-Mused

2007-09-12T00:03:00.000-07:00

I did this piece to add a female figure to my portfolio. I didn't want to do the cliche Frazetta Warrior.

The Lights are Bright

2007-09-12T00:02:00.000-07:00

These pieces were done during the time I was making props and make up for Disney Theatrical

Freeze Frame

2007-09-12T00:01:00.000-07:00

Stop motion puppets. When men were men and animators couldn't scrub.

The Good Old Days

2007-09-12T00:00:00.000-07:00

These pictures were taken before computers were invented

Paris Show

2007-09-11T00:07:00.000-07:00

the opening, with Greald.
outside
more...
I'm with Jean Jacques, one of the owners of the gallery.
method Films, making movies on the Seine.
In-Seine!
cool sculpts

the best bread palce on Ile St Louis!
the best cheese!
cool fountain
population control

interesting buttress
some sketches

a cool car, I couldn't figure out what it was. Italian I think.

coffee!!
lunch at the dOrsay
me in 15 years
Richard Serra
the Gallery
another
Carpeaux
coffee!!!

The Gallery put up posters all over Ill St Louis
On the iPhone puting in very important information, "where is the best ice cream?"
Empty, but not for long!

2:30 AM coming home from a cool basment jazz club
Gerald, the man who made my show possible, he is the "French Connection" in the Paris Animation world.
Xilam, the studio where Gerald works. They do TV and Film work. This building is amazing. It was origionaly built for the same Paris Expo that the Eiffel tower was built for. It was dismanteled and moved to it's current location, near the Republic.

all the sculpts arrived in one piece except Vlad. But its an easy fix

view from my front window

view from my rear window

the court yard of a new friends place. It's so ugly here.

first night in Paris