Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! - Final Render (2014)
A snapshot of death (or what I imagine death might look like in the moment of its unfolding), complete with Rorschach-like totems memorializing a defining place and time.
Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! - Clay Render (2014)
Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! - Deco Background Grid (Clay Render) (2014)
Based (mostly) on copper Deco designs on the front doors of Griffith Observatory, with industrial columns, secret code layer and 189 angry robots.
Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! - Centerpiece (2014)
Something about the arbitrary nature of how our lives unfold; the things we choose, those we reject, chance and its perks and consequences...
Hiranyaksha - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
Here he is, perched beneath the branches of his beloved numnum tree (which was never actually intended to appear in the final piece). On his little table he surfs through the cosmos along with his spider companion, gleefully challenging little children to games of craps for their souls.
But the game is rigged and the house always wins. He is not so beneficent as he appears.
Hiranyaksha, Accoutrements - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
Hiranyaksha (Clay Render) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
He's based on a character from Hindu mythology. His official tale is immaterial to the one I'm trying to tell, but it's a gripping yarn and well worth a Google.
Hiranyaksha Bust (Clay Render) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
Swallow your soul!
Yama, God of Death (Early Iteration) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
Here is Yama in an early test render, with a bit of extraneous swag and some extra shiny materials.
Yama, God of Death (Full Body T-Pose - Front) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
I sculpted this guy prior to committing to the larger piece. The body that ended up in Hidoodlydo, Neighbor is totally different, but I thought you should see his fancy jewels, penis belt and chainmail, as well as his bitchin' palm tattoos and nauseating body hair.
Yama, God of Death (Full Body T-Pose - Back) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
Boy (Clay Render) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
Norman Rockwell meets Charles Manson was the general idea.
Girl (Clay Render) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
This is my very own art director/daughter, on the eve of losing a toof (for realz) one evening at eight years old. It's because of her that I do what I do. I would never have found it without her.
Clock - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
tick tock, tick tock... almost midnight.
Clock (Clay Render) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
Nearly time to call it a day.
Atomic Energy Symbol (Clay Render) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
Welcome to the Atomic Age.
Duck and cover, bitch!
Angry Robot (Clay Render) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
Because nothing says subtley, maturity and restraint like 189 angry robots.
Architectural Element #1 (Clay Render) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
As previously mentioned, these are slightly more jazzed up versions of copper Deco elements on the front doors of the Griffith Observatory in Hollywood. They're here because the place itself has a special significance to me, so they exist as kind of a totem, I guess, memorializing a moment in time.
Architectural Element #2 (Clay Render) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
they're also just irresistibly Iluminati-like and generally badassed all around.
Architectural Element #3 (Clay Render) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
I believe they're meant to signify specific scientific disciplines...?
Architectural Element #4 (Clay Render) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
But as with everything else I hijack, their original meaning is mostly obliterated.
Architectural Element #5 (Clay Render) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
The original designs exist in copper, without all the manic detail.
Architectural Element #6 (Clay Render) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
But don't take my word for it. It's easy enough to see my reference by Googling "Griffith Observatory Door Designs".
Architectural Element #7 (Clay Render) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
What can I say? I'm a sucker for mysterious symbology and cool lookin' shit of all kinds. I'd like to think I've done them justice. Many thanks to whoever designed them.
Architectural Element #8 (Clay Render) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
This one I had to make up on the fly. There are only seven door designs, and I was in need of eight.
Grandma Van D'lay's Unifying Theory of Everything/Secret to Eternal Happiness (2D) - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
I first drew my grandmother's manifesto on paper (as seen above), then scanned and converted it into 3D geometry within ZBrush. A bit of cleanup and a whole lot of brute force placement later, and I had the secret code layer for my piece.
Needless to say, ultimate knowledge and unlimited power await whomever deciphers it. But be forewarned, it can also go the other direction and squash your brain like a grape.
Hiranyaksha - Turnaround Video - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
Seen here with Elizabethan ruff, for extra-maximal fanciness.
Hiranyaksha Bust - Turnaround Video - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
Turn for me, you soul stealing demon. I command you to tuuuurn...
Architectural Elements - Turnaround Video - from Hidoodlydo, Neighbor! (2014)
For Annika - harshest of critics and musiest of muses.
