2001

"Tangled Roots" © Christina G Backlund Newton 2003- Original Sold 2010 Sorry about the watermark…. tends to protect my interests from art thieves.

Testing out some minute details/ ideas. her face is more fish…

 like I cannot believe I haven’t worked on this in a year…. by @tinanewtonart 

Older article about this project…  https://tinanewtonart.com/post/155145421936

Edit. Tumblr review board. Please realize that good character concept and figure studies happen to contain nudity. This is educational art studies; I am making this in college for computer animation and game development major.

I decided to make a movie poster style resume. this is the progress I went through making it. Please do not edit in any way, this is my resume poster. :) 

check out live on my site.

Lighting and Texturing Class. W.I.P

Overarching Project- Working on lighting setups. Current stage- Troubleshooting

Working on my semester long project- build a scene (which all these models are 3D party sourced from turbosquid (free ones) and 3Drender Challenge... no time in this course to build your own.)

I like the way the light looks in the black and white, the way the windows silhouettes are farther apart, whereas the two in sepia has better render quality. I am having issues with God Rays, and the Transmat/Parti volume box-  graininess and odd color changes to the left wall and ceiling. (the sepia versions are missing a part of the table- forgot to unhide it in these test renders) Anyhow- the scene is a small cramped apartment of a slob (adding more items), where the occupant has left something on the burner that just begun to smolder- hence the reason for god rays (aka "light beams with participating media"). Which will add to the effect of the smoke gathering in the room. 

Eventually, I will be adding smoking effects above the stove as well as textures to reflect the charring from the smoke's carbon...

Course: Texture and Lighting Model Provided without textures

Software used: Autodesk Maya/Mudbox

Christina Backlund Newton http://tinanewtonart.com

HENNA @tinanewtonart AKA (Christina Backlund) 

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When the cherry blossoms were blooming at school.

My model assignment for my 3D modeling class is almost there. (Thus only for educational purposes, not for commercial use). 

Based on Tracy Butler’s character Ivy Pepper from  Lackadaisy Cats. So go check out the comic.   Its a great comic,  please go check it out.  (She retains all rights to her character.)

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Intro to Computer Animation Final from Christina Backlund on Vimeo.

Final for Animation Class.

Ig’golth by @tinanewtonart 2017

According to my brother, it’s a legendary creature- spirit horror.   The tree lures people to their death by the promise of eternal fruit of immortality. Sadly most people become mulch in the swampy waters below it.  It’s a fools errand to even attempt it.  Still a work in progress.