Brand new Antropus community on Facebook.
There you will find some of my new works in progress along with some of my old work.
Enjoy,
-Kris

Last week I bought my very first pinball machine ever. Happens to be the "Monster Bash", considered by many one of the top 10 pinball machines of all time! Only 3,361 units made ( 1998 ) and the very last great machine from the legendary Williams before they closed doors. It was a great coincidence but a perfect fit for my home. Just a few months ago I started modeling the Frankenstein monster and his bride. This must be a sign!
The machine is in great condition. I found only one light/bumper not working so far. My plan is to get it fixed by myself, since I already started the learning process on how to deal with those babes and will start the cleaning/polishing process soon, also fixing and tweaking a few things as I go. It plays and looks great and it's a funny funny game, with lots of jokes and some great moments, with a 4 ball multi-ball craziness! I love this thing

Here's the new member of the family:






-Kris

Edit: new video added:

RabbitHoles 3D Motion Holograms @ SIGGRAPH & Gnomon Gallery from douglas johnson on Vimeo
I'll be part of the group of artists featured on the brand new Gnomon Gallery. Here's a preview of my work that will be displayed there and the poster/release:




If you are in LA, be sure to check it out!

For more information, visit:
www.gnomongallery.com
www.rabbitholes.com

-Kris

Links:
http://www.youtube.com/v/WQLNXEQhpQc&hl=en
http://www.youtube.com/v/J7JBRNULPko&hl=en

Some people ask me about my name. They ask me "are you Indian? Your name is Indian...". The fact is, I'm Brazilian and my roots are in Portugal and Spain and I'm not related to India (other than my name, of course). My name Krishnamurti was a "gift" from my father. The meaning of my name is "the sacred image of Krishna". My father was very interested in philosophy and his favorite philosopher was "Jiddu Krishnamurti", an Indian man born in 1895 who passed away in 1986. He is considered by many the most important philosopher of the 20th century.

So, today surfing on internet I had a very good surprise. I found out that a good amount of videos showing the old master (who didn't like to be called a master at all) are hosted on youtube. I found them fascinating for the simplicity of his thought that, for a lot of reasons, seem so complicated to a lot of people to understand. Probably because we really like to complicate things for not understanding anything that goes beyond the obvious comprehension. I could connect to what he was saying instantly. It's interesting how similar is his line of thought when compared to some texts of Shunryu Suzuki and Meister Eckhart. I mean, the root of most of all religions is the same and things said by Jesus Christ, in essence, are not any different from things said by Buddha, for example. So, it's not a surprise to see how different bright people have such similar approach when talking about the human being and the "mind" that goes way beyond the thought.

The brain is not the mind, they all say. I really truly believe this. They all say that the "mind" can be listened only when the brain stops the thought process, only achieved by meditation process. It's interesting to notice that the mind is global, not part of the individual but shared by the whole. The video gave me more inspiration to go back to Meister Eckart, Christian/mystic/philosopher from the 13th century that is used as an example very often by some Buddhists, because of the way he approached the same subjects concerning the Mind, God, human suffering etc. Google "Meister Eckhart" if you like philosophy/theosophy. Also, google "Shunryu Suzuki", a Zen Master that wrote some very important books on the same subjects. Try "Zen mind, Beginner's mind". There are some amazing insights on it. They have it at Amazon.com for about 10 bucks.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy the videos. I did.

-Kris

So, for the past 2 months I was away from any personal CG work. I didn't even open any 3D software at home since December! The reason: I was working on a long time dream I always had, to have a customized arcade machine at home. I mean, one of the main reasons I got to this whole CG thing was because of the videogames I used to play on the arcades since I was 7 years old (that means 1978-1979...).

So, I bought a cabinet kit and a ready made control panel, because living in an apartment, I don't have the space to build it from the scratch. BUT, I did assembled the whole thing, wired everything, designed and applied my own custom artwork (based on my MachineFlesh Challenge entry ) and configured the computer to run transparent, without even showing a little trace of windows on it. It looks and feels very pro

The monitor is an actual 27" multi-sync arcade monitor (now you can have an idea of how big this monster machine really is...). That means that it can synchronize CGA, EGA and VGA resolutions! You know those scan lines visible on the old games? Well, it looks EXACTLY like that! No comparison to a CRT or a LCD monitor. This is THE REAL DEAL!
Just for fun, I installed an actual coin door that really works with $0.25 dollars, just to have a "true" experience at home. The artwork was printed in huge self-adhesive ultra resistant-water proof vinyl and the quality looks amazing. Those images posted here really don't make justice to the real thing.

The controls are: 2x 8-way joysticks, 1x 4-way joystick (for old classics), a trackball, a spinner, pinball buttons on the sides and an additional front one to release the ball (google and youtube "visual pinball" to see the best pinball emulator in action!).

Well, that's it for now. To check the building process and see a ton of more images, visit: http://www.antropus.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=83

Cheers!
-Kris

... I had at the Gnomon Workshop past weekend. It was awesome to meet a great group of amazingly talented artists. I think I collected inspiration enough to drive me for a long run now. I like to thank Alex and Travis for everything and also everyone at Gnomon, Pixologic and, of, course, all the amazing artists and the public that packed that immense room on Sunday 10am to watch my presentation. I thought nobody would show up on Sunday morning but you guys proved me COMPLETELY wrong. So, thank you so much for coming


Ryan Kingslien, my friend and our favorite "ZBrush Guru" wrote a great little article about my presentation that you have to check. He captured all the main points of my presentation, showing that he was really paying attention to everything ;)
Thank you so much for the great job on the text Ryan! I really appreciated reading.

Check Ryan's blog to read this article and others, get great tutorials, tips and references:
http://www.pixologic.com/blogs/ryan/2007/12/03/kris-kosta-gnomon-live/

Cheers,
-Kris

This is my latest model. I started it about a week ago. The texturing was done super quickly, using a simple planar frontal projection map, just for reference. That's why you will see a lot of stretched areas on the sides of the face. It will be all fixed soon. Modeling, texturing and rendering in ZBrush. For more information, please visit: this thread







Cheers,
-Kris