Shades Of Black - The Art Of Calvin Kam

. 3D Visualisations & Game Art

. Drawings, Illustrations & Concepts

. Print Design

Contact/Links

Email : calvinkam@rocketmail.com

MSN/Yahoo Messenger : ps_3000@yahoo.com

Mailing Address : 

54, Jalan Budiman 4,

Taman Mulia, Cheras,

56000 Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia

Tel : +6012-3520 738

Links :

deviantArt Gallery

CGS Portfolio

GameArtisans.org

Emo Blog

About

Name : Calvin Kam Ka-Weng

Age : 22

Gender : Male

Location : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Languages Spoken : English, Cantonese, Malay

About Calvin : A 3D artist training to be a game artist, enjoys creating sci-fi mecha & robots, as well as interior/architectural visualisation and graphic design.

Decided that he ultimately enjoys making game art and awesome 3D stuff, he's now on a quest to learn and hone his skills in the art of... game art and make even more cool... game art.  

Currently looking for both freelance/full time job opportunities.

Resume

Calvin Kam Ka - Weng

3D Artist

Objective :

To continuously learn and develop my skills as a character designer and texture artist within the gaming industry.

Academic Qualifications : 

Secondary : Victoria Institution, SPM Graduate with 4As
Tertiary : Multimedia University (Cyberjaya), Bachelor Of Multimedia (Hons.) degree, majoring in Film & Animation (CGPA 3.43)

Technical Proficiencies :

Languages :

English

Bahasa Malaysia

Cantonese

Basic Mandarin

 Software:

Autodesk Maya

3D Studio Max

Adobe Photoshop

Pixologic ZBrush 3.1

Skills :

Highpoly / Lowpoly Modelling

Digital Sculpting

Texture Painting

Normal Mapping

Previous Work Experience :

Twisted Media

-3D artist intern

- worked on various tv commercials for clients such as Cadbury (3 chocolate products) , Danone, Pocari & Nestlé.

- job scope included modelling, texturing, digital sculpting, animating, matte painting, compositing, storyboarding and concepting.

Shades of Black - The Art Of Calvin Kam

. 3D Visualisations & Game Art

. Drawings, Illustrations & Concepts

. Print Design

Mirrorball : Silky House Music DVD Cover

Title : Mirrorball : Silky House Music DVD Cover

Description : My winning entry for a DVD cover design contest by bigfishaudio.com. The product is a music library of downtempo house music with a loungin' house type feel.

Tools : Maya 2008, Mental Ray, Photoshop CS3

homecinesolutions.fr Print Ad Entry

Title : Get It Right

Description : A contest entry for homecinesolutions.fr that provides home entertainment products. The aim of this design is to provoke the audience to get on with the times. 

Tools : Maya 2008, Mental Ray, Photoshop CS3

enewsing.com Print Ad Entry

Title : News Blender

Description : A contest entry for enewsing.com who required a print ad design for their business news feed service.

Tools : Maya 2008, Mental Ray, Photoshop CS3

All Logos Belong To Their Respective Owners.

The Pawn Concept

Title :The Pawn Concept

Description : Concept sheet for 'The Pawn'. Obviously.

Tools : Photoshop CS3

Rithias, The Titan Slayer

Title : Rithias, The Titan Slayer

Description : Another practice piece featuring Rithias in lightweight armor, taking down an ancient titan named Goros.

Tools : Photoshop CS3

#404

Title : #404

Description : A random drawing and colouring practice. #404 is angry because he's named after an error that people hate to see so much.

Tools : Photoshop CS3

Rithias, The Dark Lord

Title : Rithias, The Dark Lord

Description : My first attempt at 2D after a long time. A character based on my nickname 'Rith', he's a typical dark warlord who leads his troops by example, and strikes fear with his polearm that acts as both a weapon and beacon.

Tools : Photoshop CS3

DW4 Main Challenge - Akhlys Mk. IV

Title : Dominance War 4 Main Challenge -Akhlys Mk. IV

Description : This is my entry for the Dominance War 4 Main Challenge. Backstory for this character  is  written in the backstory image above.

Tools : Maya 2009, Mental Ray, Turtle, ZBrush 3, Unfold3D, Photoshop CS3

DW4 Mini Challenge 1 - General Demaenetus

Title : Dominance War 4 Mini Challenge #1 - General Demaenetus

Description : This is my entry for the Dominance War 4 Mini Challenge - War General Portraits. I restarted near the end of the week, I didn't really like my first entry.Basically, we are to choose 1 of 3 models provided, and do detailing work on them (Zbrush, Mudbox etc.) without altering the original geometry. UV layouts can be altered though. Additional 500 triangles for extra gear and accessories are also allowed. Texture files are limited to 1024x1024, and only a single file for each category (diffuse,spec,normal etc.).

Tools : Maya 2008, Mental Ray, Turtle, ZBrush 3, Unfold3D, Photoshop CS3

The Pawn

Title : The Pawn

Description : Pawns are commonly perceived as weak, frontline troops, but the HM-PWN06 a.k.a 'The Pawn' adds a different flavour to the role. Charging head-on into battle with two heavy cleavers, the Pawn isn't the fastest unit around but is able to take a lot of punishment as they close in on the enemy.

Cheap and mass-produced, the HM-PWN06 is the standard issue armor unit for frontline squads. Belongs to the Videan Armored Corp.

Tools : Maya 2008, 3DSMax 9, Photoshop CS3, Mental Ray

Tri Count : 17,984

The Stairway

Title : The Stairway

Description : This scene was inspired by Tadao Ando's designs, as practice for lighting and rendering using VRay.

Tools : Maya 2008, ZBrush 3, Mental Ray, Unfold3D, Photoshop CS3

Tri Count : 17,984

Solar LED Flashlight Concept

Title : Solar LED Flashlight Concept

Description : The flashlight concept was a contest entry designed for ToughStuff, who required a sleek, modern and compact flashlight using LEDs as the lighting component. Its design is inspired by shavers.

*The product logo has been removed at the request of the contest holder, who considered this post to be a misinterpretation of their products.

Tools : Maya 2008, Photoshop CS3, Unfold3D, Mental Ray