Here’s a 3d toon bull I just modeled. I still need to rig and make some facial morphs so it can walk and talk.
After that comes the painted texture so it can look more like a bull, but you get the idea.
The shot on the left shows my original, low-poly mesh. The right has been […]
It’s just a test 3d render, but after doing it I realized I get more of a thrill from draping photo textures over spheres and rendering them against a generated starfield than I do creating a painting. There’s just a sense of wonder to it I can’t explain.
… more to come
For months now I’ve been trying to come up with a virtual 3d product display using video game engines. The idea is simple: instead of playing games, you “play” a product to see how it works. It’s the next best thing to getting to actually touch the product, and you’ll be able to […]
I’ve done about a BILLION tests over the past four years. First testing every 2D and 3D package there is, then testing how well they share files with other apps, then how well they render and how fast or slow they render and on and on and on …. Not to mention learning […]
Still working on a 3D toon look. Getting closer.
OK, so 2D takes FOREVER to do! So I’m working on a 2D or anime look using 3D models.
Here’s a 3d model I made of my favorite little espresso machine. OK, so it’s not candy colored in real life, this is just a test shot.
I’m working on a new “virtual product display.” It’s like a combination of video games, marketing and the web. When done, you’ll be able to […]
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On the left you see the base model I sculpted, comprised of only 790 polygons (those little squares.)
On the right you see the finished model which has about 6 million polygons. I painted the texture on using a digital paint software package and a pen mouse which works just like a paint […]
After some rough sketches, […]
Here’s a 3d Bono I’m working on.
Soon he’ll be able to walk, talk and of course … talk more. The odd part about making him talk is that I have to build a “MORPH” or new mouth shape for every phoneme, so that means I have to study his face and find how it […]
Here’s a little experiement in realism. It uses a technique called radiosity, which lets the light bounce around the room.
Looks like I need more light directed towards Franky’s face.
I don’t know what’s going on here, but I like the feel. Plus, nurses and UFOs add to any scene.
I like this look OR I could “make do” with it because it’s sparse and renders fast. And rendering time is a huge consideration for animators. So what is rendering? It’s the […]
Here I’m blending 2D and 3D within a 3d environment. But now I’ve found a way to make the 2D character cast shadows as though he were there.
This might make a nice look for an animated feature. What do you think?
Here I rebuilt a shot from the movie “Ice Age.” It’s late afternoon with those warm glows and long blue shadows.
And I know-I know, there were no triceratops in Ice Age, but I didn’t have a wooley mammoth made.
Here’s Frank composited over a city scene. Special care was given to lighting him so that he fits the shot. Click and have a look.
Currently I’m working on camera matching live video to an animated scene. Hopefully I’ll have some good animated shots of that soon.