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started up another one for external reasons. That one's going to be more of a personal scrapbook of stuff.

http://thelocalballoonwatcher.blogspot.com

An Intriguing puzzle.

Dunno how many of you have seen this already, but a good pal of mine sent me this link to check out The Thomas Beale Cipher.

It's a 10 minute short film. Quite interesting.

don't sharpen to draw. draw to sharpen

I may be learning digital tools, but that doesn't mean that good ol' pencil and paper will ever become redundant nor should it be seen as a 'less efficient' way to portray ideas. Every medium has its sensibilities that make it a viable, concise method for communication.

Here's to drawing:
http://man4art.blogspot.com/2011/01/drawing.html

The words of Werner Zimmermann.

A pencil that cannot be dulled is not the essence of good line work. It is the heart and mind that drives the hand.

stay classy,
Mike

Messin' About with Glass

Been getting into shaders a lot more in Maya.
Just a quick test of glass that's got frosted stripes on it.
It's a jar made in a minute with nurbs and 20ish minutes
fooling around with the glossiness and caustics.

started modelling a toilet. YES

for a personal project. Here's the first test render of a quick chrome texture i made just to see if the geometry was disruptive in the reflections.

final fruitbowl... for now

and this is the render i finished for the semester. still a little flat in lighting but it'll have to do right now.

take it easy,
Mike

exercise in texturing

Ahoy, I've been doing my first assignment in learning texturing and here's a quick render from working a bit on the cherries.

So far it's been pretty fun.

Mike