Nov
16
An animation test for soft body physics on a plant in motion. Physics and animation in Blender, render in Luxrender.
Plant model originally by Tim Edwards (Timzero4) from Blendswap.
I updated the textures for Luxrender.
A little bit of leaf intersection noticeable if you pause, but self collision wasn’t working very well with the manifold mesh.
No audio.
Nov
15
I’ve done a test render using Blender and Luxrender at 720p to test out the limitations of animation using Luxrender. That’s why I’ve used multiple materials.
The clear poor performers are the rough glass and glass materials. Render settings were adjusted for high speed so I’m actually really pleased with how well most materials render at with only 2 minutes per frame. For future animations the time necessary for clearing up even the glass materials should be reasonable even at HD quality.
No sound, sorry. Also, apologies for fireflies and the “T” cracking a little too early. Physics were calculated with Blender’s internal game engine bullet physics. Letter shards were created using the “Fracture” tools plugin.
I’m very pleased with and have learned a bundle from this test! And hooray for my first YouTube upload!
Nov
07
I’ve rendered out a little bit more of a dynamic image for my fighter jet that I modeled in Blender. This time in flight.
Sep
23
This is a fighter jet I’ve modelled for a Blendswap contest. It is inspired by the SU-37 flanker series jet made by Russian aircraft company Sukhoi.
The model is fully rigged and textured. Also comes with optional nose-art. Armature movement is automatic where appropriate (landing gear only requires rotating one bone, wheels and turbines spin automatically when moving forward etc.). Detailed instructions are included in the file.
For those interested you can download the .blend file HERE Simply download and open in Blender (both the file and Blender are free for any use).
Sep
23
Nose Art for my airplane model I’ve created in Blender.
Aug
30
Character illustration of one of the protagonists from the animation I am working on. Just for the fun and the practice.
Aug
19
A new picture of Motoko from Ghost in the Shell. The character design is kind of a mix between the original movie, and the newer TV series – Stand Alone Complex.
Jun
03
I got a decent sized picture frame for free from a cousin so I decided to make an artwork for it. It’s a bit of a larger format and different aspect ratio than I’m used to but it was fun as a semi-quick one shot.
Mar
27
I wanted to do a better render for the Togruta Jedi that I’d created. Something that was a bit more flattering and dynamic with the model. I may even do more with this character. It’s hard to get too much Star Wars 
Feb
28
I’ve been addicted to Minecraft for the last month or so. I thought I’d do some fan art of the iconic tools. I might expand this to include more tools at some point, but these ones were the tools that most easily translated to a 3D object. Since all the items in the games are 1 dimensional I thought it would look funny to model something like the bucket since it would require changing the design or having a “flat” bucket.
Those of you that have never played Minecraft I highly recommend checking it out at www.minecraft.net – it plays on all platforms Win, Mac, Linux. And it’s so addicting, even my wife is playing it now.
Jan
01
Inspired by a cool pair of socks so I modelled a silly scene. Modelled in Blender 2.5 + and rendered with LuxRender 0.7 + and Blender for the laptop screenshot.
Dec
30
Just did a quick sculpt in Blender and it turned out nice so I rendered it up in Luxrender. 19114 polygons, material is just a simple luxrender “glossy” material with a small absorption layer. Original image was rendered at 1100 x 1700 pixels. Samples per pixel was somewhere up in the 4000′s after about 16 hours of render time. Bloom and a slight vignette were added later with Luxrender’s internal effect layers. The plaque just has gibberish Lorem Ipsum text.
This turned out so nice that I might do more speed sculpts in the future – especially once I get my new Wacom tablet.
Dec
01
I was on a Star Wars kick for a while, so I decided to do some fan art of one of the slightly lesser played alien species. Although there is a Togruta Jedi Padawan featured prominently in the newer Clone Wars animated series.
Nov
01
It’s Death riding a Velociraptor. Because what else would he ride! Modelled and rendered in Blender, including the smoke in the background. This is my first experiment with the new smoke simulation tools in Blender and I’m fairly pleased with the results.
Oct
01
Some fan art after seeing “Revenge of the Fallen”. I was sad that Fortress Maximus wasn’t in it, or Unicron for that matter. There’s always movie #3 to hope for though.
Image modelled and rendered with Blender.
Sep
01
I suppose this is my advertisement for vegetarianism. Modelled and rendered in Blender.
Aug
01
Made this around the time Street Fighter 4 came out. And wasn’t I pissed when they came out with Super Street Fighter 4. Looking forward to the new Marvel vs Capcom.
Jul
01
A little fun with someone skateboarding on the ocean. Modelled in Blender and rendered with Blender and LuxRender.
Jun
01
My mother has a collection of owls, so I made her one for a gift. Modelled and Rendered in Blender.
May
01
Some fan art of Rogue. I don’t think she’ll be in the new X-Men: First Class movie, but that’s alright, it still looks sick.
Apr
01
Revy from the anime series “Black Lagoon”. Really good anime if anyone cares to check it out.
Mar
01
If you have some classic red/blue 3d glasses, now is the time to get them out. Modelled and rendered in Blender.
Feb
01
Motoko Kusinagi from the anime “Ghost in the Shell”. Here she is in her “Stand Alone Complex” outfit.
Jan
01
Hooray for plaid skirts, and jumping!
Dec
01
Flying and doing fairy stuff.
Nov
01
This was gift for a fan of the Smallville series.
Oct
01
A digital ink and watercolour character drawing.
Sep
01
This was a gift to make a coffee mug with.
Aug
01
A mech suited panda hunter. hahaha. Modelled and rendered in Blender.
Jul
01
Doing fairy things.
Jun
01
Crimson Viper from Street Fighter 4.
May
01
Figure drawing with digital ink and colour.
Apr
01
A new-ice-age type post apocalypse setting. Modelled and rendered in Blender.
Mar
01
Fan art of Power Girl flying in space.
Feb
01
Fan art of Penelope Cruz from Volver.
Jan
01
Digital ink and colour.
Dec
01
I’ve been loving the latest Tomb Raider games so I did some art of Lara Croft.
Nov
01
Power Girl in a red kryptonite laden cave. Background done in Blender.
Oct
01
Who would win in a fight – Godzilla or 200 Unicorns?
Sep
01
From “Metal Gear Solid 3″ known as “The Boss” aka “The Joy”. My favourite Metal Gear Solid character.
