Jim Crafton

A couple of shots with a more dynamic pose and some experiments with the suit materials. Eyes are now rigged in Houdini with a custom eye asset. These are raw renders, no post work done in AE. From 3D 2010-2011 From 3D 2010-2011 ... (more)

Krypton's last days

Playing with some shaders, using Houdini's built in Lava, Ice, and Glow shaders: From Learning 3D From Learning 3D From Learning 3D ... (more)

Global Illumination with the Enterprise

I stumbled on how to get GI working in Modo last night, as well as fixing bits of geometry and adding the rear shuttle bay panels and shuttle bay doors. From Learning 3D From Learning 3D Some pretty shots showing GI plus various bits of initial attempts at adding materials to the model. From Learning 3D From Learning 3D From Learning 3D From Learning 3D ... (more)

More work on the Invincible

Further work done, this includes some experimentation with different fighters that would be onboard the Invincible. Original ideas came from http://conceptships.blogspot.com/, specifically David Lecossu A quick attempt at to see whether or not I wanted to continue: From 3D 2009-2010 From 3D 2009-2010 Jordan Lamarre-Wan Another try, my choice to flip the front part 90 degrees: From 3D 2009-2010 From 3D 2009-2010 Jan Dolezalek What I'm currently going with: From 3D 2009-2010 From 3D 2009-2010 Quickie test render in Modo: From 3D 2009-2010 Adding weapons and deck detailing to the Invin... (more)

Hooded Dasher

I got stumped on the hard surface project I *should* working on, so I took a break and came up with this cute little cuddly guy! The idea came from Frank Herbert's Hooded Dasher, from his book "The Jesus Incident". The ZSphere model: From 3D 2009-2010 Initial mesh: From 3D 2009-2010 After editing the mesh a bit in modo: From 3D 2009-2010 After fiddling around with it in ZBrush: From 3D 2009-2010 From 3D 2009-2010 From 3D 2009-2010 ... (more)