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Deep Sea Diving Frontier ~ James Cameron Explores Mariana Trench

Deep Sea Diving Frontier ~ James Cameron Explores Mariana Trench

When legendary film director James Cameron returned to the ocean’s surface safely after an epic dive to the bottom of the deepest location in the world — the 35,576-foot Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean — it captivated the imagination of the world. Not [...]

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3D Architectural, Interior Illustration

3D Architectural, Interior Illustration

This is a recent illustration I did for the Manna Production Team, interpreted from a 2D and Photographic reference supplied.  I used Vue xStream for the layout and render. The original 2D Illustration reference was created by Josh B from the production Team. I created a 30 [...]

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3D Character Modeling ~ Zbrush Concept

3D Character Modeling ~ Zbrush Concept

Here is a recent 3D character I have been working on during my down time. I absolutely love modeling in Zbrush. It’s the closest thing to what I used to do in Uganda when I created sculptures out of wood, clay and stone. There is [...]

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3D Commercial for Time Warner

3D Commercial for Time Warner

I created this TV commercial for Time Warner through Marketing Matters, an Advertising Agency based in Austin, Texas. I used 3D Studio Max, Motionbuilder and After Effects. Check out the complete marketing package here: http://www.twcbc.com/Texas/LeadGen/OAE/DigitalTransporter.html FIBER WORLD TVC ~ “The Digital World is full of [...]

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Lytro’s new camera: Shoot now, focus later

Lytro’s new camera: Shoot now, focus later
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Man, this is one leap forward in Photography Innovation by Lytro and the new Camera they are offering that allows photographers to shoot now and choose the areas of focus later. I think this is going to inspire giants like Canon and Nikon to come [...]

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3D Ocean Scape, Dolphin pursuit

3D Ocean Scape, Dolphin pursuit

Scene created using Vue xstream. This was inspired by a movie called Dolphin Tale that I watched with my kids. The movie features a Dolphin called Winter that had a prosthetic tail attached in place of an infected natural tail, which had to be cut [...]

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3D Submarine Project, Vue Xstream

3D Submarine Project, Vue Xstream

Working on this underwater animated 3D sequence of a submarine hunt scene. Created with Vue Xstream and rendered in Vue. Testing the fluid dynamics and caustics plus camera tracking. There will be an explosion scene when the underwater mine detonates on impact with the sub. [...]

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3D Nature Composition ~ Stag Beetle

3D Nature Composition ~ Stag Beetle

This is a composition I created using Vue xStream as a light and nature study. The scene was rendered in Vue and post edited in Adobe After Effects and photoshop.     Here is a wireframe of the nature scene in the 3D environment. The [...]

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Ambient Occlusion in 3DS Max, Mix Map

Ambient Occlusion in 3DS Max, Mix Map

This is a test I rendered in 3DS Max using FinalRender (I also did a test with Mental Ray) with no lights in the scene, using an Ambient Occlusion Map as a mix map for the textures of this race car from Daz3d. I also [...]

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3D Render and Animation Tests

3D Render and Animation Tests

Here is a recent animation I did in 3DS Max, rendered using Final Render. I am still working on the composition. The scene will eventually have some Characters and and a military convoy ~ the story line is that of a recovery mission in an [...]