I’ve changed Hardware/Software
I bought an RTX card and Redshift recently, because I discovered its rendering potential. (At least 15 times faster and smoother than my old renderer). I still have Renderman and I long await for it to update to GPU rendering – (AND NEEDS BETTER INTEGRATION WITH MAYA!!), but for now Redshift is my new best mate! Redshift needs to integrate with gases and fluids, but it’s no biggy. Here’s an old image re-rendered in Redshift – it took 12 minutes to do a 4k render, whereas before to get nice smooth results took 2-3 hours.
Working in London
I’ve just got back from London after working there for a month. I worked for a media firm that creates Immersive 360 videos. Very cool to watch. Very Cool People.
At last I am posting the Fruit Fly video for the Department of Zoology
NASA project Pt3 and others
Over Christmas I worked HEAVILY on the next Phase of the Mars 3D printed house. This time covering the clear process of External 3D printing, and the machines behind it including the delivery systems. There will be shots of the interior and exterior of this exiting revolutionary new design.
It is being promoted at Autodesk Boston, Mass. so far. With an enticing animation of the landscape……
Work for the Museum of Zoology
At last – I am allowed to show something! I did some work for the Musuem of Zoology. This is an animation of a harness assembly that will hold Microtubules inside a cell. Microtubules are like highways for entities that carry information onto other parts of a cell. Many Thanks to Dr. Paul T Conduit for his discovery and for his permission to display this as a self promotional piece on my website. It was rendered in Pixar Renderman.
SEArch SpaceXArch Mars Architecture
Its been a while. I’ve been working on a number of exciting things. First of all, I’ve done a small number of Illustrations for SEArch SpaceXArch. These guys want to put people on Mars! They have made proposals to NASA and the competition is tough for this particular division to get the recognition they deserve to build amazing structures by 3D printing, using the aggregates of Martian soil. I’ll keep you posted as this has been an important chapter for me. If we win it’s kudos for Artificial Lens! I can’t show anything yet, until they have posted.
Another year with the Chinese Students
A great bunch. Some great talent. Will be having dinner with these guys tonight before they depart and go find their careers.
My first Space project
Ok ok – it was small but it’s a start. It was convert a satellite CAD file to a “Renderable asset”. I’ve done a render, just for my folio, will be awaiting permission to post it. There are a lot of stuff that I would like to share with the public, but due to the sensitivity of these issues I can’t. If there is any Science companies out there looking for a nice polished Illustration or a sequence visual, you know where to come.
Hi. I had a little downtime. Every now and then I look through my hive of creations I’ve done in the past and thought “hang on” this model could used somewhere, instead of just gathering digital cobwebs!! I decided to release these on the web fore sale. Have a look yourself. Put a like on the page if you can.
https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/character/child/mature-stage-fetus-with-joints
Old MediEvil Gang Get Together.
On Saturday the 9th December. Sony made an announcement to Resurrect MediEvil. Make a remaster in 4K for the PlayStation. So you can imagine the excitement of all the fans around the globe screaming for this remake. We were very pleased, very humbled by the vote. I hope they (Sony) do a good job. At present we do not know whether it will be a straight port from MediEvil One, Two or Resurrection, or a new game. Please bear in mind the Original was done in 1996 – 1998. Twenty years ago when I had hair!!!
This photo was taken on Tuesday the 12th of December. It was a great night. Less than half of the original Team. Would have been nice for an entire reunion, but we have dispersed so far around the globe and have our own objectives/dreams now. Our main man Chris Sorrell is now living in Vancouver and has his own adventures.
From the left of the enclosed photo we have Andrew Barnabas – Composer and Co Founder of “Bob and Barn”. Jason Wilson – Art Director (Now comic book genius Jay Gunn), Matt Johnson – Multi talented Programmer. Me – FMV/Game/Marketing artist (Now founder of Artificial Lens). Paul (Bob) Arnold – Composer and Co Founder of “Bob and Barn”. Alex Sulman – Level Designer who now works for Dice California. ——Great night!
100 Jobs in three years!
I left Sony with a clear mind of what I wanted to achieve. I have a fondness of discovery and innovation. I love science and I love illustrating for it. Three years on I have Illustrated for a front cover of a magazine, done small affordable illustrations for books and done animations for extreme sports drinks. I will still remain flexible as I find Architecture, Interiors and products fascinating too. I haven’t forgotten games graphics either, it’s just that I have to spread myself over a lot of areas in order to get the work. I think what is missing is more animation stuff, but that will come in time I hope. Thanks to all that supported me in this crazy step.
