Some Old Bullsh!t

Wow I haven't posted in forever, what a jerk. I decided to shoot some old work before I accidentally do something stupid to it. Apparently I peaked in college haha.

 All "traditional" media.

Oil Sketch

 

Here is something new! I haven't posted in a while, and I'm not sure about using this blog for "fine art" stuff, but what the heck, here is a sloppy painting.

Oil on paper, 9x12. 

It's Earth Day!

A little graphic I did for work. The raw render:


NERD ALERT! Made in Blender with cycles render engine, makes me wish I had a beast of a gfx card to preview, but still wasn't too bad, a 10 min render at 1500 x 2100 on a quad 2.66 cpu (100 passes I think). Minimal post pro, only to remove the banding from the background gradient. Cycles makes 3D fun. The print copy looks fantastic btw ;)

Made entirely with free software, Blender, GIMP, Inkscape on Ubuntu.

Another Cycles Cowboy

Some postpro with the excellent FIL for Gimp, this guy is the nemesis of the other 3D fellow.

Funny how I spent 45 minutes picking colors only to wash them out

Sloppy Cowboys

Some quick colored sketches for the western theme over yonder at the AC Corral:
(BTW sorry Erika I totally (subconsciously) pinched your pyjamas idea :P )

Fun with Cycles!

Some nerd-o facts:
This is an old model from 2.49, except for Suzanne bull-head which I whipped up today. Rendered in yesterday's daily build, using this image as an environment texture with an emitting plane as well, everything else is basically defaults. Raw render, no post pro.

I could have sworn this guy had hair, but who knows where that is 3 years later!

Dr.Ton

Blender + Kiku voice recognition

This is a quick demonstration of kiku voice recognition software and Blender 3D. There are currently about 90 voice commands, based around modeling/rigging, but the commands will work in other modes as well, eg "face" which invokes the F key will make a face in edit mode but will also Make Links in the node editor. This said, one can add multiple commands to invoke a key, see "vertical" and "wire," which both call the Z key.

To keep things safe there is no "quit" or "new" command.

If I missed anything important, or a user wants to change keys, feel free to modify the commands to your liking, it's very simple :)

*I didn't code kiku, I just extended the Blender command list.*

Kiku http://www.workinprogress.ca/​kiku/​download/​ works in Ubuntu and Debian, if you like it and find it useful please donate!

http://www.blender.org/

Traditional vs Digital

The Girl in Gold Shoes

lil bit windy today

We are lucky today that there are no leaves on the trees, there'd hardly be any left standing. I took a drive to the library this afternoon, traffic lights were out, trees down, police everywhere, craziness. The library's internets were down, so the usual group of people weren't crowded around the computers. I said to the librarian: "Wow, it sure is nice and quiet here today," and as soon as I did the power went out- she just said "Look at what you did." It was great, walking around the books in low light. I felt bad for the librarians though, there was a constant barrage of incoming calls inquiring about their internet. It's like the goddam Dark Ages around here when the www is cut off!

*As a side note, I remember once as a kid I had a Radio Shack circuit kit, with the springs and wires that connected the parts, and I had been working on some project, I think it was radio-based, and as soon as I hooked up the battery the lights went out, another weird coincidence, OR NOT?

Blue

the art of re-learning

A little bit rusty lately, but I think this turned out OK. There are some issues but lets keep them a learning experience...

Edited 3/27

sunbeam

workin' the vectors

I quick logo I whipped up this afternoon to get familiar with inkscape- vector stuff used to drive me nuts but I'm starting to enjoy it!

*as a side note Buffalo Lab isn't affiliated with this logo at this time- If they want their name removed shoot me a cease and desist!

Blast Hardcheese and Brain Guy

Level 1 Spellweaver

For some reason I'm nostalgic for the old D&D days lately, and I remember the best part of creating characters was drawing them. I also remember never actually playing much at all, so my characters were always stuck at Level 1. So, I'm thinking of doing a series of Level 1 characters, here is the first:

Level 1 Spellweaver, off on her first adventure. She is equipped with some of her Grandma's old hand-me-down stale potions, tinctures, and powders; nobody remembers what they do or if they are still any good. She made her own staff because she had a crappy money roll, and blew most of her gold pieces on the red scarf, instead of something practical like 50' of rope.

Sir Leon "Sirloin" Clutterbuck

Knighted for his outstanding innovations and actions while serving in the Queen's Royal Navy, Sir Clutterbuck was one of the most sought after pit crew chiefs during his stint in the racing circuit- it wasn't unusual for him to be the most highly paid member of the squad, much to the chagrin of the vain racers.

Window Redux

A remake of this old thing

Charles "Eye Steak" O'Shaughnessy

Charles O'Shaughnessy was a great innovator of safety, shown here demonstrating that his double-leather gloves, while protecting one's hands, were also dextrous enough to handle a delicate flower. Unfortunately, and some say ironically, during a race he downshifted into a hard turn, and the sudden deceleration caused his right padded glove to bump his eject button, thereby launching him into the turbine engine of a trailing Rocket Racer. He died. And his gloves were shredded.