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3D Artwork: Object Of Worship

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:27:25 +0000

This piece is for the second edition of Uncommon Paradigm which is a free PDF formatted 3D science fiction artbook. One have to read the book to know what this image is about. Click here to download Uncommon Paradigm Science fiction artbook.

This rendering is created mainly in Blender 2.49. The terrain was initially crafted in Carrara Pro from a GIMP-created map for displacement. On-wall yegetations were created using Ivy Generator. All other modelling, lighting and texturing works were done within Blender. Image was rendered using Blender’s internal renderer with image editing done using the in-built node compositor. GIMP was also used for some post-editing.

This first work-in-progress for this piece is here.

Concept Device for Uncommon Paradigm 2nd edition

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:52:12 +0000

This is an initial rough Concept Sketch for a futuristic navigation device for Uncommon Paradigm 2nd edition. Once the design is finalised, I will process to model it in 3D either in Rhino or Blender 3D.

Uncommon Paradigm is a free science fiction artbook that has been an on-going free-time endeavor for me. The first edition of Uncommon Paradigm 3D Artbook is here.

To keep the sketch true to the Uncommon Paradigm ideal of using lowcost or free software, I use GIMP the opensource 2D graphic editor to render the hand-drawn sketches.

3D artwork: Alien world scape

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:17:48 +0000

This image is created for the Uncommon Paradigm art book, which has been recently released. It is created using Carrara Pro, which is a very good 3D program for creating natural worlds and landscapes. Carrara is from the same makers as DAZ Studio and Hexagon.

The scene rendered quite speedily, considering volumetric clouds were included. Some parts of the rendering are modelled using Blender 3D.

The scene made use of Carrara’s Realistic Sky tool to create the volumetric atmospheric effects.

Uncommon Paradigm is a collection of science fiction artworks that I have been working on (during the free times) for some years. Its storyline is told through the narratives of a fictitious space traveller.

FISH – short 3D animation

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:45:26 +0000

FISH is a short 3D animation that was created using Blender 3D and GIMP. It portrays an inquisitive little fish.

For this piece, modelling, rendering and animation were done entirely within Blender. For rendering, node compositing was used together with Blender’s own scanline renderer. Several animation techniques were used:

Shape key / vertex animation
Armature rigging
Soft bodies
Game engine rigid body actor
Physics simulation
Animated procedural textures
Particles

GIMP was used to create the texture for the fish.

The previous works-in-progress are here:

1. Work-in-progress 1

2. Work-in-progress 2

3. Work-in-progress 3

3D Artwork: Cloud Splitter Personal Jet

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:40:39 +0000

Cloud Splitter is a futuristic personal jet that drew inspirations from existing airplanes as well as science fictional machines. It is designed and created for the Uncommon Paradigm 3D Artbook. The artbook is distributed freely as a PDF download.

This scene was made entirely using Blender with some texture maps created using the GIMP. The image is rendered using Blender’s own internal rendering engine.

The bulk of the airplane was created using subsurfacing and symmetry modelling.

The aircraft body used material nodes for ‘multi-coated’ shader and texturing. Composite nodes were used for RGB correction and scene effects such as Depth-of-field.

The earlier work-in-progress included a female human character. However, after receiving feedbacks from other fellow artists, she was excluded from the final render.

Work-in-progress posts are as below:

Work-in-progress 1

Work-in-progress 2