My tutorial on Digital Tutors
I'm happy to have the first LightWave 3D tutorial on Digital Tutors. This tutorial is on modeling a realistic Bell 407 helicopter. The tutorial arrives Monday Jan, 19th. Here is a sneak
Contest submission
For the past few months I've been working on an entry for this contest. Run by the author D. W. Jackson. The rules basically said to make a video promoting one or more of his books, 2-10 minutes long and include a link to his Amazon page. Judges pick the top 10 videos and out of those 10 a winner is chosen at random. The prize is a trip to Japan including the flight, hotel for one week, and $500 spending money. The rules didn't specify that it had to be video and he said Animation was fine so I worked my butt off to make sure I was in that top ...
Anna’s Pendant
This is a pendant that I made using LightWave 3D and 3D-Coat. It's a replica of the one worn by Anna and Elsa from Frozen when they were in the ABCÂ TV series Once Upon A Time. This version is printed in the Stainless Steel material from Shapeways. If you'd like one for yourself you can get one here in numerous different
Arch-viz Interior
This is an update to the interior that I made for my art test with Paradigm Productions last year. I added accessories like the bottles and tableware plus the depth of field to clean up the render. Click to
Arch-viz building
This is the art test that I did for Paradigm Productions last year. I've updated it since then with some better lighting and improved the over all render quality. Click each to
Beer Stein
Here is my latest 3D scan. This stein that belongs to my dad has been around for as long as I can remember. Beer Stein (3D scan) by philnolan3d on
Two new exciting projects
Keep an eye out for two things I'll be working on over the next couple of weeks / months! First I'm doing a tutorial for DigitalTutors.com. Next, I'm entering a contest to make a video promoting the books of a somewhat new author. The idea is a video but he says he will accept animation. In order to win the video has to be in the top ten, then of those 10 the winner will be drawn at random. The prize is a trip to Japan with hotel paid for a week plus $500 spending money. We have until January 1st to submit the video so that should be ...
jWords
I haven't mentioned it much in this blog but I've always had an interest in Japanese language and culture. In the past couple of years I've become a big fan of jVloggers, that is. English speakers who are currently living in Japan and make frequent YouTube videos on that country. Sometimes they're about daily life in Japan or interesting shops they find and things they buy, sometimes it's more educational such as the videos from Victor Boggio, a Peruvian-American who has lived there for a number of years with his Japanese wife. Victor refers ...
