Brandon H McDuffie - 3d Artist

After 3 and a half years..This is finally it..

2010-03-10T14:15:00.000-08:00

Portfolio Review for graduation is less than 24 hours away. Its all come down to this day. Judgement day. I wont lie and say I am not nervous. But I am also confident. Ive learned a lot while attending college, but especially over the last nine weeks. I've learned to not doubt myself so much. I've learned to trust myself in that am capable of doing great work, if I try my absolute best. I know I did the very best I could.

Tomorrow, after they tell me I pass, that will only be the beginning.

New Golf Cart

2010-03-04T15:24:00.001-08:00

Graduation in just a few weeks...Website updated

2010-02-18T17:14:00.000-08:00

As graduation is fast approaching, I have been working my a** off trying to improve my work, as well as get everything else done that needs to be done like getting business cards printed and things like that.

I was really worried at first, but I think I will be just fine now. I think a lot of my hard work is going to pay off. I have my website updated with a slick new, user friendly design now. Check it out at brandonmcduffie.com.

Biz Card

2010-02-17T18:57:00.001-08:00

Parody commercial is up..

2010-02-05T00:30:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chTNvWVCGao

New problems arise as my projects improve..

2010-02-02T15:16:00.000-08:00

Ok the lighter image is what it should look like for the most part after I had to take it to Photoshop and adjust the levels of the image. The dark image is what the jpeg saves as after I render it in Max. The light one is what it looks like when I render it in Max, but the dark one is how it looks after I save the image. Makes no sense and I have no idea why this is happening. It just started happening yesterday. I have to get this problem figured out so I dont have to waste all sorts of time trying to adjust the lighting afterwards when it should already look right beforehand...ugghhh...

Back to living room..

2010-02-01T16:08:00.000-08:00

Decided to try and use daylight instead of artificial. There is this noise issue around some of the objects that is driving me crazy. I havent figured it out yet. Whatever it takes to fix it, I'm sure its just gonna add to the already lengthy render time..uggh..

Starting to redesign website

2010-01-31T02:18:00.000-08:00

A few weeks left until graduation, and I'm getting into the stage of finalizing everything. Anyway, I want the website to be short, sweet and to the point, so I decided to get rid of the gallery page and put it directly on the homepage, as well as eliminate the profile page and emerge it with the contact page. This way, there is less links to have to click. I will see what my teachers as well as others think.

Fixed stair issue

2010-01-30T15:06:00.001-08:00

thanks for the feed back...you know who you are.

Fixed scaling issue on boxing ring..

2010-01-29T15:39:00.000-08:00

And another..

2010-01-27T14:31:00.001-08:00

Because I like posting on here. Several times. Of the same Project in semi-different phases.

So I ttok out that woodblock from the other pic..

2010-01-27T03:42:00.000-08:00

It was recommended that it was taking away from the composition, so I took it out. I guess it does look cleaner now.

Another one..

2010-01-27T01:15:00.000-08:00

Gym Update

2010-01-26T20:10:00.000-08:00

Final working on something else. Starting to revamp the gym now. Progress so far.

First flythrough of living room.

2010-01-24T20:10:00.000-08:00

I like it alot. It needs to be edited to get rid of that blemish in the beginning but it gives a good idea of whats to come. It will suffice for my 30 second reel.

Another Kitchen update..

2010-01-23T16:01:00.000-08:00

I think after all the tweaking, I'm getting close to it being finalized. Man this project is a pain.

Living room update

2010-01-22T22:36:00.001-08:00

Kitchen update

2010-01-22T21:01:00.001-08:00

So back to the living room for a bit.

2010-01-18T23:34:00.000-08:00

I'm switching back and forth. Probably wondering when I'm going to start tweaking the other projects for the demo reel. Well, just as soon as the living room and kitchen are the best that I can get them. Were close. Then it will be back to the bridge and boxing gym. Thats right the boxing gym is returning. Anyway, as for this, I added a a gamer chair and played with the material on the speakers and hdtv. I also added some Jaapanese Kanji which stand for "extraordinary", "Courage", and "extreme." Also added my guitar to the scene and tried to give the walls some depth. Not to sure about the regular walls yet. The red ones look better I think though.

Took a break from the living room...

2010-01-18T21:47:00.001-08:00

..just to work on the kitchen. Took all day literally tweaking the lighting, changing textures, tweaking parameters, changing time of day, you name it, I went through hell today with this piece, to get it here. I think its a nice step up from before, even though I couldnt get the outdoor natural light shining through the window like I wanted. I think this is okay. I never understood how important lighting was or appreciated that much. Now I am beginning to understand the importance of lighting, as well as rendering. Its closer to my photo I used for ref when I started this project months ago. Its not perfect, and it may never be so, but I'm proud of how far I've come. For now anyway.

Another update..

2010-01-18T13:11:00.000-08:00

More updates..

2010-01-17T11:52:00.000-08:00

Trying to get the lighting right and add more assets. Lighting is definitely the most difficult and important part of 3d modeling I would say.

Another Idea for the Intro

2010-01-17T10:39:00.001-08:00

Have these neon letters glowing on the wall and pull back to show the piece...maybe.

The Playboy Pad..

2010-01-17T00:37:00.000-08:00

..is what this latest project is going to be called. See if you can see why in one of these updated renders. The rendering time for these frames though is pretty lengthy. Since I have to have my demo reel done by week nine, I'll have to get these projects refined and finished earlier than I may have had to so I can start rendering out the movies and wont shoot myself in the foot by running out of time waiting until its too late. I started on this today and worked on it for a lot of hours. I'm proud of it so far. Time for bed for now though.

Graduation is near..

2010-01-16T20:30:00.000-08:00

That's right, graduation is this quarter. 8 weeks until my final demo reel is due and its judgment day. Gotta to beef up the portfolio. I started a new project earlier today and here is my progress thus far. Learning mental ray is really starting to come in handy. Look at the quality of this piece compared to some of my previous work. The results are getting alot better I'd say. I only wish I took more time to learn it sooner. I used a reference picture for this piece.

Mental Ray with sunlight

2010-01-13T22:47:00.001-08:00

Here are the before and after differences with the Mental Ray using real sunlight as opposed to artificial light in the room. A noticeable improvement so far I'd say..

Intro Idea

2009-12-03T23:23:00.000-08:00

So a friend helped me come up with an idea for an intro for my final demo reel. Use the letters on the fridge to spell out what you see. I'll zoom out from that and show the rest of the kitchen to seamlessly integrate my intro into my first scene that I'll be showing off. I'll find a way to do something similar for the last scene to show my contact info. If you look closely here you can find a little easter egg besides my name and demo reel stuff. I'll try and throw subtle easter eggs through out the reel in my various pieces. Should be fun.

Rough Cut Done

2009-12-01T15:26:00.000-08:00

When I say its a rough cut, that's exactly what I mean. Bad quality also.

Messin' around..

2009-11-19T14:29:00.001-08:00

So I tossed the idea of an instrument set...

2009-11-12T21:16:00.000-08:00

...and instead have decided to make the "lonely guitar." Its symbolizes a man who came out to rehearse for his performance, but never came back out to perform and the show was canceled . I think its a pretty cool concept. Its coming along, and it wont be as involved as trying to do an entire set of instruments.

P.S I know how smooth the guitar is. To be honest, I may leave it like that because I like the way it looks better.

Final piece started for demo reel..

2009-11-11T23:37:00.000-08:00

All of the previous pieces I've been showing are going to be in the reel, and now I've started whats going to be a simple turnaround of a guitar, drum set, and maybe a trumpet or something, to have some organic models in the reel. First attempt at a guitar, I think its coming along fairly okay.

Mooorre...updates

2009-11-04T21:51:00.000-08:00

The rough cut is compiled and ready for tommorow. I finally decided to change the chairs for the kitchen. Turned down the spec on the grass for the golf scene a bit. Tweaked the lighting for the bridge and temple scenes. I know I haven't shown much of the the gym equipment. Its in the earliest stage compared to everything else. Its going to be a simple small scene in a basement with the equipment you see. I added fire to the temple scene that needs to be tweaked also. Were coming along here, and I'm happy that I'm not behind either.

More updates

2009-11-02T18:59:00.000-08:00

Got 3 days until the rough cut is due. I'm not going to render out videos for this rough cut. Just stills.

Back to the bridge..

2009-10-29T21:49:00.000-07:00

I'm workin on several different projects at once now..here is how the bridge is coming along..
We have to make a rough cut of our demo reel for next week..I better get started now because my render times are unbelievable. I know the lighting is off. Man this rendering time is killing me..

2009-10-29T10:13:00.000-07:00

just a test video...

More minor details..

2009-10-24T02:27:00.000-07:00

My computer went to a blue screen (crashed) while I was working on this a few hours ago for no reason. Usually if I my computer shuts off while 3d max is running, when I go back to open the file its usually corrupted, along with all of the incremental saves. Suffice to say when my computer loaded back up the file was not corrupted and I had just saved it. Cant even begin to describe how infuriated I would've been had I lost this project.

Portfolio prep....

2009-10-23T21:38:00.000-07:00

.....requires us to work on projects worthy of portfolio quality to use for our demo reel and portfolios. Its week 4 next week and I basically counting down the weeks until I graduate. 7 weeks left for this then another 11 weeks and I'll be done with a 3 week winter break in between. It's imperative that I get going and start improving my projects so I can pass, plus I really want to win best of show. That being said, Ive been told by our teacher that we have to get as much feedback as possible from here on out. I've been working my but off the last few weeks. No more time wasting for me, and I've never been more serious about my work then now. Time to show what I can be capable of. Anyway, here is my old kitchen project during the middle of its make over. Want to make it look a little more lived in than before. Still got some ways to go but it looks a hellava lot better than it did when I first considered it finished a long time ago.

Hummer using mental ray and car paint

2009-09-19T10:35:00.000-07:00

Man, this looks cool. Now that I'm learning this stuff, all I have to do is make my models better for next time.

trying to fix up hummer..

2009-08-29T05:27:00.000-07:00

I tried to go back and make the hummer a bit better modeling wise, like making better tires and rims, and adding smoothing groups to certain places..I really wish I would have known what I know now when I started this ; it wouldve came out better. I know for next time though. I think its is looking a little better than before at least. Also for fun, playing with some various color schemes for it like camo and dirt. The front is KILLIN me lol..it sticks out like a sore thumb..oh well, I still had fun with this and my next car will be a lot better.

Wartorn city for final portfolio

2009-08-23T03:35:00.000-07:00

I'm starting early and am going to take my time to finish this project. Its going to go in my final demo reel by march..I'm using a lot of techniques I've never used so far. I have a tendency to rush when doing 3d, and I'm really trying this time to take my time and pay attention to even the smallest details. It was going good so far, but as the hours passed, I started getting impatient, and began to rush again..thus it needs several tweaks so far, but its still coming along well I think.

Been a while..

2009-07-02T22:25:00.000-07:00

Over my break, I decided to try something I've never been able to do; vehicles. I started of with a golf cart, figuring that would be easier. Then I went on to try a hummer, thinking it would be more difficult, but still manageable for me considering its boxy like a golf cart. They arent perfect, but since Ive never done anything close to this, I'm pretty happy with the way they both are coming along. They will both be on the site soon.

Website update..

2009-05-12T01:51:00.000-07:00

Website received an overhaul and I think it looks and navigates very well now. That is all.

Playing with a background

2009-05-09T14:14:00.000-07:00

for the bridge...

Site is up!!

2009-05-01T02:46:00.001-07:00

My official website is finally up. There isn't any content uploaded as of yet though. The url is brandonmcduffie.com.

Still waiting for my confirmation email for my website...

2009-04-30T12:04:00.000-07:00

I'm supposed to receive an email today, its been 48 hours, saying my website is ready for me to start uploading stuff but haven't received it yet. In the meantime I played around with the bridge a little more. Added a sky box and some water. I want to find a nice city backdrop to throw in there. I'll post more updates as we go along.

Website and Bridge

2009-04-29T20:05:00.000-07:00

This ended up being the final design for the website after a lot of feedback. I like it. I'll see how it goes for a while. The domain name and server space were purchased yesterday, so by tomorrow hopefully it will be up and running. The url is brandonmcduffie.com

Also, I started this attempt at the Golden Gate Bridge. It took about 5 hours to get to this point, and I am very proud of it so far. Definitely a portfolio piece when it gets done.

Making my actual website

2009-04-22T14:34:00.001-07:00

This quarter I'm taking my web portfolio class, which is where we make our actual website. Its a really fun class and our teacher is knowledgeable about how to go about creating our websites. The site will actually go live within a few weeks for a midterm grade. After several mock ups of the home page, I decided to narrow it down to this design, but not yet decided on which of the three variations as of yet. Starting out, I had a few certain things in mind that I wanted to be sure I nailed for the homepage, and overall website; for it to be sleek, elegant, and very straight forward. I believe I achieved these goals so far.

Another update..

2009-04-11T19:30:00.000-07:00

Added a bulletin board..still need to design a few more papers to go on it. Also had to scale down the floor texture and take it to photoshop and tile it. Not fun. Also added an exit door.

ring update..

2009-04-10T21:32:00.000-07:00

Its gettin there..I'm gonna change a few things though. More work still needs to be done.

Court update..

2009-04-09T01:56:00.001-07:00

Okay it 2 in the morning and I got class in like 5 hours so I'll keep this short. Here is an update for the basketball court.

The quarter is finally over!!

2009-03-27T01:44:00.000-07:00

Man, I am relieved. We completed our team production project. It came along rather nicley, despite not being technically 100% finished. It actually needs quite a bit more work, but we'll get to finishing it when we get to it. Anyway, its all me again from here on out at school, as I've completed all of the classes in which I have to be on a team. Now I can focus on sorely me again. I've finally got around to the gym project again...I'm taking a short break from modeling, so I decided to start procedural texturing some of the these things. I'm still tampering with the materials, as I'm always changing them. One thing I think I should make clear once and for all though is the fact that I want these projects, mainly speaking my interior exterior environment projects to look real, but at the same time not photo realistic. I want to add my own touch to my projects, which is why I tend to over exaggerate certain aspects of my models and texturing. I get heat for it, and I always try to take the advice into consideration, but I want to stay with my unique style. I guess I want it to be a cross between photo realistic, and cartoony, for lack of a better word. I mean, in all honesty, what is the point of making something so realistic that you could of just taken a photo? The only way I could see doing that would be if I was like a 3d architect or interior designer or something, but I'm a Game design student, so I believe my style is justified. Anyway, heres a few updated pics.

Another update..

2009-03-07T12:05:00.000-08:00

My first character....

2009-03-07T02:32:00.000-08:00

Its not too good, and i know the texture is horrible on the face, but I really am trying lol. I used a picture of me. Im actually starting to understand a little bit about this but I still have a long way to go in learning. I still have to texture the rest of the character..for my first attempt though, I'm proud that I at least got somewhere with it. My future ones will be much better.

New project for Game Modeling..

2009-01-15T11:31:00.000-08:00

I know everyones curious about an update to the gym...one is coming. I just took a nice break from it. I actually worked on it tuesday night in my team production class..A few people walked by and saw it and were kinda shocked as to how good it was turning out. Then of course they hounded me about texturing it...I'm tired of people asking me that lol..

But anyway, this is a project for my game modeling class I had yesterday..We have to make some sort of residence, do the inside, or at least part of it, and have a character for it. I decided to attempt my first house. I'd say its not turning out to bad so far..also, credit goes to a friend who a while back showed me that using blueprints or layouts to attempt a house was the best way to do it. I'm trying to get the entire project done in a few days so I can focus on the final quarter or team production. I'm going to change the roof texture though..

and another update..

2008-12-24T04:42:00.000-08:00

Ok, I gotta say, I'm really digging this one..I was suprised I pulled it off from the crappy photo I used as ref..

yet another update...

2008-12-22T21:25:00.000-08:00

ok now Ive added a few more meshes, and even did boxing gloves. There pretty good I guess for my first attempt at boxing gloves.

Another update..

2008-12-22T07:13:00.000-08:00

I'm starting to figure out how to make fluorescent lighting and make it look like its coming from the actual bulb..I'm almost there..its getting there..this thing is gonna be so nice..

Upadate..

2008-12-21T20:24:00.000-08:00

Adding more detail to the boxing area and basketball gym..

Revamped boxing ring..

2008-12-21T15:24:00.001-08:00

As promised, I went back and re did the boxing ring. Looks much more realistic in my opinion. Still havent messed withe the other parts of that room though. I'll probably work on that now.

Preview of my biggest project...

2008-12-21T02:48:00.000-08:00

Its really time to start beefing up my portfolio...I've started this, what is probably my biggest project yet...a 32 hour fitness like gym, complete with a basketball gym and boxing ring.
Its about 30% done. Its driving me crazy and the poly count is up there pretty high, and its only gonna get higher. Check back frequently for more updates as this project will surely get finished.
I'm liking the way its turning out so far, except for the boxing ring. It looks really fake compared to everything else. I'm going to redo it. Oh yea, I actually modeled out a net for a basketball hoop lmao..wow. Like seriously, who does that? Its eating some SERIOUS polys but I dont care cause it looks cool to me lol.

test movie

2008-09-24T16:12:00.000-07:00

I dont why I did this..I just wanted to see this thing in motion...its not even completed modeling yet lol.

Tried to fix the scale on the middle counter and mircrowave a little..

2008-09-21T14:08:00.001-07:00

More progress

2008-09-21T11:37:00.000-07:00

....alright, its almost there..still gotta populate the counters and figure out the lighting...I'm going all the way with this one...I know for sure now that I wanna do this kinda stuff...it dosent even have to be for a game I don't care this is fun as hell lol.

Update..like 30 mins later lol..

2008-09-21T03:18:00.000-07:00

I'm really having fun with this...I don't even wanna sleep...been goin at it for hours though, I'm finally gonna rest now.

New Kitchen project..

2008-09-21T02:35:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I didnt get my city finished. Its cool though. I had a portfolio review, and was told my environments were very good and that I need to strengthen those skills even more. They also told me that my 2d was clearly a weakness and to really work on that. I took those words to heart and started a new kitchen. Its pretty much done modeled, I just need to put various objects on the counters and stuff. Then, the texture is whats going to really make it stand out...I using a photo as reference, but I'm not modeling it EXACTLY after it. Only like 90% lol.

Texture progress

2008-08-19T00:31:00.000-07:00

Alrighty....here is the crossbow with its diffuse texture. Its amazing what a few tricks that photoshop can do that i was not aware of. Also finally starting to use reference when modeling and texturing and I'm starting to see a lot of improvement on both fronts. I'm still working on the normal map, so there isnt one applied yet. Also here is another weapon, a Merf (Nerf, lol) small pistol for my prototyping class..I didnt model it, but I did the texture, and its lookin way better than the way I was texturing it before I was taught a few new tricks with photoshop. I'm p'roud of my progress. It should be noted as well that a fellow classmate of mine designed the "Merf" logo. I just slapped it on my textures for our class. He did a good job on it.

Decided to try another weapon for fun..

2008-08-12T16:07:00.000-07:00

So here is a desert eagle I started yesterday after I did the bow. I decided to try a real weapon. Its pretty fun modeling this stuff, and pretty challenging. This is about halfway done, but I made some mistakes in its earlier stages that I didnt catch until now. If I was to start over, which I will, it will be even better. Each new model I do from now on is gonna be a learning process. I'm pretty excited about my skills getting better. So, not sure if I'll try and finish this and make a new one, or just make a new one. Either way, its pretty cool.

Update...

2008-08-11T14:32:00.000-07:00

Here is the bow with a few minor updates I was told by a few classmates. Scale in the polys under the trigger, use the actual bows that another classmate model for consistency, and round off the edges. The reaction to the gun was very good from classmates despite having to make these minor changes.

I had to redo a nerf crossbow for prototyping..

2008-08-11T00:21:00.000-07:00

I thought I would post this just because I've never really posted objects here before. Someone from last quarters prototyping class made one, but they didn't like it to well so I was asked to redo it. Its not approved, or even finished yet, they haven't seen it yet. But I sort of like where its going. I used the real Nerf cross bow pictures that I found. They were very hard to come by. I'll post the finished product when its done.

2008-07-10T15:27:00.001-07:00

Without light tracer...

New City

2008-07-10T03:47:00.000-07:00

I'm making a new city for my portfolio. I really wanna surpass the other, so I'm going to put as much effort into this as possible, and try to actually finish this one. I've given myself till the end of the quarter for it. I just started about 3 days ago, not much to really show. The street layout is gonna be pretty difficult. I'll have to go take pictures, so the street now is just placeholder.

It's been a while....again

2008-05-03T13:39:00.000-07:00

Well, a lot of things have happened since I last posted. A few issues happened with my team production class. i won't go into details, but suffice to say, I as well as a few others do not have our lead positions anymore for team production. I was a little upset at first, but I realize what was done, had to be done for the greater good. It is also a lot of weight off of my shoulders as well. Now its officially crunch time, and this team has a lot to prove. We have to get our first level done by the end of the quarter, so I will be extremely busy from here on out. I'll definately be posting more often now, talking about how the progress is coming along for us, as well as posting whatever work I happen to get done for the project. In the meantime, here is what I have....it's supposed to be a castle for a class I have. Not bad for cranking it out in a day.

2008-04-12T12:32:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm back. I realize it's been a while since I have posted any new artwork. I have been pretty busy to honest. I have some of the hardest classes in my major. But the big announcement I have is that I am participating in the team production class. A 3 quarter class where we are making a full fledged game. But even bigger than that, I was given the role of environment lead. Very unexpected. I have a group of 6 guys on my team, and it will be our job to make the environments that will be in the game. This is going to be a huge responsibility on my shoulders. Consequences of failing will be brutal. Rewards of succeeding will be great. I'm not in the mood to fail. Let the games begin.

prison cell

2008-03-16T02:31:00.000-07:00

Update on the prison cell...it's coming along.

Very very early pic of a prison cell i started last night. Its not even close to finished, but I like it so far, so I decided to put it up now anyway.

I'm back....

2008-03-13T18:02:00.000-07:00

Tutorials. In my opinion, what better way to learn. This is a space scene built in Max from a cool tutorial I tried to follow. The important thing here is that I've learned how to do a lot of things from this tutorial as far as materials and lighting go.

experimenting with glass...

2008-02-27T02:20:00.000-08:00

Im trying to find the best way to make glass texture. This is not so bad, but not quite what I want yet.

Etruscan temple

2008-02-26T01:26:00.000-08:00

A Roman Etruscan temple modeled in my spare time. from an architecture book I have. Not completed, or textured yet. Simple grey model with some lights thrown in. I''ll try to have it finished as soon as possible. Until then, please enjoy these early screenshots.

Sculpture madness.....made me stronger.

2008-02-23T03:19:00.000-08:00

Here's the story. We had three weeks to do a sculpture for our midterm project. The armature is the most important part of any sculpture. It is everything. I learned this the hard way, because I had to start start the project over three different times due to a weak armature. So at approximately 2 am in the morning of February, 22, the early morning before the project was due, I would find out that I would have to start the entire project over for a third time. Tired, exhausted, and frustrated as hell, I was done. The class was going to get dropped, and I was just going to try to avoid sculpture for as long as I could get away with it. But wait. Then something happened. My roommate, Rick, and our friend Arnel wouldn't let that happen. They wouldn't let me give up. They strongly proposed that I start over yet again, with just hours until the deadline. At first I was going to refuse, complaining about how I couldn't build the armature. But that excuse wasn't good enough for these two. They helped me build a better armature. After the new armature was built, it was about 4am now. No sleep since the day before, and I had to start the sculpture. I was very discouraged throughout the process, running into numerous mistakes along the way. But, as the hours went by, and I worked furiously without eating or rest, with just a few very short breaks, I began to realize, maybe I could pull it off. Maybe I could finish it by 6pm. And that's exactly what happened. A full character sculpture was completed in about 14 hours straight. I couldn't believe it. It surely wasn't the best in the class by any means, but it was damn good considering the circumstances in which it was built. So with the help of my friends, determination, will, and a few red bulls, I finished it an hour before class. The greatest things I learned from this project, were one, if you don't understand how to do something, study it. And also ask for help quickly, because there are people who care, and they will help. And two, to not give up. Not just with school work, but with anything in life. In my seven quarters of being at Ai, this is one of the those experiences I'll cherish the most, because it showed me that I could look within myself to have the determination to finish something under the most excruciating circumstances. Because of this experience, I'll never make an excuse, and I'll never let myself give up on anything.

another pic of the diner

2008-02-21T14:29:00.000-08:00

Not finished, but it's gettin' there.

My first, and so far only face model.

2008-02-13T16:25:00.001-08:00

This was done a while back. It was the first time attempting face modeling and it was very difficult I must say. The left one is the normal map, the middle on is the low poly, and the last one is the high poly. And, yes, it is supposed to look like a zombie, lol.

A flythrough of a kitchen I did about 3 or 4 qtrs ago, and my first good project.

2008-02-13T15:03:00.000-08:00

Yea, I made this a while back. I remember I had to start this entire project over when I was almost finished with it because my ipod broke. I'm happy with it, considering it was my first big and actually good 3d work that I ever did. I can say, once I did this project, I knew I loved 3d modeling environments and such. My progress has since come a long way. I appologize for it being a little fast, lol. I'll have to slow that down in Premier or something. The video took five hours to render in Max on my laptop.

I like the fire place...

2008-02-13T14:57:00.000-08:00

I like the fire place, and the pic of the Mona Lisa above it, but I don't like the weird shadow below the picture frame, and my fire doesn't look realistic enough. Will it be fixed? You betcha.

Living room project from a while back

2008-02-13T14:52:00.000-08:00

I did this project in my free time a while back. The lighting is not correct yet, and there are more objects to be added soon. I'll make time to get around to it.

What happend to the sidewalk there, lol?!

2008-02-13T14:45:00.001-08:00

Yet another view of my city, but what happened to my sidewalk in the mid left hand corner. Well, I don't know to be honest, lol. It had to have happened at the last minute before I rendered it out. Not sure how it can be fixed, but I'll try!

another pic of the city

2008-02-13T14:39:00.000-08:00

Just another pic of my city. I realize it's kind of cartoony looking, and the lighting is off. It will get fixed though.

My city and the "McDuffie's"

2008-02-13T14:30:00.000-08:00

Yeah this is a pic of a city I modeled in Max. You can see the McDuffie's in the background. It's not finished, but I like the way it's progressing. I look forward to working on this more and making it a much more living, breathing environment.

"McDuffie's"

2008-02-13T14:21:00.000-08:00

This is a pic of the inside of an eatery I call McDuffie's. It's not finished yet due to stress, but please believe it will get finished soon now. I really like the way that fountain soda machine came out.

2008-02-13T13:41:00.000-08:00

Well, this is my first post on Blogger. I've really been letting myself get stressed out over girls lately. Actually, since I moved out to Vegas period. I noticed a while back that I was pretty good at modeling and texturing, not the best, but certainly better than I thought I would be. The problem however, is that I haven't really been going anywhere with it. Now I find myself about 5 quarters left at The Art Institute, and I have been really slacking and don't have much work to show for how long I have been here. Graduation will be here before I know it so I have to decide what is more important; Stressing myself out trying to find a girlfriend, or put a much heavier and intense focus on my schoolwork and my modeling skills. Well, I actually already have made the choice a couple of days ago. Despite being extremely upset and jealous about not having a girlfriend, I have to be smart about this situation, and work towards what is more important at the moment, which is to work much harder at school, so I can hopefully have a career in this industry when I am done here. The burden of not having a girlfriend, I know will still haunt me until I have one, but I am ready to carry that burden until I have completed school and got myself a job. Finally making my blogger and uploading some of my previous work is a step in the right direction. I'm glad I have finally opened my eyes, and realized what is most important..and I look forward to some very good work coming from myself from now on.