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USS Enterprise HDR

September 21, 2020 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
USS Enterprise HDR

This is a first attempt at producing an HDR (high dynamic range) image and then “down-rezzing” it to an RGB color space for viewing on the web. Still looks a bit dark, but I liked the image otherwise so I thought I’d post it since I’ve been absent the past couple of months (work has … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, HDR, Star Trek, Starship Enterprise, USS Enterprise

Enhance… enhance…

July 19, 2020 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
USS Enterprise Engineering Section Interior Detail #4 July 19, 2020

Enhance… …zoom in and enhance… …enhance… …zoom in and enhance. Yeeeah, I may have gone a bit overboard with the interiors.

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, LightWave 2019, OCD, Starship Enterprise, USS Enterprise, WIP

And I’m Back!

July 18, 2020 by Scott Gammans 1 Comment
USS Enterprise Lighting Test #130-B July 18, 2020

After a long hiatus for COVID-19 and playing Nurse Chapel for my better half, I’m back at work on this project. Just for a little re-familiarization with LightWave and OctaneRender, I whipped up this test video using my Enterprise model, which I haven’t touched since November 2019. There are some subtle changes in lighting and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, Star Trek, Starship Enterprise, USS Enterprise, WIP

Still here!

May 1, 2020 by Scott Gammans 1 Comment
USS Constellation WIP #129 1 May 2020

Just a quick check-in. I’m still not back-back and working on this project, but I haven’t touched the models since early March and I wanted to just do a quickie render to keep the muscle-memory intact. More to come when I’m able to get back to this full-time.

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, Star Trek, USS Constellation, WIP

Status update

April 17, 2020 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
Live LONG. And prosper.

For anyone wondering where I’ve been the past month, well, I’ve been right here! Unfortunately, self-isolation and social distancing have not allowed me more time to work on my “Doomsday Machine” project for two reasons: I have worked from home full-time since 2014, so my schedule during daylight hours hasn’t changed (if anything, I’m working … [Read more…]

Posted in: Meatspace, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: Meatspace, Star Trek

The Constellation Exits from Warp

March 3, 2020 by Scott Gammans 1 Comment
The Starship Constellation decelerates from warp and reenters normal space.

The Starship Constellation exits from warp TMP-style in today’s video.

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI, Star Trek, Starship Constellation, USS Constellation, VFX, Warp Drive

Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew!

March 1, 2020 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
The Starship Constellation fires her forward phaser banks (image 1 of 4)

The Starship Constellation fires her main phaser banks at an unseen enemy in a new test video I’ve uploaded to Vimeo and YouTube.

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI, Phasers, Star Trek, Starship Constellation, USS Constellation, VFX

So long, LightWave. It’s been aggravating.

January 23, 2020 by Scott Gammans 1 Comment
The Constellation sails towards her fate... and so does LightWave

Hi everyone! Nope, not dead yet! But as far as I’m concerned, LightWave is.   I’ve been gone for a while with no updates, so I thought I’d punch in and let you know what’s going on. After six months of battle, tonight I finally came to the frustrating conclusion that LightWave 2019 is irretrievably … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: Blender, LightWave 2019, NewTek, OctaneRender, OTOY

Starship Constellation WIP

December 5, 2019 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
Starship Constellation WIP #129 December 4, 2019

I’ve been bad about publishing updates, but not because I’m slacking off, I assure you! Here’s a work-in-progress image of the Starship Constellation from a video I hope to have finished in time for the U.S. Christmas holiday.

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, Starship Constellation, USS Constellation, WIP

The Starship Constellation

November 13, 2019 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
The Starships Enterprise and Constellation meet in happier times.

Work continues apace on the starship Constellation. The Connie has haunted my dreams ever since I was a seven-year-old boy staring transfixed at the Trinitron whenever the local TV station reran “The Doomsday Machine”. How could a giant starship be wrecked like that?! Impossible! But as I got older, I started noticing how, er, undetailed the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, NCC-1017, Starship Constellation, USS Constellation, WIP
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