That’s hot.
The Starship Enterprise fires her port forward phaser bank in this image published on March 12, 2021.
CGI Art
A little closer…
Getting a little closer to the look I’ve been searching for. The pig smells his truffles and is zeroing in on his reward. Other than a slew of lighting adjustments, this update has several minor (and not-so minor) modifications to the model/scene configuration: Adjusted the gamma on the star background to help the foreground blend … [Read more…]
A new image just so Fled Cruz isn’t the headline
Nothing much new here; just didn’t want Flyin’ Ted Cruz as the cover image anymore 😉
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…]
Enhance… enhance…
Enhance… …zoom in and enhance… …enhance… …zoom in and enhance. Yeeeah, I may have gone a bit overboard with the interiors.
And I’m Back!
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…]
Still here!
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.
Starship Constellation WIP
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.
The Starship Constellation
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…]
Back in the saddle
After a much-needed three weeks off I’m back in the saddle. The model as shown in this image does not include any new features compared to WIP video #121-A from three weeks ago; it’s just a test image that I rendered to reacquaint myself with the Enterprise model and see what’s left to do. Click … [Read more…]