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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

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

Back in the saddle

October 28, 2019 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
USS Enterprise WIP #123 October 28, 2019

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…]

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, LightWave 2019, NCC-1701, OctaneRender, Starship Enterprise, USS Enterprise

USS Enterprise WIP #121-A

October 8, 2019 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment

Getting close to the finish line! Today’s work in progress is a test of the warp drive and impulse engine effects. I think the impulse engines are “throbbing” a little too much (as if they were under stress or malfunctioning); I may need to tweak that. I’m also still not quite satisfied with the appearance … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, NCC-1701, Starship Enterprise, USS Enterprise, WIP

Darker? You decide…

September 19, 2019 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
USS Enterprise WIP Test #116 September 19, 2019

Hmm. Click here for the YouTube version. This is the same source material used in test #116 published earlier today, but without the heavy gamma correction applied (just some minor color curve adjustments that I made in the nonlinear editor I’m using to assemble these test videos). The only reason I’m publishing this is to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, NCC-1701, Starship Enterprise, USS Enterprise, WIP

USS Enterprise WIP #116

September 19, 2019 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
USS Enterprise WIP Test #116 September 19, 2019

Just a quickie for today. YouTube: https://youtu.be/AKGQ6o3QExs   Vimeo: The exterior of the secondary hull is finally finished, and I revised (again!) the “Christmas lights” visual effect behind the domes at the front of the warp nacelles. Judging by this test clip, I still need to do a little tweaking on the brightness and color … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, NCC-1701, Starship Enterprise, USS Enterprise, WIP
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