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Not dead yet!

November 20, 2021 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
Shuttlecraft Winfield performs a high-speed exit from the Starship Enterprise shuttle bay

Get ready for the understatement of the century: It’s been a weird 18 months. But I’m still here, and this project ain’t dead yet! This is a still of the shuttlecraft Winfield making a hasty exit from the Enterprise hangar deck. The deck sports its shortened-length so that the back wall and the enclosed elevated … [Read more…]

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

That’s hot.

March 12, 2021 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
The Starship Enterprise fires her forward port phaser bank

The Starship Enterprise fires her port forward phaser bank in this image published on March 12, 2021.

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

A little closer…

March 2, 2021 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment

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…]

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

A new image just so Fled Cruz isn’t the headline

February 23, 2021 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
The Starship Enterprise prepares to fire February 23, 2021

Nothing much new here; just didn’t want Flyin’ Ted Cruz as the cover image anymore šŸ˜‰

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

Ted Cruz Takes a Stroll

February 19, 2021 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment

Ted Cruz takes a stroll on the Starship Enterprise

Posted in: Meatspace, Politics, Star Trek Tagged: NCC-1701, Star Trek, Starship Enterprise, Ted Cruz, USS Enterprise

USS Enterprise HDR

September 21, 2020 by Scott Gammans 2 Comments
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

And I’m Back!

July 18, 2020 by Scott Gammans Leave a 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 ā€œDoomsday Machineā€ 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
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