3D

It's been awhile since I last posted, but I have been working on finishing up my demo reel video for 2010.

I also updated and added new images I've been working on in the gallery section of my website.

With this video done, I am planning on some new posts about the upcoming Drupal 7, new flash applications and another tutorial about Cinema 4D.

Here is a short tutorial on a combination of settings I have found for rendering out volumetric clouds using PyroCluster in Maxon's Cinema 4D. These are the settings I used on my Plane renders.
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First, create an emitter object. This can be found in the menu Objects → Particle → Emitter. Create an environment object (When rendering volumetric particles it is necessary to have an environment object, or else the particles will not render correctly), and a Sky object.

I recently uploaded my 3D videos to YouTube and Vimeo for easier viewing. Check them out here:

Vimeo Page
YouTube Page

While making one of my more recent images, I created a couple images as textures that I would like to share. One would be the default desktop of a Mac computer, saved at 1440x900 resolution. The other being a Photoshop file of the keyboard layout of a MacBook Pro. The Photoshop file contains every part of a keyboard separated out into layers, and is best used for UV mapping and close up detailed shots. Preview images and downloads can be found below.