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photoshop, brushes, less than an hour.]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:02:11 +0000 http://chowda.cgsociety.org/gallery/459411

Another FG test. I just liked how the curves of the object were accentuated by the illuminating geometry. ]]> Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:24:58 +0000 http://chowda.cgsociety.org/gallery/701038

My family has been known to go to the beach in winter. Its actually peaceful if the wind isn't ripping through.

This was another demo I did for a photoshop class I was teaching. ]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:26:38 +0000 http://chowda.cgsociety.org/gallery/346228

There's really nothing there, no robots, no spaceships, no aliens, there's just some dust, some light and some visible energy. Between you and me, I was just playing around in Photoshop and got lucky. I like the sense of depth, I like the contrast and the colours. I thought about compositing some rocks in, but its nice as it is. I tried animating it, which was interesting. I've been using Photoshop a long time and I'd like to get into matte painting. For me personally, this seemed like a step in the right direction. ]]> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:50:55 +0000 http://chowda.cgsociety.org/gallery/701037

I was playing with the brushes ala Vyle's Gnomon dvd, which was really awesome.]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:24:47 +0000 http://chowda.cgsociety.org/gallery/701033

This was a quick painting for a comic I'm working on with a friend of mine. Think WWI, No Man's Land.]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:19:44 +0000 http://chowda.cgsociety.org/gallery/701025

photoshop, brushes, this was a sort of Bob Ross demo for a photoshop class I was teaching. ]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:06:13 +0000 http://chowda.cgsociety.org/gallery/701028

photoshop, brushes, maybe an hour speed painting.

I really liked the dramatic sky in this one, contrasting the warm reds with the cooler landscape.]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:11:58 +0000 http://chowda.cgsociety.org/gallery/701036

I liked the depth, the way the treelines converge and define the landscape. I also liked working in a lighter palette, so much of my other work has been very dark I surprised myself that I was able to do this.

An hour in photoshop speed painting.]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:23:14 +0000 http://chowda.cgsociety.org/gallery/701034

half hour speed painting in photoshop.]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:20:49 +0000 http://chowda.cgsociety.org/gallery/699153

1 hour
Photoshop
a few custom brushes


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photoshop, brushes, still getting the speed painting technique down with this.]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:03:32 +0000 http://chowda.cgsociety.org/gallery/502965

This was a step towards the other fish image I currently have up. He's just so shiny!!! Its all Final Gather, no real lights here either.]]> Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:14:07 +0000 http://chowda.cgsociety.org/gallery/459413

I am doing some experiments with Maya Fluid Effects to get some nice water. Apparently thats not what its made for, but I'm confident I'll be able to find some work-arounds. This is a still of water pouring.

At this point I'd like to integrate physically accurate photons with mental ray, but apparently thats not going to be so easy either. Until then I'm pretty happy with this kind of result.]]> Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:28:12 +0000 http://chowda.cgsociety.org/gallery/502963

This fish is part of a long term project. You can see him swim a little here: http://www.youtube.com/musetavern. I put the rig together as part of class at RISD. The whole thing should be done May of 2008.

Anyhoo...I lit the room just like some of my other images here. Some high ambient geometry around the bottom edges of the walls, wth three more pieces from above, and rendered with Final Gather. Then I did a spherical render of the room, and used that for IBL and final gather on the fish. It worked pretty well. There's still some noise in the shadows of the animation, but those kinks should be worked out eventually.]]> Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:11:48 +0000 http://chowda.cgsociety.org/gallery/459410

I was just learning final gather when it all clicked for me about a year ago. I started experimenting with rooms lit by only by luminant geometry, almost like fluourescent lights. ]]> Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:23:22 +0000