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Angry Robot BooksDecember Snow part 2
Another shot of the snow today, this time I played with Camera Bag and used the cinema filter. One of these days I’ll pop for a full on DSLR but for now, the iPhone and the software apps you can get to play with the pictures right on the phone are darned fun.
December Snow TiltShift
Woke to a little snow this morning, this is off the front porch. Once the sun gets a bit more of a foothold on the day it will be a damp memory, but fun to see once a year down here in ‘Bama.
Moleskine Doodle 01
Just a doodle I worked on between calls at work. It has been done for quite a while, I just kept forgetting to scan the darned thing.
My desk, the keyboard and a smile left by the person who sat there before me.Tiltshift Down the Isle
Here is a shot down the isle I work in. Taken with the iPhone and then filtered with the TiltShift plugin. Love some of the things you can do with this filter. This is probably the best example of a classic tiltshift image I have taken. The deep perspective of the shot really played well and gives you that toy-like effect. After Tiltshift, I then processed in CameraBag.
A Filtered Caterpillar
Helga Caterpillar
Lolo Caterpillar
I took a few more pictures today with the iPhone. This time the only thing that really turned out was a shot of a caterpillar. The shot itself was so-so. Slightly out of focus and lighting was funny, so I opened up camerbag and tried out the filters. The Helga and Lolo filters seemed to do the trick for me.
TwitSketch
My first post to the #twitsketch hash tag on twitter. Glen Southern came up with an idea on twitter to post an idea as inspiration for a daily doodle to twitter. Then folks who like to doodle run with the idea, post a scan or photo of their sketch to someplace like twitpic use the #twitsketch hash tag and everyone else gets a chance to see what came of it. He also popped up some forums for the “project” or group, whatever you wanna call it . TwitSketch
I loved the idea as a way to work on getting my creative juices flowing and finally doodled something that fit :)
Mini Probe test render
Posting a quick progress render, no textures, just geometry for the mini probe I sketched a while back. Modeled and rendered in Blender
Studio Voyuerism
I am fairly sure most artists and wanna be artists are into this. Taking a look at other artists studios is just interesting. You often get a glimpse of the tools they have laying about. The toys and books on their shelves. Works in progress on their desk or drawing surface of choice. Here is an example, Glenn Southern has posted some pics tagged Studio on his flickr feed. On his info page he actually goes into the construction of the room he had built for his studio. If you are not already into checking them out that will get you started.
ImagineFX has a feature (not sure if it is regular) they spend a page on with a shot of an artists studio, some notes and a short bit by the artist on their process (or just a rambling, depending on said artists temperament). Many artists books like Mechanika: Creating the Art of Science Fiction with Doug Chiang
Finally, Studio Space
Quick sketch I did as a concept.
This is a quick sketch I did as a concept for equipment for a friends game. This is a Klik mini probe in a prelaunch state. Untold is the game, and my intention for the sketch is just to capture some ideas for later modeling in Lightwave, or to just pass it on for use as needed. The Klik are clockwork creatures so the device could use some more gears and steampunkish elements on the final.
