A friend asked me to make an animation cycle of a cartoon cat. I used Blender to model, rig, and animate the cat. Inside Blender, I used their freestyle line/edge drawing system to get a nice cartoon cell-shaded effect. My … Continue reading →

Continuing with my theme of food, after the burger render and the sushi render, I feel proud about what I believe is my best work yet: a Cajun/Creole Sea Food render. To challenge myself, I once again imagined the most … Continue reading →

Like my Sushi project, I wanted to do another in my series of food renders. The subreddit r/blender has a monthly contest and while I was modeling this project, the current contest subject was photorealism. I figure the contest fit my food theme, … Continue reading →

Sometimes I try to challenge my self and in this case I tried to imagine one of the more difficult things I could model and render in Blender. I came up with Sushi. Furthermore, I decided that modeling and rendering … Continue reading →

I’ve been craving Nintendo a lot recently, playing a bunch of NES and Super NES on emulators (of course, using their real controllers). So after I modeled my 3DS XL, I thought I’d model my N64 which I had lying … Continue reading →

As I wrote about earlier, I recently got an Oculus Rift. Because the current version isn’t consumer-ready, it’s marketed as a developer prototype. As such, Oculus currently includes a 6 month free trial of the Unity game engine so developers … Continue reading →

I decided I’d like to brush up on my 3D modeling skills so I found a fun project for that: recreating a Lego Set. This is actually a rip-off of Lego, called “Enlighten,” but all the pieces that came with … Continue reading →

When I first started modeling for Google I was in awe of the cameras my coworkers were able to model. Before long I found myself assigned to model this Samsung Smart Camera WB250F. I was intimidated, but it was nowhere … Continue reading →

I modeled this Toshiba Encore Tablet for my work at Google. This model was originally intended to be displayed in an OpenGL live viewer. However, I took some time to throw-on and dial-in some materials for the renders below.

I modeled this Samsung Gusto 2 for my work at Google. This model was originally intended to be displayed in an OpenGL live viewer. However, I took some time to throw-on and dial-in some materials for the renders below. Check … Continue reading →

Another monitor I modeled for my work at Google. This time a Vizio m471a2. This model was originally intended to be displayed in an OpenGL live viewer. However, I took some time to throw-on and dial-in some materials for the … Continue reading →

Another monitor I modeled for my work at Google. This time an Asus 215. This model was originally intended to be displayed in an OpenGL live viewer. However, I took some time to throw-on and dial-in some materials for the … Continue reading →

I was asked to render another Benq Monitor for my work at Google. This time a Benq RL2455HM. This model was originally intended to be displayed in an OpenGL live viewer. However, I took some time to throw-on and dial-in … Continue reading →

I was asked to render an Acer Iconia Tab 8 for my work at Google. It was a fairly simple model, and I think it came out pretty well. True to life. This model was originally intended to be displayed … Continue reading →

For this Render I decided to try an additional challenge. None of the textures in this scene are from image files! All the textures and bump maps (normal maps) are procedurally generated inside Blender! I had to come up with … Continue reading →

Ashens is one of my favorite YouTube channels. The other day I was watching his review of Garbage Pail Kids, something I had seen around on the Internet and wanted to learn more about. He mentioned that there was a … Continue reading →

Someday I would like to 3D model all of my favorite Graffiti characters that I’ve discovered around the Bay Area. Of course, I had to start with my favorite, and the one that brought me closer to the Graffiti game … Continue reading →