Sunset | Landscape Art | Photoshop | Personal Work

For a while I've been considering testing my landscape drawing skills as well as my colour picking and blending. I loved creating a sunrise look during the 'What If Metropolis' project and thought a great way to see my improvement from a year's worth of photoshop lessons was to start was a tropical style sunset/sunrise. 

I can already tell that I've become a lot more confident with brush strokes and I'm no longer feathering basic lines. My colour picking and blending has also come a long way and helped to create what I think is a gorgeous sky. The composition of the trees was also a lot easier to create and I definitely think this is a strong start to what I hope will become an ongoing project of my own.

Adventures in Lanzarote

In June I travelled to Lanzarote for a holiday. Unfortunately I forgot to pack a sketchbook (I'd left it on my bed - oops!) Instead I used the next best thing I had available - NAPKINS! I took some gorgeous shots of the island and I would definitely recommend it to everyone! I warn you it is a very windy island and it is very easy to get sunburnt there!

Lampost and flower bed. The Volcanic Green Lake El Golfo

2 of the many hundreds of cactus varieties that I found on the island

View of the Volcanic Green lake El Golfo and the view behind (this was a volcano that has since corroded into the sea so one side is open and the lake exists in what once was the crater) 

Some of the Volcanoes inside the Timanfaya National Park

Art Of "My Science Project" | Fantastic Voyage

Art of- My Science Project (WIP - 3rd May)

This is my Art Of for Fantastic Voyage. It is a work in progress as I plan to update it over summer as I enrich my project and my final animation.

CG Artist Toolkit | Maya Tutorials

Intro to Maya 2016

Modelling in 3D Software

Block Modelling

Common Shaders

UV Layout

1, 2 & 3 Point Lighting

Batch Rendering

Animating in 3D Software

Animation Part 1 - Using Rigs

Animation Part 2 - Using Motion Paths

Animation Part 3 - Using MEL

Animation Part 4 - Dynamics

Modeling 1:

Old Alleyway

Lighting & Rendering

Mid Day, Sunset and Romantic Lighting

Night and Sunset Interior

Texturing & Shading 1

Sampler Info Node (Double Sided Shader)

X-Ray Shader

Rim Light Shader

Reflectivity

Tillable & Layered Textures

Intro into Substance Materials

Fur

Animation 1

Part 1 - on the Spot

Part 2 - with Travel and Rotation

Settle & Rest: Pendulum

Secondary Action & Overlap

Squash and Stretch: Jumping

Arm - Anticipation & Followthrough

Felix Jnr Rig

Walking Cycles

Intro to Pre-Viz

Part 1 - Custom Camera Rig

Part 2 - Pan Shot

Part 3 - Roll Shot

Part 4 - Pitch Shot

Part 5 - Dolly Shot

Part 6 - Crane Shot

Part 7 - Distance Shot

Part 8 - Coverage

Part 9 - Camera Shake

Part 10 - Contra - Zoom

Rigging and Skinning

Legs and Spine

Arms

Neck & Head

Interactive Weights

Post Weights & Interactive Binding

Modelling 2: Hard Surface and Organics

Hard Surface Model - Scooter

Organic Model

All tutorials can be found by the links above or from the "Maya Tutorials" Tab at the top of the blog.

Squash and Stretch: Jumping | Maya

Legs, Spine, Head and Neck | Rigging | Maya

Settle & Rest: Pendulum | Maya