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Updated Portfolio Site – 3D Renders & Graphic Design
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
I finally got around to updating actrask.com as a portfolio site. Here is the link.
Real-time theater render!
Friday, June 25th, 2010
I recently discovered Wild Pockets and have been having a lot of fun porting it from 3dsmax to their viewer.
I wish that the installer was a little smoother. You’ll be prompted to download an exe and then have to launch that exe and install the program. However, it is worth it!
Use your RIGHT mouse button to navigate the scene. The left mouse button will re-position the lights. If the framerate is too low, press the spacebar four times to put the model into self-illumination mode.
Use the + and – buttons to zoom in and out. The WASD keys will let you strafe and walk.
Here is the page I put together for this: Indie Home Theater Interiors
First Video “Tutorials” ;) are up!
Friday, April 16th, 2010
I created my first video tutorials the other day! Well, they’re more time-lapse than an actual step by step tutorials, but still pretty cool to watch.
I plan on doing more of these so stay tuned!
“Shop Girls” CG Society Render Challenge
Sunday, September 6th, 2009
My first submission to cgsociety.org’s Lighting Challenge forum: “ShopGirls”
Sconces!
Friday, March 21st, 2008
-Just a few sconces I modeled for some recent jobs. These were rendered in an IBL setup. Basically, create a big sphere around the models with an HDR map applied to it, turn on Final Gather, tweak the exposure and BAM!
Salesmen Ride the Beasts of Burden
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
I had a realization the other day that 95% of what I do at work goes to waste. Everyday is a bloody, epic battle within these two monitors, and the only people who get anything out of it seem to be salesmen. These guys get the sale handed to them on a silver platter and don’t even notice the giblets of time and frustration splattered all over it. ‘Oblivious’ wouldn’t even begin to describe it.
The goal of this site is to fix all that. I figure there are deserving people out there who can gain from my daily scirmishes with 3ds max, Adobe products (I’m looking at you Illustrator), and design challenges in general.
A little background; my primary job is to create 3d renders for home theater interiors, however, a lot of my days go to creating basic marketing materials, websites, and dealing with obscure design challenges. I work at Cinema Design Group, International as Creative Director.
I’m going to start off by posting projects as they are completed with a little summary on what was involved. Eventually I’d like to do some tutorials, and a place to post technical questions. It seems everyday I run into random annoyances/issues with the software I use that are too obscure to find a quick answer on google. I think it’d be useful to document these as they come to provide a place that can be found by others having the same headache.
Also, I’d like to thank Paddy Ryan for the Wordpress layout. Hopefully when I get some time I will be able to design my own!
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