New Infinite Machine...
I've been working on "logos" for Infinite Machine (my official business operation). I put logos in quotes because I would like to make the imagery ...
Building A Mini Port...
I'm always trying out new ways to show potential clients my work. It all sounds pretentious and ego driven but how else are you going ...
New Test Renders...
Still working on developing a rendering style for Fuel & Fire. VRay (Sketchup + VRay + Color Alpha Comp) VRay (Sketchup + VRay Comp)
Fuel & Fire Vis...
I did some combing of the internets and found some tools that allow me to do some high quality SketchUp renders. I tried out two ...
Monday Morning Quart...
So the past few weeks I've been making some progress on Fuel & Fire and most importantly I've done some conceptual experimenting. So now is ...
Fuel & Fire Tes...
While working on my Fuel & Fire pages I decided to come up with an animatic for kicks. [youtube]wikMNHMQ1w8[/youtube]
Crashing the Tow Tru...
Worked on a scene tonight where I had to crash the tow truck. Tomorrow I'll post something to help explain this tragic event.
More Skeleton on Ske...
The other day I posted some images of a skeleton that I rigged for posing. Here's a video of how the posing works. [youtube]ZJn-y8UMer8[/youtube] Here's how I ...
Skeleton on Skeleton...
I needed a skeleton today. Not having time to build one, I grabbed one from the Sketchup 3D Warehouse. Not sure if the actual model ...
Transport Transmissi...
After completing the cab, I worked on a transmission for the transport. Things to do: - Finish the container (ext). - Link up the drive train. - Build exhaust.
New Video: Posing Wi...
I just uploaded a new video that shows how I use my rigging hack to pose a model. [youtube]9vU2MMc-woM[/youtube] If you haven't seen my posts before, reading ...
Posing In Maya...
What a day. I posed all the Hugh models for the first 2 pages of the scene I mocked up yesterday (see previous blog post). ...
Fuel & Fire Pag...
Okay, so this week is all about building a scene for Fuel & Fire. This will be the first scene I've created for the book. For ...
SketchUp Character B...
I've been getting a fair amount of questions regarding how I build my character models in SketchUp (SU). I've written some things to those individuals ...
Hugh Posing Shakedow...
I'm very close to getting all the verts weighted on the skeleton. A shake down was needed so I made this pose. Almost done with him!
Importing SketchUp M...
I wrote up some instructions on how I export/import from SketchUp to Maya for someone and I figured should post them up here. Right now I'm remodeling ...
SketchUp and Comics...
As it turns out some comic creators are using SketchUp! Joe Quesada, Editor in Chief at Marvel, uses SU every now and again to create ...
More Rig Dorking Out...
How's that for a title? Okay, so high off of my writing that last post about rigging, I began thinking, "How can I rig the XR-311's ...
Posing Rig “Hack...
INTRODUCTION: I talked about this in previous post (http://giantmonster.tv/giant/?p=98). I wanted to go into this a little further with an example rig. In short this is a ...
SketchUp Rigging Hac...
So this weekend I came up with an idea on how to make a "posing rig" in SketchUp. Crazy, I know. If you listen closely ...
F&F James Chan...
I've been building and tinkering around with various cars in SketchUp and showing them to Gary, and John for some time now. Each time they kept ...
