Archive for February, 2010

Pearls, Pearl Shader

Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Pearls

Pearls

This piece is from an old project, but stands well on it’s own as an illustration.  Perhaps I could sell digital jewelry.

Software:  Softimage XSI 5.0 (could have been 4.2)

Date: 2005

I’ve included the render tree for those curious how it was made.  The secret to this render is not only in the render tree but is in the lighting.  I used photography of pearls for my reference.  I replicated the lighting and the format to the best of my ability.  The pearls are set against a white backdrop to flood your eyes with light.  A neat trick.

Pearls Render Tree

Render Tree

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Galleries, Drawings

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Father

I added a gallery section and have started my drawing gallery.  These first two are from July 2007.  They are based on photographs of my father’s 50th birthday party.  I’ll add more drawings this weekend.  It’s near 4am, and I need to be at a 9am meeting.

Date:  July 2007

Medium:  Graphite and Ink

Dimensions:  11 x 14 in.

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Troll and the Decaying Woods

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

I’m going to start this website with an old image. Lot’s of friends and students have asked me, “Where did your troll go? Did you produce anything with it?”  Well, no. It collected dusk in the hard drive. It was a pain to rig and animate. I didn’t know what was the best for character animation in those days, so I eventually left this piece behind and moved forward. However, seeing it does inspire me to make monsters again! This time, monsters that move!

Troll

Troll

Date: 2002-03

Software:  Newtek Lightwave 6.5,  Bauhaus Software, Mirage 1.0 (formerly Newtek Aura)

Process:  The Troll is box modeled. The textures are highly manipulated photographs of some of Ohio’s finest woods. The background is a tree generated with an old Lightwave plug-in, free to use.  The ground is a mesh painted using weights. Finally, the tree and ground are procedurally textured using gradients, distance from objects, and other procedural tricks.

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Welcome!

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Welcome to the new Form and Space website! I’m very excited with this new format. WordPress has come a long way in five years, and this version is easier than ever before. No more website maintenance and fixing code. It just works. Now I get to focus on what’s really important. Creating art and helping you to create art.

Please take a small amount of time to register. I look forward to your participation!

Matthew.

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