Fandaby - Dozy

Oly's been a cheeky git today. Kind of reminds me of someone...


As ever, click the image to enlarge ;-)

West of the Week

Just to give Pete a break, it's West of the week. No need for any Photoshop work here. It's Westy's school photo for your viewing pleasure!

What does Westy get up to at home?

Well, here's the answer:

Pete's just a Family Girl...

Unfortunately, something called "work" & "deadlines" means Pete of the Week is getting neglected somewhat. That and the loss of Quentin's excellent input means it's down to Pete of the Month for now :-(

DA-NA NA-NA NA-NA NA-NA PRATMAN!

Pete of the Week returns!

Yes, after a criminal lack of Pete artwork (something called work got in the way) it's time to resurrect Pete of the Week with this bonus compilation to kick us off. As always, click to enlarge:





Good to see ya back Pete ;-)

Craig's Action Man Project

Can't hurt to plug the big guy's latest (greatest?) personal project: Project Palitoy

The Project Palitoy Blog documents Craig's efforts to bring Action Man to life in a series of short CG animations featuring small scale, all out war in the back yard.

Pete of the Week

My my, that's quite a belly you've got there Pete!

Pete of the Week

Wow, Pete REALLY needs a haircut!

pete in Wonderland

Click those heels Pete!

Pete & his magic torch

Pete of the Week

A parting gift from Q:

Anti-Pete of the Week

Who needs to make Pete of the Week pictures in Photoshop when these two give it to you for free?


Don't worry though, there's PLENTY more Pete of the Weeks to come! ;-)

Project Viper - Completed!

Yep, all done! (Click images to enlarge)

Postman Pete

Pete of the Week

Yes, it's time for Pete of the week. Your host: Dave Lee Gardiner

Gold Member Award

I'm proud to announce a new award* for recognition of outstanding efforts beyond the call of duty...

This weeks an award goes to Andy;

Not only does it look like he is a closet modeller but also a PR genius - He has written an excellent editorial on Particle illusions website:

http://www.wondertouch.com/hilight_mediastation.asp

LINK HEALTH WARNING: Reminders of certain past projects may cause unwanted flashbacks



Well done Andy!

*Cash value 0.01p

Project Viper, Part 4

Found a little bit of time today to do a bit more modelling and this is the result:

Still some work to do constructing the rear engine details and underbelly, but it's all coming along nicely.

Project Viper, Part 3

Bit tired tonight. Hell of a day, so not much of an update. I've started on the wings and guns of the Viper.

The rounder tool in Lightwave seems to have changed slightly since the DVD was made, so trying to build the fins on the guns as shown results in an error message and Lightwave telling me it needs to close :-S. Ah well, I'll figure it out.

Here's the gun so far. Just an extruded disc with lots of Bevel and Multishift applied:



The wing is still a little crude and under detailed, so I won't be showing that yet. I was hoping to finish it off tonight, but my eyes are sore, so I'll call it a day.

Nighty-night,

Andy

Zzz...

Project Viper, Part II

So, that's Sunday afternoon gone but I'm pretty happy with the results so far. Last time I modelled in Lightwave was version 6 and now we're on version 9.3! It's acquired a few new tools since I last used it, like Multishift and Rounder, so modelling is far less painful than I remember. In fact, it's quite enjoyable!

Here's how she looks so far:






Guns & wings next, then the texturing. Stay tuned!

Andy

Oh my God! Andy's *GASP* MODELLING!!!

Yes, it's true! After all these years being happy in my animation and lighting world, I've decided to go back to my roots in 3D and actually model something again! With modellers at work and Turbosquid to turn to, it's been easy to avoid having to model stuff. But as I'm trying to keep on top of the game and - oddly - as I thought it might be fun to do, I decided to give it another bash.

As I'm nipping back to the beginning of my 3D dabblings, I decided to break out the first "real" 3D package I used, Lightwave. With Mediastation being primarily Max/Maya based, my copy of Lightwave has been languishing in the corner unused, unloved and acquiring a none-too-healthy looking layer of dust. Lightwave's one of the number one packages used in TV & film in the U.S but is virtually unheard of here in the U.K. I've no idea why, as it's a brilliant bit of kit. Straight out of the box it comes with more tools and plugins than you'd get with packages that cost twice the price and it's got one of the best renderers in the industry. It's been the primary 3D application used in such shows as Babylon 5, the various Star Trek series, Stargate SG-1 & Atlantis and the latest incarnation of Battlestar Galactica.

With that in mind and a recent request for "Battlestar Galactica quality graphics" from a client, I decided my first attempt at modelling would be something simple and fun to keep my interest going and prove the MS guy's CAN do "BSG quality" - So I'm modelling a Colonial Viper from that series.

As you will have gathered so far, my modelling skills are rusty in the extreme, so I'll be following along to Kevin Phillips' excellent Project Viper DVD from Kurve Studios

Here's what I've done so far; all 15 minutes of it!


A simple bit of box modelling and so far, quite relaxing and enjoyable.

More soon...

Pete of the Week

Whoa Pete, get a haircut! You're making a Spector-cle of yourself!

Happy Birthday Pete!

As it's Pete's birthday, how about a birthday song from Ginger Spice?

Pete the Pirate - AARRR!

Pete the Pirate loves POTW so much he volunteered to pose for this weeks in person!

As you can see, he brought his own outfit so we didn't even need to break out Photoshop :-)

Pete of the Week

Actually no, it's not.

In order to give Pete a rest for a week, here's something a bit different ;-)

Pete of the Week

This week, it's Sir Peter of Gardiner, with special guest appearance by Bob "Oooohh" Hayes :-)

Pete of the Week

I like this one. It's a bit different:




Cheers Q ;-)

Now then, now then...

As it 'appens, I've fixed it for Pete to be me, Jimmy Saville. 'Ow's about that then?

As always, click the image to enlarge

Pete of the Week

Another week and still no sign of the Pete of the Week archive running low :-)

This week, Pete Weasely, courtesy of Q.

Manic Monkey website goes live

We're pleased to announce that the website for our partner company, Manic Monkey has gone live!

Check out www.manic-monkey.com to see how we're raising standards in educational publishing and creating breakthrough software to close the gap between educational materials and the kind of games children play at home.

Pete of the Week

Aw, go on then. He's had a break over Christmas and New Year but now he's back.

It's the first Pete of the Week for 2008 - It's Pete Mercury!