Welcome, welcome!

The main purpose of this blog is to document my college work and anything else I find time for on the side. Mostly this will be digital stuffs with the odd scan thrown in if I'm feeling particularly generous, hopefully something here will at least be a little interesting for you, enjoy.

- Calum

Friday, 28 August 2009

Not made out of mud

Please witness the new topology on the base mesh. I'll have to re-topo again at some point I'm sure but this was just a fast one to even out the p'gons. Despite convincing myself that the face was temporary I'm starting to like the current direction its taking but I'll play around with the head a bit more before settling on a design. Oh, and maybe come up with an actual concept for this guy, I find it sometimes helps.

Thursday, 27 August 2009

Grubbing around in the dirt

I've been digging ditches. With a digger! It's almost sculpting..

I call him wipface

Just throwing down muscle mass, very rough at the moment. I'll retopo this sucker next as the topology in some areas is downright scandalous (namely the fingers and toes) which is my excuse for not having touched those areas. I plead innocent gov'.

Tuesday, 25 August 2009

Friday, 21 August 2009

Thursday, 20 August 2009

Braiding metal

Just playing really, but how great is it that I can be learning and enjoying it? Decided that knowing how to make a braided steel tube was essential for my continued existence, and after much trial and error here we are. Sadly my laptop can't handle turbo-smoothing more than a small section so please excuse the length of said tubing.



Oh, and this too. Yep, its a block with a groove and a hole; haven't you just always wanted one?!

Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Not dead!

After some time away visiting family in America and several computer related disasters (one very dead external hard drive with all the normal data loss included) I am finally getting back into the way of things. I've taken it upon myself to brush up my hard-body modeling skills (quiet at the back there!) and this is the result so far. A big thanks to the fantastic Grant Warwick for his great hard-surface tutorials!

Wednesday, 3 June 2009

Sunday, 31 May 2009

Friday, 29 May 2009

And there was much joy and celebrating

No, no, I haven't finished all my project work but I have finally finished these 2 blighters! Home straight now.

Dog Fashion


Finally, I can sleep!

Thursday, 28 May 2009

Now is a bad time to have design issues

It was all going so well. Ironically I have been undone by the rope and it's silly knots and twists. It just looks rubbish! I'm still pondering the best way to sort the damn thing out. Here's the render anyhow.

Keep moving!

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Name suggestions?



On display here we can see the height of 'dag fashun'; underbelly lighting. All the rage on the dog walks.

Monday, 25 May 2009

Faster, faster!



Just the shoes and a bit of specular tweaking to go now.

Battenburgler



Im not convinced by this t-shirt. Can't help feeling he might be mistaken for a jocky who fancied a career change.

Friday, 22 May 2009