Archive for sketch
That “metaball” look (has got to go)
Posted by: | CommentsIn a recent discussion online another artist complained that metaballs have a distinctive look and that that look is never seen in nature. I get what they’re saying, “blobbies” are kind of like lensflares in that they are useful and necessary but can easily be overdone and distracting. But I would also point out that they don’t have to look “blobby.” Below are a couple of images created easily and in just a few minutes using ICE and emPolygonizer2 (and photoshop for the one, because I just had to fiddle around…)
I am a metaball mesh, yessir.
Topaz and Mandelbulb meet.
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Rendered on iPad, messed with via Photoshop and Topaz. Just play.
Graffiti Analysis
Posted by: | Commentshttp://graffitianalysis.com/about/
Grafitti analysis is an interesting project by Evan Roth (and others) where he’s converting graffiti, or more accurately the motions which create graffiti tags, into data, which is then archived into a database and can be displayed as a 3d visualization. There are some interesting applications, but mostly I think it looks cool.
http://www.vimeo.com/5271076Leonardo Predicted Gulf Spill
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It's right there in his notebooks!
Ok, well no…. It’s just me fiddling around with photoshop to loosen up after a break from graphics.
Testing Mach Studio
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s the result of 1/2 hour (probably less) fiddling around with Mach Studio Pro and Photoshop to try to see how fast I could produce an acceptable concept image.
I exported the buildings from Maya which took a few minutes, slapped on some materials, threw in an environment light and a spot light. Rendered a frame (which took 0.13 seconds to render) and took it into photoshop where again I just threw some elements together – a sketch filter blended with the CG, some vignetting and color manipulation. It’s not going to win any awards but that’s not the point… I was able to get this image out from start to finish incredibly fast, and that’s despite my being a novice with MSpro. Very promising…
Doodling with hypersketch and photoshop
Posted by: | CommentsHey, it was drawn with a mouse. Sue me.
Playing with NPR
Posted by: | CommentsI’ve been playing around with a little app on my iPhone which creates NPR sketch effects from photos (I gather made by Bruce Gooch, who has done a lot to advance the state of the art in ‘painterly’ and ’sketchy’ image manipulation.) ToonFX
Two of my Great Pyrenees dogs, Frankie and Hutch.
The app is simple but with a little effort and insight you can get some good results.
