Updates

Modo's Recoil

Nicholas Stevenson — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:00:44 +0000

This is a fun test I did with Modo's Recoil, a bullet based physics rigid body solver for Modo.

Quick Update!

Nicholas Stevenson — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:31:54 +0000

I apologize for being so quiet as of late, I have been working quite a bit on a product visualization scene. It involves some nicely lit high res shots, as well as animations for how the product functions.

It's really coming along, but I can't post anything just yet. But, that's what has taken me away from posting my mini projects!

Walk Test!

Nicholas Stevenson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:19:29 +0000

Updates!

Nicholas Stevenson — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:51:44 +0000

Hey everyone, Since the projects keep starting and ending before they're finished, I'm going to start posting a bunch of 'work in progress' pieces that I may or may not finish.

Enjoy!

Project Valkyrie:

These models were created for the Valkyrie Project, a fan based project dedicated to the 1980s sci-fi animated television show Robotech.

the art direction was to create a blend of modern high tech and simplistic anime style.

The reference images used are available here:

Project Valkyrie

Missile Asset Sub Section

Messiah:Studio

Nicholas Stevenson — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:53:36 +0000

Unreal

Nicholas Stevenson — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:18:59 +0000

The curse of being an artist is having a short attention span. If you don't finish your project in a month or two... you drift in to something else. As fate would have it, I have started playing around with the Unreal Editor. It has a really nice lighting engine, and features a fairly painless work flow for bringing outside assets in to the engine. IE, building models in Modo and pulling them in to Unreal. I will be posting my creations to my site, and I will eventually start a photo gallery to display them once they are complete.

My first model that I created for a level I'm cooking up, is an old dusty cabinet. It's still a bit heavy on the poly count, so it will be trimmed down eventually.

My second model is a work in progress, it's a wall sconce. The model has prelim textures, but I have everything hooked up in Unreal so I can see the final look as I paint it.

More updates soon

The Tomb

Nicholas Stevenson — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:36:00 +0000

Hey everyone, this is a quick update as to what I am working on. My original 3d tomb model was done using 3d Studio Max about 4 years ago. Since the scene itself is relatively simplistic regarding modeling and lighting, I decided to re-do this scene using a new package I have been taken by, named Modo. I am curious to see just how different this final scene will appear, now that I know so much more about rendering, lighting, camera settings, etc. Should be fun!

Here's a very early look at the modeling progress, nothing terribly spectacular yet, just a setup that mimics the original camera angel of my tomb illustration.

Enjoy!