My artwork as a backdrop for a scientist interview!

The excellent scientist and blogger, Dr. Christopher Mah (of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and the Echinoblog was interviewed at Ocean Portal about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill’s impact on some of the lesser appreciated organisms: the echinoderms (sea stars, sea urchins, etc). My artwork “Echinodermata” is prominently displayed behind him (Note: the poster was originally a gift to Chris back when I created it).

Here is the interview:

Look for this behind Chris:

Ocean Invasion #8: Tending the Squid Hive

Squid tend to their paper nest amidst the Spanish moss of a southern bayou.

This is the eighth in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.

Ocean Invasion #7: The Great Migration

The Manta Rays take up their seasonal invasion.

This is the seventh in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.

“K-T” featured in “Blender Art Magazine #28″!

My artwork, “K-T,” has been featured in the latest issue of Blender Art Magazine, Issue #28.  You can download this issue (and all issues) as a free .pdf file HERE.

Alternatively, you can read the magazine in online format HERE.

Making of “Ocean Invasion”

The following images are renders of my “Ocean Invasion” series, with only the geometry visible (no textures, fur, grass, lighting).

For those of you “in the know,” these were made using approximate Ambient Occlusion on objects with the default shader, and with all objects duplicated and each duplicate object shaded with a Z-offset wire material.

Original: “Ocean Invasion #1: Octopus arborealus”

Original: “Ocean Invasion #1: Octopus arborealus”

Original: “Ocean Invasion #3: First Breakfast”

Original: “Ocean Invasion #4: Crystal Cave of the Landhorse”

Original: “Ocean Invasion #5: Prawns of the Sonoran”

Original: “Ocean Invasion #6: Jellyfish Fields”