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3D Digital Art

Jul

Dippy & Friends, Daniel D. Brown, 2012

Posted by Daniel D. Brown at 4:27 pm

I made this earlier this year but didn’t get around to posting it. This is the famous “Dippy” diplodocus sculpture that stands outside the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, which is easily my favorite place to visit in Pittsburgh, PA. Some new friends just strolled in from Schenley Plaza.

I modeled the diplodocus dinosaurs in Blender, photographed the museum and sculpture with my iPhone, and did texturing and compositing in GIMP. This was an exercise in integrating a 3D computer model into a real world photo with at least somewhat realistic lighting and shadows.

Apr

Some People Get Dogs…

Posted by Daniel D. Brown at 3:10 pm

Some People Get Dogs...

My buddy RJ‘s pet velociraptor.

I shot the photo with my phone cam, and modeled, textured, and rendered the dinosaur in Blender. A little bit of post-processing was done in GIMP.

Detail

Apr

Ocean Invasion #12: We’ve Got Crabs

Posted by Daniel D. Brown at 5:01 am

“Ocean Invasion #12: We’ve Got Crabs”

Blue crabs invade my friends’ apartment building. Note: In the original photo there is a street where there is now water.

This is the 12th in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.

Photo taken with iPhone cam. Crabs modeled in Blender (with reference photo help from Dr. Tom Shultz, molecular biologist at the Duke Marine Conservation Molecular Facility and Amy Frietag of the “Southern Fried Science” blog and Duke Marine Lab). Textured and post-processing in GIMP.

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Detail

Detail 2

Apr

Ocean Invasion #10: The Loggerheads Got In!

Posted by Daniel D. Brown at 4:45 pm

Loggerhead sea turtles invade a kitchen like a a colony of ants.

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

This work was modeled using Blender software. Texturing and post-processing was done using GIMP. Completion took approximately one month on and off.

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Detail

Detail 2

Apr

Walnut Street Velociraptor

Posted by Daniel D. Brown at 4:52 pm

Walnut Street Velociraptor

This was an exercise in integrating a 3D computer model into a real world photo with at least somewhat realistic lighting and shadows. I shot the photo with my phone cam, and modeled, textured, and rendered the octopus in Blender. A little bit of post-processing was done in GIMP. Began and completed in one afternoon.

Mar

Ocean Invasion #11: Cappy’s Octopus Invasion

Posted by Daniel D. Brown at 5:34 pm

“Ocean Invasion #11: Cappy’s Octopus Invasion” – This also happens to be my favorite cafe/bar/karaoke/trivia joint in Pittsburgh: Cappy’s Cafe (@CappysCafePGH).

Detail:

Mar

Loggerheads

Posted by Daniel D. Brown at 8:27 pm

“Loggerheads” – 2012
Modeled and rendered in Blender. Texturing and post-processing in GIMP.

Loggerheads

May

Dr. Kira Krend and “Oahu Amakihi”

Posted by Daniel D. Brown at 1:13 am

So this is pretty rad… here is recent Ph.D. recipient Dr. Kira L. Krend holding up “Oahu Amakihi,” which I designed specifically for her. It was commissioned as a graduation present for Kira by her friend, the illustrious scientist/writer Christie Wilcox (of “Observations of a Nerd” fame).

As mentioned in my original post, the islands in the pond are the Hawaiian islands where Kira studied the Oahu Amakihi honeycreeper (perched on Oahu) and the disease ecology of malaria (mosquito). I couldn’t really figure out a good way to get a Plasmodium into the image…

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May

Oahu Amakihi

Posted by Daniel D. Brown at 12:33 am

Commissioned as a graduation present for a Ph.D. student in Hawaii (notice the islands in the pond) studying the Oahu Amakihi honeycreeper (the bird – note the island it’s perched on) and the disease ecology of malaria (mosquito). Modeled & rendered in Blender 2.57. Post-processing and texture creation in GIMP. Textures based on photos taken by the student.

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May

Octopus vs. Velociraptor – T-Shirts!

Posted by Daniel D. Brown at 3:03 am

Do you like Octopuses? How about Dinosaurs?
Then check out this new T-shirt I designed. That’s right – it’s an Octopus eating a Velociraptor in a tree.
(note: this is a compressed jpeg version – the original and t-shirts are much higher quality).

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Laughing Mantis Zazzle store.

Octopus vs. Velociraptor - on white

Octopus vs. Velociraptor - White T-shirt

Octopus vs. Velociraptor - Detail

You can get it in black or white (or multiple other colors I believe).

Octopus vs. Velociraptor - Black T-shirt

Octopus vs. Velociraptor - Black T-Shirt

It’s basically a re-rendering of my detailed digital artwork “Octopus arborealus”

Ocean Invasion #1: Octopus arborealus

3D Digital Art

Buy a print of this piece at the Laughing Mantis Zazzle or Redbubble stores.

Please note: many different size/frame options available at each store. Redbubble has better options but may be more expensive.

Buy a print of this piece at the Laughing Mantis Zazzle store.

Buy a print of this piece at the Laughing Mantis Zazzle store or buy fancier prints at the Laughing Mantis RedBubble store.

Buy a print of this piece at the Laughing Mantis Zazzle store or buy fancier prints at the Laughing Mantis RedBubble store.

Buy this T-shirt at the Laughing Mantis Zazzle store.

Buy a print of this piece at the
Laughing Mantis Zazzle or Redbubble stores.

Buy a print of this piece at the
Laughing Mantis Zazzle store.

Buy a print of this piece at the
Laughing Mantis Zazzle store
or buy fancier prints at the
Laughing Mantis RedBubble store.

Buy a print of this piece at the
Laughing Mantis Zazzle store
or buy fancier prints at the
Laughing Mantis RedBubble store.

Buy this T-shirt at the
Laughing Mantis Zazzle store.