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.
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3D Digital Art
“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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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 2
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.
“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).
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.
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“Loggerheads” – 2012
Modeled and rendered in Blender. Texturing and post-processing in GIMP.
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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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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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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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
A voracioius lionfish on the heels of a springbok in the African savannah.
This is the ninth in a series of pieces, “Ocean Invasion,” which finds ocean creatures living in absurd land habitats.
This piece was inspired by a marine biologist friend who is currently studying these invasive fish in Hawaii (Christie Wilcox of the popular “Observations of a Nerd” science blog).
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Detail: (note – these are compressed jpeg files – the original is much higher quality and resolution)
Lionfish detail
Springbok detail