http://www.idrez.com/http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=61http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=612008-01-11 14:30:47I'm doing color studies on life forms and today I whipped up a sketch that I wanted to share with you all. I decided to focus on the face because it is hard for me. There are a lot of difficult areas to master. This drawing is the moment before she gives http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=60http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=602007-05-11 12:49:13...but really, I didn't fall off. Sorry people, I've been really really busy. Though I've been working on two projects in Maya for the last few months it's been probably only about 1 to 2 hours a week. Slacker!http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=59http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=592006-12-06 09:05:02This is my latest work. It's an old abandoned hammer on a pegboard in a cellar. I worked with textures to achieve scratches, rust and reflection.http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=58http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=582006-11-26 08:51:34Here is a logo I designed for an up and coming brewery. They loved the logo and wanted it up on their site covered with a virtual cloth until closer to their opening. Duo Brewinghttp://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=57http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=572006-11-11 10:34:07This morning I just finished the UV mapping on my new model. It's a simple hammer. I'm going to try to push the limits of my texture abilities with this model. You can see the sample colors I mapped to identify the different UV zones.http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=56http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=562006-10-27 18:13:19Here is my latest scene. I captured the lighting and textures from my basement. I used my spoon-o-hdri and then I simulated it with a sphere in maya. Check it out. This new project is going to be all about textures. Stay tuned.http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=55http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=552006-10-21 22:19:50This is a study I did trying to capture objects hanging on a wall at a certain time and place. This one happens to be my living room in the morning of June 6th 2006. The light was based off of a HDRI image.http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=54http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=542006-08-08 22:10:30Here is a great technique I used to make a wire with maya. This sounds like a simple task but the trick was I want to make an uninsulated piano wire with all of the individual wires are exposed.http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=53http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=532006-07-22 09:53:37Wow, what a busy month this has been. Some times when something comes along and changes your daily routine it takes a bit to get back into rhythm. What better to get back into rhythm than another simple model of a coffee cup.http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=52http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=522006-06-25 11:40:26This last week a brother of a good friend of mine died. It was a tragic and sudden loss for their family. He was a great man and a great son. His life will continue in our memory and within others through the his organ donations. My thoughts go to his famhttp://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=51http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=512006-06-20 00:38:06Coming up with the first object to model was quite simple. The idea came to me over a cup of coffee, I'll do my coffee cup. It isn't anything special but it will work to break in this new project "Modeling".http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=50http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=502006-06-17 08:30:57Hello all, I made two new HDR Images because my father lent me his high-end camera again. I'm learning a lot. I have to confess, though I have two finished HDR Images I made many attempts. Light and proper settings is key in HDRI photography.http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=49http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=492006-06-10 11:31:25Here is a quick project I did for my mother's website. She sells flowers out of her red truck at local farmers markets. Her company is called Red Trucks Gardens. I made her a logo of a red truck holding flowers. Now I'm not sure she likes it but none the http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=48http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=482006-06-02 23:46:24This is my first ever HDR Image based lighting. Image based lighting is just that, using an image as a source to tell Maya what the light is supposed to be like. With my newly found sphere mirror I set up shop and captured all the light in my bathroom.http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=47http://www.idrez.com/entry.php?entry=472006-06-01 18:44:27Ahh, my first Mojito of the year. What a great cool crisp drink to quench your thirst on hot day. I had my very first Mojito at the Minneapolis bar... oh wow, I can't remember. Saw a good jazz group, Green. Well anyhow, I've got a cold drink to enjoy.