Day 68 : Reading a Text : PHOTO

High ISO pictures have such interesting color tones.

Day 67 : Adam : PHOTO

Day 66 : Headphones : PHOTO

Listening to some jams.

Day 65 : Ashlynn : PHOTO

Lit only by a TV screen.  50prime lens is serving me well.

Day 64 : Contrast Clouds : PHOTO

Another practice image as I want to get better at getting some really vivid interesting looking skies out of color correction. I like how this one turned out.

Day 63 : Tire : PHOTO

More of a post experiment than anything else. Wanted to see how much contrast I could pull in from a single RAW image, I was impressed out the amount of clarity and detail I could pull from both the brights and darks.

Day 62 : Piston : PHOTO

It's hard to emulate the grit and wear of real use.

Day 61 : Grass : PHOTO

Canon 70-200mm lens.  I would love to own one of these one day, you can get some beautiful shots.

Day 60 : Mist : PHOTO

This is a still frame from one of my college film projects in part of my "Cyclic Images" series. 

Day 59 : Leaves in Sunlight : PHOTO

Nothing like some really good highlights to make a picture more interesting.

Day 58 : Wind : PHOTO

Some windmills in Indiana. I've always found these to be fantastic to look at.

Day 57 : Abstract Sphere : 3D

Just trying out some different modelling techniques, wire frame tools here.

Day 56 : Optical Logo Image : PHOTO

Just messing around with more logo things.

Day 55 : Low Clouds : Photo

Low hanging clouds in Chicago.

Day 54 : The Waves : 3D

An ocean 3D render done in blender. One of the more interesting aspects of this was the light glints of the ocean in the background are actually small bright spheres placed on the mesh with a particle system. 

Day 53 : Truck : PHOTO

Continuing my cell pictures run here, got this picture of a truck on the highway.

Day 52 : Towers : PHOTO

A little dirty, but I like that sometimes.

Day 51 : Landscapes : PHOTO

Sometimes I'm really proud of my phones camera.

Day 50 : Dihydrogen Monoxide : PHOTO

The more you know....

Day 49 : Glasses On a Table : 3D

All right, this is much more of a technical experiment than an artistic image. Wanted to really focus on building some good wood shaders along with more realistic glass modeling. Think it turned out pretty well and I'm looking forward to using these techniques in future projects.  

The real challenge I had with the wood was I wanted to create something that was able to use a single input texture. Once I got a good setup with the shaders I was able to tweak the setting to get it to the point where the glossy shader is less intense in the etched and scratched sections and the bump is still generated by the base texture.  This shader setup will also be fairly easy for me to adapt to other image textures as well.

Day 48 : Cables : PHOTO

I have for a long time tried to find a method of organizing a great many cables that is compact and doesn't take too much time and effort.  Every attempt still ends with them breaking from their binds and getting into a giant fight.

Day 47 : Candles : PHOTO

An assortment of glass candles. I really like the overall color tone I was able to get out of this one.

Day 46 : Preparation : PHOTO

Another older picture of a friend of mine. 

Day 45 : Next Level Logo : VIDEO

This one was fun to work on. 15,000 full 3D trees, 20 hours of rendering. I learned a lot and think the results turned out pretty well. Definitely a challenge keeping the render time down, but with lot's of instancing and keeping the lighting simple, was able to keep it about 5-7 minutes a frame. 

Day 44 : Weave : PHOTO

Shapes, Color.

Day 43 : Mountain : 3D

So this is a WIP.  A first test pass to see if I can render out a manageable large scale forest for a video clip I'm making.  Instanced trees spread out over a terrain surface, I believe around 5000 tree's for this shot. Was able to do it with fairly low RAM requirements and the 720p render time of under 5 minutes. Think it might work fairly well. 

Day 42 : Glass Tower : PHOTO

Image of a rather cool building taken through the quite filthy front windshield of my car. Something about it though I liked. 

Day 41 : Boom Box : PHOTO

Alright, I know this one is a bit rough. But it was a proof of concept as I was testing some light painting techniques.  This is all from camera and long exposures. 9 layers.  Now that I'm starting to get the process down, I'm going to be working on really amping up the quality.

Day 40 : Spectroscopic : PHOTO

More long exposure light painting experiments.  I'm really enjoying doing these quite a bit. This one is made from circular spectrum's generated by audio. 

Day 39 : Bird : PHOTO

Found a friend last summer.

Day 38 : A New Spin On Light : PHOTO

I have an affinity for light fixtures, and really light in general. The science of it all is incredibly interesting.

Day 37 : Snowfall : PHOTO

Getting a bit more snow here today, It's always great seeing the snow move beneath the streetlights.