August 2, 2010 by Jamie
Here are some renders from my latest model, a 750cc V-Twin (water cooled) engine. Unlike the Harley Davidson engines you’re used to seeing in the V-Twin configuration, this engine, like many other SuperMoto engines, is water cooled; hence the lack of thos…
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Category: 3D Projects Tags: engine, motorcycle, v-twin | Comments (0)
October 18, 2009 by Jamie
The Dorsoduro Supermoto was a bit of new ground for me. I’ve modeled a Supermoto before, but not like this, and not in Maya. The engine of the bike is largely exposed and that meant it had to look good, but I was also shooting for a reasonable polygon count.
A larg…
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Category: 3D Projects Tags: aprilia, motorcycle, supermoto, v-twin | Comments (0)
September 12, 2009 by Jamie
A while ago, I saw the I Love Sketch Video for the first time and I was blown away. I kept hoping that it would not be one of those university projects that us mere consumers never get to experience (see the Jeff Han demo with the large multitouch screen)
Recently I recei…
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Category: 3D Projects Tags: design, sketch, technology, tool, video, wacom | Comments (0)
August 10, 2009 by Jamie
This is a simple 3D icon that I made for one of the PreCentral.net developers (drnull). His original icon was great, in fact it looked just like this one. While I thought it was a suitable icon and I liked the message the RSS-wearing headphones conveyed, I thought tha…
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Category: 3D Projects Tags: icon, podcast, WebOS | Comments (0)
January 14, 2009 by Jamie
Here’s a version of Prometheus: he is trapped in stone waves crashing beneath his feet, and instead of his liver being eaten, he has a gold medal stitched to his ribcage over his heart.
Every time Zeus’ wrath strikes a lightning bolt down to earth, it gr…
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Category: 3D Projects Tags: modeling, platt, zbrush | Comments (0)
December 13, 2008 by Jamie
Most of us have held an accelerometer in the palm of our hand quite recently. Can’t figure out when? Still trying? iPhone. The iPhone and iPod Touch both use accelerometers to sense how they are being oriented. Need another example? How about the ever fun Nin…
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Category: 3D Projects Tags: accelerometer, performance capture, platt | Comments (0)
November 20, 2008 by Jamie
Recently, I was given a Maya 6 book. I thought it might have a few useful tips and tricks that were useful back when version 6 was all the rage. I was pleasantly surprised when I started reading it and found that the book contained a few really cool techniques and expl…
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Category: 3D Projects Tags: maya, screencast | Comments (0)
November 4, 2008 by Jamie
Many challenges come upon 3D artists, but doing photo-realistic compositions is all too familiar to me. At my previous job (EyeScreamAnimation) I was often given the task of lining up photos of empty construction sites or hillsides with 3D models for compositio…
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Category: 3D Projects Tags: compositing, kawasaki, motorcycle, platt | Comments (2)
October 22, 2008 by Jamie
A post I made in January 2005 on a forum that’s now gone:
“I have decided to do a W.I.P. entailing a lot of atmosphere and a poetic nature … While exploring my artistic side, if I even have one, I’ve decided to model and render a scene containi…
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Category: 3D Projects Tags: atmosphere, lighting, maya, platt | Comments (0)
August 24, 2008 by Jamie
And it’s done!
My previous attempt at creating a 100% non-overlapping UV map was not very successful. Thus, I have substituted most of the UV map in favor of my previous technique of mapping – stacking.
Stacking UVs that have common surface propertie…
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