MicroSwarmigism Short 1

Noah and I are working on a new project that we call MicroSwarmigism.  The idea is to make a game where you control swarms of single-celled organisms, and you have some control on the direction of their evolution.  We understand that making a game is a massive undertaking, but it seems like a fun project and we are going to try to make it happen.

This video is a simple introduction to the most basic type of microswarmigism, that I call the Prokaryote.  Its nice to get back into using Blender, and I had a great time making this video. I'm working on a few other little shorts that will be posted in the next few days. 

Nike of Samothrace

An old friend of mine reminded me recently how much I love this sculpture.  My first photo on this blog was a little sculpey version of the Nike of Samothrace, so when I was thinking of what to do for my 200th post, on my blog's 2-year anniversary, it seemed like an appropriate subject.

Gemstone Drawing

When I was little, I used to paint pewter figurines.  They were about an inch tall, and the ones that I liked often had little gemstones on them.  I used to try to make the little pewter gemstones look like they were actually pooling and reflecting light like real gemstones.  Its much more difficult in 2D, I would say, but that was my intention here.  The background is a modified metal texture from CG Textures, which is a great free texture site.

Wax Figure 3

Latest update on the male figure in wax.  I refined most of it, and worked specifically on the face and hands.

Blog Background 2

I made this background for my brother's blog, Its Computer Science Time.  Check it out if you haven't already-- link is in the top right of this page.

I made this one in much the same way as my own background-- playing around with filters and layer interactions in PhotoShop.

Alex Mercer Sketch 2

Second sketch of Alex Mercer.

Quick Female Sketch

This is just a quick sketch.  The two year anniversary of this blog is tomorrow, June 11th.  As of right now, there are 195 posts.  I would like to mark the anniversary by posting my two-hundredth post, so watch out for five more coming up.