Ab-Normal Maps

by | Jan 22, 2016 | Sketch Book

Moving on again to normal maps. This is definitely not the most intuitive process I’ve encountered but it’s still really interesting and it’s making more sense of the high and low-poly logic we started way back with the wagon. Basically, (if...

There’s a Map For That

by | Nov 22, 2015 | Sketch Book

This week we’re on to diffuse mapping in my 3D Max lessons. I was having a blast with the first treasure chest maps but decided that I wasn’t loving the model I built so before getting into more involved painting, I wanted to do a re-build. The first image...

Paint My Wagon

by | Nov 8, 2015 | Sketch Book

This week Milton’s got me building high and low-poly wagons. I’m not sure I fully understand why yet. Apparently it’s some kind of projection thing, but I’ll find out more about that later. Either way it was fun to build… it kind of makes...

3D Picnic Table

by | Oct 15, 2015 | Sketch Book

I’ve been looking into learning 3D modeling for a while and lucked into finding a really great tutor called Milton. It’s really interesting stuff but WOW, I was not prepared for how steep the learning curve would be. I always thought that if you had the...

And now for something completely different…

by | Feb 27, 2015 | Sketch Book

Although Promises Promises is done, it seems I can’t keep myself out of the webcomics game so I’m starting a brand new strip, Knight & Dave! Knight & Dave is a considerable departure from my previous work, it’s an all-ages, fairy tale style,...