Category Archives: Artwork

Lightsabers!

Lightsabers!

I went crazy with the glow shaders and made some lightsabers.  Most of these were at the request of friends when we were all coming up with lightsaber ideas.Continue Reading

Teapots!

Teapots!

After searching around and being unable to find a model of the Utah Teapot in Maya format, I decided to build my own from the original dataset. I’ve added a bottom and a rim for the lid to rest on – parts that are famously absent from the original model. They are clearly marked andContinue ReadingContinue Reading

3-D Pumpkin

3-D Pumpkin

For Halloween, and because there’s a local TV commercial with a cheesy 3-d pumpkin on it. I felt challenged to make a better one. I placed the pumpkin off center so this could be used as a desktop wallpaper.Continue Reading

Raytracer Renders

Raytracer Renders

These are some ancient images from a raytracer that I built for a rendering class over the course of a semester during undergrad. We got into the dirty details of rendering depth-of-field, caustics, and bump maps. It did convince me that I’d rather spend more time animating and less time coding. I do enjoy coding,Continue ReadingContinue Reading

St. John’s Catholic Chapel — Champaign, IL

St. John’s Catholic Chapel — Champaign, IL

This work in progress is an effort to make a recognizable model of my campus church. I’m scaling it to the work for the chicklet people, so I can have some movement through it, etc.Continue Reading