http://www.stratacafe.com/ The latest gallery images from StrataCafe.com en-us Tue, 10 Jun 2003 http://www.stratacafe.com/image.asp?galcat=0&imageID=28902 Wed, 10 Mar. 2010 http://www.stratacafe.com/gallery/mike_gleason/228903102010142321_small.jpg http://www.stratacafe.com/image.asp?galcat=0&imageID=28901 Wed, 10 Mar. 2010 Got the final set of textures onto this today, a nice warm sandstone. This is part of the A3 renders Im sending off to the client. If approved Im rendering sections of the model at up to 3 metres high for print, should put my patience to the test! http://www.stratacafe.com/gallery/daniel_fleming/3680310201012101_small.jpg http://www.stratacafe.com/image.asp?galcat=0&imageID=28900 Wed, 10 Mar. 2010 I’ve done some work to the specular and reflective components of the shell textures. Now I can see how flat the last ones looked. http://www.stratacafe.com/gallery/dale_schulz/2290310201015319_small.jpg http://www.stratacafe.com/image.asp?galcat=0&imageID=28899 Tue, 9 Mar. 2010 Here are the working bits for the easter egg. The egg was constructed by attaching a reshaped, open-ended cylinder to the top and bottom of a subdivided cube. This gave a smooth top and bottom curve without poles or tris to stretch the UV-mapped textures. http://www.stratacafe.com/gallery/dale_schulz/2290309201012449_small.jpg http://www.stratacafe.com/image.asp?galcat=2&imageID=28896 Mon, 8 Mar. 2010 some improvements http://www.stratacafe.com/gallery/jonkai/425503082010113358_small.jpg http://www.stratacafe.com/image.asp?galcat=0&imageID=28895 Mon, 8 Mar. 2010 Reworking some things on this conceptual vehicle. Made sure that a human would actually fit inside comfortably. Basically made sure that it is as a tangible project that could be worked on. Mostly just for fun. http://www.stratacafe.com/gallery/kip_kubisz/830003082010103346_small.jpg http://www.stratacafe.com/image.asp?galcat=6&imageID=28894 Mon, 8 Mar. 2010 Another similar rendering for this package design material Im working on. There is a single spot light and HDRI lighting. http://mrchristopher3d.wordpress.com http://www.stratacafe.com/gallery/chris_tyler/12490308201014842_small.jpg http://www.stratacafe.com/image.asp?galcat=0&imageID=28893 Sun, 7 Mar. 2010 http://www.stratacafe.com/gallery/mike_hopkins/760703072010205616_small.jpg http://www.stratacafe.com/image.asp?galcat=0&imageID=28891 Sun, 7 Mar. 2010 A couple more parts for my Easter Image. Preliminary textures. The bunny is an old model I dug up - one of my early Silo models. It needed a LOT of cleaning up. A good way to judge your progress is to open up an older model. Gak! The amount of tris and 5-sided polys was astonishing. It is now all quads and is UV mapped. The egg is a new model. AND my apologies to all the helpful folks that spent time on my amethyst glass texture. Looks like I will be going to an opaque white glass for the eggcup. http://www.stratacafe.com/gallery/dale_schulz/2290307201020536_small.jpg http://www.stratacafe.com/image.asp?galcat=6&imageID=28890 Sun, 7 Mar. 2010 Test render from some training material Im working on. http://mrchristopher3d.wordpress.com http://www.stratacafe.com/gallery/chris_tyler/12490307201005227_small.jpg