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[17 Aug 2010 | No Comment | 34 views]
CV Updated!

I’ve updated my CV tonight with some new entries and changes as I noticed the latest one was from November 2009. Check it out on the CV page above.

3D, Featured »

[8 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 277 views]
3D Image: Design, Modeling & Rendering

A brand new 3d image I have been working on during two nights. Another personal project. This new 3D image features an architectural design (modeling) of my own. Rendered and then edited in post. I tried to make the colours come out really nice. I have not been doing many images of this type but …

3D, Featured »

[8 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 216 views]
3D Image: They Came From The Tundra

Some aliens are evil, others are nice. These aliens have crashed in the arctic tundra, and they are badass! [Personal Project]. Click on image to view full size!

3D, Featured »

[8 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 140 views]
3D Image: Design, Modeling & Rendering

Another render of my latest 3D modeled scene of my own design [Personal Project].

3D, Featured »

[2 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 136 views]
Modeling/Animation: Vessel at Sea

Personal Test Project: For practice I had a go at Polygonal Modeling with Edge Loops, waves and Mental Ray Rendering. Modeled this imagined vessel and then made this test animation. Took a long time to render however, on a dual core PC.

Featured, Headline »

[25 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 500 views]
Freelance CG Artist Available: Film/TV/Post

If you are looking for a CG freelancer, contact me today to discuss your project.  I can help with 2d illustration, 3d modeling, rendering, motion graphics and animation for Film/TV/Post. Personal service, quick turnaround time.

Equipped with the latest mobile workstation technology, PC workstation and Wacom Intous 3 for design work. Certified in multiple software. Just …

3D, Featured »

[23 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 143 views]
3D Image: The Tree

Have been working on this image for a while. After some issues I finally got it done. Click on image for full size!

2D, Featured »

[7 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 259 views]
Animation: Mobile Phone Application Demo

I have recently been doing some animations of new applications for a mobile phone. Rendered in HD 720p.

3D, Featured, Maya, Resources »

[4 Feb 2010 | 2 Comments | 425 views]
Tutorial: Rendering Wireframe In Maya 2010

RENDERING WIREFRAME:
1. Turn off the R option for the BeautyPass layer and turn it ON for the Wireframe layer.
2. In the Render Options choose May Vector. If you do not see it in the list, go to Window > Settings Preferences > Plugin Manager and check the box next to VectorRender.mll. You should now see …

3D, Featured, Houdini »

[27 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 299 views]
Houdini: Signed up for membership at CardanFX VFX Training (Houdini Courses)

I have today joined CardanFX VFX Training today 27th of September. The Houdini courses provided by them are the main reason for joining. It is my plan to work through all the Houdini course material as I am currently focus on extending my Houdini skills.
Cardan FX is part of Cardan Studios, a company located in …

3D, Featured, Houdini »

[25 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 241 views]
Houdini: Metaballs animated from particles.

Here is a test driving a metaball animation using particles in Houdini. In my video you can see the influence of positive metaballs on each other creating an effect that looks oganic / fluid- like which is what I wanted to achieve here.
For more information about Metaballs visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaballs

3D, Featured, Houdini »

[19 Sep 2009 | 2 Comments | 196 views]
Houdini 10: Exploring the Duplicate SOP

Today I explored the Duplicate SOP in Houdini – I used it to create multiple iterations of a simple box geometry with each copy scaled and offset. I tried this out in a chain of duplicate SOPs, to create a 3D cube of boxes or spheres (using a switch). Rendered in Mantra; using only Area …

3D, Featured, Houdini »

[16 Sep 2009 | One Comment | 264 views]
Houdini 10: Making use of the Triangulate 2D SOP

Tonight I have been investigating the Triangulate 2D SOP in Houdini 10. I have been reading about this SOP, and wanted to try it out to generate a triangular mesh that I could then use to create 3D geometry.
Here are a few different tweaked results with different paramers of Triangulate 2D [image 1 and 2].
Next, …

AE Scripting, Featured, PS Scripting, Resources, Scripting »

[15 Aug 2009 | 3 Comments | 265 views]
Anders CG Blog, AE Scripts Blog & Adobe Scripts Blog Merges with Sundstedt.se Website

I have now merged and moved all previous posts from my highly popular AE Scripts Blog, Adobe Scripting Blog and previous Sundstedt.se Website to my brand new website Sundstedt.se. This will make it easier to maintain and keep things more current. I have removed all content from the previous sites. I have redirected …

3D, Featured, Houdini »

[15 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 117 views]
My Road to Learning Character Animation in Houdini: 2 – My first walk animation test

Here is my very first attempt of a character walk animation; animated in Houdini 10. Used some advice from Animation Mentor free webinars on Maya and applied them to Houdini. I’m sure I have made many of the beginner character animator mistakes; but I am happy to have worked out this very first animation just …