This is going to be a little bit of a stream of consciousness update unfortunately. It's been quite a start to the year and I don't seem to have blinked and we're into April. I've already worked on a number of projects that I can't show though which is slightly disappointing in terms of being able to update the site. One of them was a collaboration with the fantastic Glen Southern of SouthernGFX http://southerngfx.co.uk/ building a number of models for Agustawestland. It was a fantastic project to work on and I learnt a huge amount not least from having as talented a modeller as Glen looking over my shoulder. It was though, a very quick turnaround so everything else has been on hold. Straight from that project I've had extensions form two previous clients which is also keeping me pretty busy I have found a little time to render out the latest test of the shoe though. Despite the slow updates I think I've actually only managed to spend about three or four full days on it so far. The next stages are sorting out the laces and tweaking some of the materials, the leather's a little shiny and the sole is still a flat lambert.
The tongue was surprisingly nasty to texture too, with all of the mesh needed depth rather than just a flat diffuse. The lighting is still only a couple of area lights and a basic studio HDRI so I'll look at fixing that when I get a chance too.
In other news my Project365 has taken a pounding since the big Agustawestland project but hopefully I'll be able to add some more photography to the next couple of weeks' plans. Oh and I like musicals now. . . . Les Miserables was a fantastic watch on the big screen and if you haven't already you should catch it before it's pulled.