http://floze.cgsociety.org/gallery/ floze's gallery of images en-us 120 http://floze.cgsociety.org/gallery/576244

Created for fun and the current lighting mini-challenge here on cgtalk, for details read:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=185&t=570741

Modelling credits go to Jeremy Birn.

Happy holidays everyone!]]> Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:46:56 +0000 http://floze.cgsociety.org/gallery/574052

A study on the most simple yet perfect natural shape, and a little test on how far I could push a shading gradient. It turned out kinda surrealistic though.

I used photographic reference from http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgandolfo/2111467158/]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:32:55 +0000 http://floze.cgsociety.org/gallery/569131

"Oh, you dear children, who has brought you here?
Do come in, and stay with me.
No harm shall happen to you."

This is a revised version of my contribution to the Halloween Lighting Challenge here on cgtalk. Modelling credits go to Jeremy Birn.

The little characters in front are inspired by, of course: Lock, Shock and Barrel, the trio infernale from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:23:38 +0000 http://floze.cgsociety.org/gallery/567304

Some shading exercise on clay.

The model can be downloaded from the Stanford 3D Scanning Repository and consists of around 7 million triangles. All HDR images I used are courtesy of Paul Debevec.

The main intention was to try to find a way to quickly and believably light and shade a model without having to mess around with textures, UVs and crap. This bothered me because I see such great and talented modellers, like e.g. Giovanni Nakpil, with works beyond belief, but often poorly (if at all!) lit and shaded. It would be rather easy to give the digital sculptures that little analog, clayish touch.

A mel script to set up your model scene with the shader and proper rendering settings is available in the thread, see below. All you need aside is a nice HDRI, like the Uffizi one or similar.]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:44:55 +0000 http://floze.cgsociety.org/gallery/566929

The inspiration came from Jeff Patton's Buddha test renders on mymentalray.com. The original model can be downloaded from the Stanford 3D Scanning Repository, the HDR images I used are all courtesy of Paul Debevec.

Its just some shading exercise, nothing special or something I would be proud of. Though I found it an interesting study on the materiality of glazed ceramic. It definitely needs more investigation. However, what's next on my list is vintage clay surface.]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:26:06 +0000 http://floze.cgsociety.org/gallery/554995

"Oh, you dear children, who has brought you here?
Do come in, and stay with me.
No harm shall happen to you."

Created for the Halloween Lighting Challenge on cgtalk, models provided by Jeremy Birn from 3drender.com

The little characters in front are inspired by, of course: Lock, Shock and Barrel, the trio infernale from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.


Happy pumpkin carving everyone! I guess its just about time! ]]> Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:47:16 +0000 http://floze.cgsociety.org/gallery/313107

The models are kindly provided by Jeremy Birn and Dan Wade, created for the lighting challenges in the General Lighting and Rendering forums section.
It was a great experience to do some 'classic' exercise and have instant comparison and feedback with all the other contributors. I felt like practising painting in an art class, simply great!

First practical use of my own created EI03 (visit: http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/sun/CIRL/Project/PhysIllumModel/physIllumModel.html for details) and hls (Hapke/Lommel-Seeliger BRDF implementation) mental ray shaders.

Special thanks to Gonzalo Garramuņo for providing gg_fakefur.
Very special thanks to Jeremy Pronk for creating IBL Tools.
Last but not least thank you Master Zap for the wonderful sss shader!]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:42:04 +0000 http://floze.cgsociety.org/gallery/445501

Created for the cgtalk lighting challenge #8, using mental ray for maya. The models are kindly provided by Dan Wade.

The main source of inspiration was http://www.opacity.us, a priceless shrine for urban ruins and abandoned places.]]> Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:56:00 +0000 http://floze.cgsociety.org/gallery/334609

The models are kindly provided by Jeremy Birn, created for the second lighting and rendering challenge taking place in the Lighting and Rendering forums section.

It was another test for my EI03 mental ray implementation. This BRDF provides a statistically-based reflection model for rough surfaces, visit http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/sun/CIRL/Project/PhysIllumModel/physIllumModel.html for details.
In the end it's just a little peek of what's possible when I seriously get into action and find the time to get some stuff done. I hope I'll find this time at some point, it's a shame I cant buy some.. ]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:12:23 +0000 http://floze.cgsociety.org/gallery/334621

Inspired by the Little Witch Lisbeth stories.

My little sister loves Lieve Baeten's (1954-2001) illustrated tales, and to be honest I love them too - I'm thinking about illustrating a children's book, I hope I'll find the right amount of time and a publisher for it.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:18:51 +0000 http://floze.cgsociety.org/gallery/334636

I love underwater worlds, here's my humble try at creating some.. the clue was inventing a paradox situation; there's a ladder leaning against the ship - who's small enough to need one, being unable to swim either? And what was the one expecting to find in the wreck? ]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:37:25 +0000 http://floze.cgsociety.org/gallery/334640

Initially created for my portfolio DVD (which never finished for some reason), it's expressing some of my passions. Feel free to interpret them on your own. ]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:40:52 +0000