Monthly Archives: December 2010

Decorative Penrose Tiles

I’ve long been fascinated with the artistic possibilities unleashed by Penrose tiles. These are tiles that can tile forever without ever repeating exactly, and they produce intriguing patterns as they go. The slice shown below would be repeated an infinite … Continue reading

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Ouroboros Evolving

This is what the Ouroboros ring is looking like lately.  Should be quite suitable to include in my scene with just a little more touch up.  This is skinned and rendered with Vue. Tweet

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Is Lemurian Agate Real?

We have this from the University of Nebraska’s Agate Lexicon: Lemurian Agate, …a new California find, no description, no locality, Trade Name, adv., Pyramid Rock Mart, Lapidary Journal, v. 1, no. 2, p. 79. …adv. Rocks & Minerals, 1947, v. … Continue reading

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Lemurian Agate

This lovely slice of multidimensional Lemurian Agate was quarried from the heart of Mount Shasta in the same quarry that produced the stone for the marvelous  fluted spiral pillars in the east wing of the Great Hall of Telos.  The … Continue reading

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Fun with my tablet mouse

I just love my new tablet mouse! I’ve been having fun creating leaf patterns for a fantasy forest scene. These images will be fed into an automatic 3D tree generator to create a setting of wonder and intrigue.  Then I’ll … Continue reading

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Celtic Knotwork Design

I’ve been wanting to revive the Celtic chalice design I created several years back, and improve its modeling detail and exportability. One issue was the knotwork border around the top of the cup. The knotwork looks good on the smaller … Continue reading

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Fantasy Gothic Tower

This towering confection was a lot of fun to conjure up. Here it is rendered in Vue. Final assembly occurred in Vue, and now I will need to extract the parts and get them into a format suitable for wider … Continue reading

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3D Model Minaret Under Construction

Another recent model project is this minaret design for a city scene I’m working on. This time I’m sketching from traditional styles I’ve found on the web, loosely inspired by the Hassan II mosque in Casablanca, though this is intended … Continue reading

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Ouroboros Ring

I’m just getting started on my artist site, but what I’m really itching to do is get back to my 3D modeling efforts. I’ve got some good stuff going here, like this Ouroboros ring: This one started as I was … Continue reading

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