Again just playing with rendering settings...

Ok, I am really starting to get a handle on Kerkythea. Up to this point, I was just using the default settings, and now after a little research I am seeing the full potential of Kerkythea! Differences between Ray Tracing, Photon Mapping and Path Tracing are really starting to make sense. It really helps to have quality materials as well.

 



 

Now on to some Architecture next!

Another illustration

 

 

I had a 1/24th scale model of this Barracuda. I loved the design, so I took a photo of the model and illustrated it in Adobe Illustrator.

Dream House

Well, ok, maybe not THE dream house, but what we would like to do to our existing house if we were to stay here for any length of time. This is the first real project that I used Google SketchUp for and will continue to add and implement to this drawing as I learn things. This will explain why all the windows and detailing are incomplete for the moment. My main focus of this was to see how it would look in the "Big Picture" and continue to add as I go.

We have a tiny house, 970 square feet, with a detatched garage. Our kitchen sits

in the corner of the house closest to the garage. It's pretty small with no room

for a table that seats a family of four. So it would make sense to add on

to that corner of the house attaching to the garage, using the

existing service door of the garage as point-of-entry to the kitchen.

Keeping all the plumbing on the east wall (back of the house) where it is,

I would like to create an island there and make room for more

cabinets and windows on the walls.

 

I would love to add a bay window on the back of the addition, to make a nook for the kids to read their books on a rainy day, looking out to the back yard and gardens. And adding a door to the north side of the addition and a wrap around deck making way to the existing concrete paver patio. Now the yard isn't to scale, it is a bit larger, but a complete 6' tall cedar privacy fence would be nice. Oh well, we can dream right? More to come later...

Dodge Challenger WAGON?

This one was for my own benefit as I owned a Dodge Magnum, and loved the new Challenger. Throughout automotive history, someone has always tried to make a sports car into a station wagon, which is a concept that I am very fascinated with. So I set out to do it myself, starting with the next picture:

 

Add the Magnum station wagon roofline and hatch,

clone out driver and traffic through the glass:

Cut out the above car and paste onto a nice and dramatic backplate
that matches somewhat the ambient color temps, shading and highlights.

Manipulate the shadows under the car a little and viola! The final shot. If I ever win the Lottery, I would love to actually build this. It would be a pretty good "grocery getter"!
 

 

My Love for CARS

I love the movie Cars from Disney/Pixar and had recently bought a Dodge

Magnum, naturally I had to put them together.
Completed in PhotoShop.