cg arch viz meets real life

Monster w.i.p., test rendering in Poser

2009-11-16T00:24:00.001-06:00

Still with no texture applied to mouth and eyes, and only a "fill-in" texture for the wing membrane...

Monster w.i.p., now texturing

2009-11-13T16:04:00.002-06:00

Yup, texturing, in Zbrush.

UVmapping done!

2009-10-30T14:10:00.000-06:00

Finally, the UVs are done! And the retopologizing. And the etc etc. Now, texturing and rigging...

Poser 8 is released!

2009-08-04T08:51:00.000-05:00

Yay!
And it comes with my robot mecha inside!
Yay!

Pixelwarrior, offical Poser 8 Content Provider!

2009-07-30T08:20:00.005-05:00

Yep, you read right. Pixelwarrior (that's me) is providing a robot mecha as part of the content to be included with Poser 8.

I'm extremely proud my mecha got accepted to be included. I have learned a lot from the experience, and hope that all the time and dedication brought into it's creation shows.

So, here is a quickie render, rendered of course in Poser8. Only one distant light, btw.

The link to the official Poser 8 page is here.

Giant Gundam dominates Tokyo!

2009-07-11T14:48:00.001-05:00

I just had to post this one, being myself a Gundam fan:

2009-06-23T09:15:00.000-05:00

This is what I have so far in creating a scifi mega complex. I want halls, hangars, laboratories... certainly a lot of work!

Shader's Cafe has a new home!

2009-05-29T11:20:00.002-05:00

The previous administrator of the forum has passed control of the forum over to me. I hope I am up to the job of providing a home for the Shade community all over the world.

Space Cadet Lin for Terai Yuki, now on sale!

2009-02-25T17:39:00.002-06:00

She is supposed to look sort of 70-ish science fiction. Anyway, she is now on sale in Content Paradise, here

Shade9 English released!!

2009-01-05T08:22:00.002-06:00

Yay! After a long wait, Shade9 has been released in English!
You can read all about it here: http://shade.e-frontier.co.jp/en/shade9_eng-info/index.html

I have a girlfriend!

2008-12-10T04:11:00.000-06:00

And her name is Gisela.
I am so happy :)

Poser clothes free, to celebrate my birthday!

2008-12-05T19:48:00.003-06:00

Yay!
This weekend only, this medieval gentleman clothing for the G2 males is free to download in Content Paradise!

http://www.contentparadise.com/us/user/medieval_gentleman_for_the_g2_males_product_45375

BTW, I'm accepting expensive gifts for my birthday :P

G2Simon as a Medieval Knight

2008-12-04T10:22:00.004-06:00

I forgot to post this before. Had been working on this character, it is done now. Took me a LOT to finish, the zipped file with all the textures and stuff is just barely below 80mb!
Anyways, I hope you like it

Shade9 English, temptative date announced!

2008-11-07T09:05:00.002-06:00

This is big for me. As Shade is one of my everyday tools, the release of an update (finally!) after so much time is heaven sent.
Yay for e-frontier!
You can read all about it here

Valkyria for Tera Yuki2, now on sale!

2008-09-23T10:53:00.002-05:00

Finally, after several iterations and extensive testing (thanks, rdouraku and Tagavoga!) she is ready to hand pick the best slain warriors from the battlefield!

Available, of course, in Content Paradise.

turntable animation for Valkyria

2008-09-18T09:39:00.002-05:00

Just as it sounds. Here in it's youtube glory.
And for an mp4 version, click here

Valkyria W.I.P.

2008-09-17T10:27:00.002-05:00

I am working on a character set for Terai Yuki (by Ken-Ichi Kutsugi) of a liberal interpretation of a Valkyria.

I modelling all the clothing, even the hair.
And here she is in the most recent milestone...

Modelling has been done in Silo and Shade, texturing in 3d-coat. Rendered in Poser.

Zaibora mecha, now available at Content Paradise!

2008-08-21T18:36:00.000-05:00

Between this mecha and the pseudopods, I don't know which Poser thingy to date has been more complex to rig and stuff.
Probably the mecha...
So anyway, it's on sale right now :)
http://www.contentparadise.com/us/user/zaibora_mecha_product_43146

mecha biped beasty W.I.P., yet another update!

2008-08-20T00:28:00.003-05:00

It has been hell tweaking the joint parameters and the control dials to my liking. But it is in quite an advanced stage now.
Meanwhile, here is a Lightwave render, courtesy of the Lightwave Poserfusion, just released for PoserPro (yay!)

mecha biped beasty W.I.P., yet another update

2008-07-23T12:39:00.002-05:00

The concentration on the turning around is done. 11 different animated body parts in a single dial. It was a lot of work. But it's finally done.
Here is a link to a video showing it walk in circles.
http://juanmanuel3d.com/images/forums/walking promo4.mp4
And here it is in all it's youtbue glory...

Clustr maps counting correctly, finally!

2008-07-21T09:07:00.000-05:00

So I decided to find out why I had no visitors according to clustrmaps, and it turns out I had pasted some incorrect code!
Well, now it is working, and I like how the dots look on the world map :)

mecha biped beasty W.I.P., another update

2008-07-20T16:05:00.000-05:00

The black texture set is done!

update on mecha biped beasty

2008-07-14T23:56:00.003-05:00

I don't like the resolution on the embedded video of the last post, so here's a link to two full resolution videos on the mecha walking.

Video1
Video2

But more importantly, I've managed to reduce the number of dials to animate a walk cycle to just two dials!

Here is a link to a flash video I did showing just how easy it will be to make the mecha walk.

mecha biped beasty W.I.P., update

2008-07-12T23:37:00.004-05:00

Here is a video showing a walk, to test how my rigging holds out. Still untextured, but fully uvmapped.

The diamond thingies are the cannon's aims, you move them around, and the cannons follow them. It allows for easier posing.

Asian Empress for Terai Yuki, almost almost ready!

2008-07-02T09:05:00.002-05:00

I did this last beauty render, and I just cannot feel her "evilness" any longer. So maybe I'll just rename her "Asian Empress" instead of "Evil Empress"

Evil Empress W.I.P.

2008-06-26T08:45:00.002-05:00

Sorry for not updating my blog in a while. Lots of real life stuff have taken their toll.

But here I am :)

This is a character set I'm building for e-frontier's Terai Yuki.
As of now, all the clothing except the ribbon has been modeled in Silo 2.1
The ribbon I modeled in Shade.
Uvmapped in Silo, textured in 3d-coat.
Rendered in Poser7, postwork in the Gimp

Zaibora addons for Terai Yuki2, now available!

2008-05-31T11:49:00.002-05:00

Rigging the tentacles was hell! But it is done, finally!
Modelled in Shade, Silo, rigged and rendered in Poser.
I hope you like it!

Sheep mechanic for Sheepers, now available!

2008-04-01T00:57:00.002-06:00

This one I had lots of fun designing the props and stuff. I should do more of this...
Anyway, now available in Content Paradise

Zaibora weapons addon WIP

2008-03-24T20:34:00.002-06:00

Poser-side, I'm working on some weapons and thingies for the Zaibora project. Here shown is the pseudopod arms, the comlink (on the leg), the nuclear battery pack (also on the leg). I need to get some scifi inspiration for more thingies. Or maybe watch a batman movie...

uplift universe challenge, w.i.p. on the alien

2008-03-24T20:22:00.003-06:00

A small update on how I'm going with the alien.
Took me more time uvmapping it than texturing it!

Uplift Universe challenge!

2008-03-21T21:44:00.001-06:00

I decided to bite the bullet, and entered the challenge. There is so much talent in there, I'm sure I'll learn a lot just from peeking other entries, let alone working on my entry.
Wish me luck!

Zaibora the Female experiment for Miki2, now live!

2008-03-18T16:13:00.005-06:00

Now available in contentparadise.com
Modeled and uvmapped in Silo, textured in 3d-coat (formerly 3d-brush) and in the Gimp. This image is rendererd in Poser7, postwork in the Gimp.

Zaibora the Female experiment for Miki2, w.i.p.

2008-03-11T14:25:00.002-06:00

After some vacations, and a week grounded by the flu, I'm back to working and hobbying and stuff.

Zaibora female experiment for Terai Yuki2

2008-02-14T21:21:00.002-06:00

This is a clothing and character kit for Terai Yuki2, by Ken-Ichi Kutsugi and e-frontier (now SmithMicro outside Japan).

Modelled and uvmapped in Silo2, Lightwave, Shade, and ultimate unwrap 2.4

Textured in 3d-brush 2.05 and the Gimp 2.4

Rendered in Poser7, with postwork in the Gimp

Terai Yuki is a Pirate!

2008-01-18T14:37:00.000-06:00

My most recent character-thingy set for Poser7 and Terai Yuki2.

You can find it here

Modelled in Shade and Silo, uvmapped in Silo and unwrap3d, textured in the Gimp 2.4 and 3d-brush 2.

Casino in Playa del Carmen, Mexico

2008-01-11T10:31:00.000-06:00

This is the exterior of a proposed casino in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The facade, while sober, has some interesting dialogue with lighting. I wonder how it would look by day, though...

Modelled and rendered entirely in Shade. Male and female figures are Poser7 G2 Simon and Sydney, with the High Stakes content pack.

Video explaining how to make Promo images in Poser and the Gimp

2008-01-08T08:10:00.000-06:00

Poser can be a nice compositing package of items made somewhere else, it's menu driven library interface and dials take care of that.

However, I've read people complaining that they just cannot find a way to make nice images in Poser. Not that all my Poser images are that great, but I have been told from time to time that some are quite nice.

So I made a video detailing how I made one of the promo images of the January 2008 Passport freebie I'm sponsoring in Content Paradise. Here is the link to the freebie (all January 2008) in case you're curious.

And here is the link to the video.

If you want to save the video to your computer, the direct link is here. It is an avi encoded with the h264 codec, as the original was just too big for practical purposes. There is a link to a codec pack in the webpage, in case you find you cannot see it.

The video was captured in Camtasia Studio 3, and highlights my general Poser7 and Gimp2.4 workflow.

I hope you enjoy it!

I'm sponsoring the Content Paradise Passport freebie!

2007-12-31T14:03:00.000-06:00

That's right. All January, in contentparadise.com, all Passport members will be able to download my Amazon Queen for G2Sydney for free! Finally, I can spill the beans :D
My main tools for creating the set were:
Modelling:
Shade and Silo2.
Uvmapping:
Silo2 and unwrap3d
Texturing:
3d-brush and the Gimp
Rendering:
Poser7 and Shade. I just did a render in Shade, just to see if there were no surprises on conversion. So all the renders and thumbnails you see with the product, are in fact done in Poser.
cr2, pp2, mc6, mt5 files tweaking:
Open Office 2.3, jane 1.54, SandR 1.5, MorphManager 4.0

You can find the link here

Patio of residence in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico

2007-12-12T11:06:00.000-06:00

This is quickie work I had to do on an old model (well, from September of this year...). Everything you see is modelled in Shade, except the roofs, which were modelled in Amapi. The roof tiles are made in Shade though...
Rendered in Shade.

Near-me is a pirate, now for sale!

2007-11-28T19:24:00.000-06:00

Indeed, and I'm quite proud of it.
Now available at Content Paradise.

Near-me is a bucaneer, almost ready for launch!

2007-11-27T19:41:00.000-06:00

Pirate in the fog

2007-11-26T09:38:00.000-06:00

This is a novel take on a character I am developing for Near-me by e-frontier.(or is it by Smith Micro now).
The blouse as of right now, is a dynamic clothing, the trousers and boots are conforming clothes. The eye patch and the sword are smart props.
Rendered in Poser7, saved using the multipass script and composited and postworked in the Gimp.
The mesh geometry was done in Silo2.

elven character for Terai Yuki2, WIP

2007-11-23T17:56:00.000-06:00

Just as the title says. Althogh, maybe I'll throw in a falchion and a captain's hat, she could be a nice pirate too...

I'm using a novel approach using curved surfaces in Shade, using them as a low polygon mesh, to later detail in Silo. Unwrapped in unwrap3d, and the cloth simulation is courtesy of Poser7.

No render... yet.

I also did an elven staff in Silo2, and a cloak I did in Shade... which I'm not showing until the next wip hehehe

garage renovation

2007-11-23T16:00:00.000-06:00

A simple render highlighting the renovation of a garage. The existing architecture is all white and somewhat simplified to give contrast between the old and the new.

Modelled and rendered using Shade pro. Background rendered in Vue5 infinite. The brik thingy was uvmapped in Silo2. The props are not mine in case anybody wonders...

Near me is an Amazon Warrior, now on sale!

2007-11-12T15:28:00.000-06:00

:D

After quite a while, doodling in Shade, Silo, unwrap3d, zbrush, 3d-brush, the Gimp, and what-not, it is ready!

I'm quite proud of it.

Near-me as an Amazon Warrior, almost ready for prime time!

2007-11-11T12:45:00.000-06:00

I crafted her a cudgel-spear-thingy for her yesterday, modelled and uvmapped it in Silo, textured in 3d-brush. Rendered in Poser7, postwork in the Gimp.

Near-me as an Amazon Warrior WIP, yet another update

2007-11-08T15:51:00.000-06:00

Here is a viewport screengrab, now with a legknife with its scabbard. This time around, the knife and scabbard were modelled and uvmapped in Silo2.05, and textured in 3d-brush 2.01
The screengrab is from Poser7.

Near-me amazon Warrior WIP, update

2007-10-28T15:07:00.001-06:00

Most time consuming this time was the sort of knot on the sandals. Modelled and uvmapped the sandals in Silo2, textured in Zbrush 3.1, rendered in Poser7.

beach esplanade delight, WIP

2007-10-28T13:30:00.000-06:00

Modelled in Shade, uvmapped in Silo2, rendered in Shade.

I should have put some more weathering effects all around, but it is a work in progress. The conical thatched roof, I need to get rid of that visible seam. Still, I think it conveys the general idea...

Near-me amazon Warrior WIP update

2007-10-20T11:33:00.000-05:00

I did this the other day but did not upload it. New are the shoulder guards as well as the gauntlets. Used Silo2 and Zbrush for the modelling and texturing, rendered in Poser7

Bar and TV, as of this morning

2007-10-20T11:19:00.000-05:00

I'm leaving the render on the background while I'm doing stuff (though I do turn it off to render other stuff), and this is how it looks as of this morning. I turned on the light panels for this image, but leaved the floor lights turned off.

Small shopping centre in Martinez de la Torre, Veracruz

2007-10-19T15:36:00.000-05:00

A "maquette" view of a proposal of a shopping centre (or to be exact, a row of shops) in Martinez de la Torre, Veracruz. Since the design still is in very early stages, I opted for an all white image, the volumetry of the project giving it "life"

Traced and extruded in Lightwave9.3, detailed in Silo2, uvmapped in unwrap3d, rendered in Shade. I know, lots of programs involved, but this being a relatively simple project, I was experimenting using alternate workflows.

Bar and TV, rendering so far

2007-10-16T14:12:00.000-05:00

Modelled in Shade, rendering in Maxwell. This is how the render looks so far. Behind the frosted glass panels are some light panels, as well as below the floor (which also is frosted glass). But I like this option a lot, reminds me of some film noir.

Entrance to a housing complex

2007-09-26T09:16:00.000-05:00

Modeled and rendred entirely in Shade. The main "watch tower" however I exported to Silo to uvmap so the seams could match the design. The cars and the tree are from the Shade Collection series.

Near_me is an amazon warrior! W.I.P.

2007-09-26T09:04:00.000-05:00

So struggling between real life, doing some more charros, and my japanese outfit for Koji G2, now I add an amazon warrior set for Near_me, a cute manga doll released recently by e-frontier.

As of now, I made her a body morph in Zbrush 3.1, which I then tweaked in Silo2, and the body armour, done in Silo2 and detailed and textured in Zbrush. I found it easier than I thought to incorporate the displacement maps and normal maps into Poser, I'll have to use this more often...

Charro suits for G2 Poser figures, now available!

2007-09-13T11:32:00.000-05:00

Finally, some extra time well spent.

The shirts, pants, hats and skirt were modelled initially in Shade using curved surfaces, then tweaked and uvmapped in Silo. The buttons on the shirt were also done in Silo. The ribbon in Shade.

The shoes were completely done in Silo.

The texturing colouring was done in Zbrush. The occlusion from the bucles was baked in Lightwave.

Finally, image postwork was done in the Gimp.

You can find a link to the product page here.

Doodling with Silo, Shade, Zbrush, Lightwave, the Gimp and Poser

2007-09-12T15:53:00.000-05:00

A closeup on some clothing items I did recently. I did use a lot of programs on this one!

The shirt was originally done in Shade with curved surfaces, exported as a polygon mesh to Silo, where I inserted the buttons, tweaked the mesh, and made some understandable uv maps. Same with the pants, in Silo I made the belt and the basic bucle.

The bucle I exported to Zbrush, where I did the floral thingies. I exported the displacement stuff to Lightwave, where I baked the occlusion information, and saved as a texture.

The bump texture of the shirt I did in the Gimp.

The flower thingies in the pants I also did them on Zbrush. I also did the occlusion thing on the pants via Lightwave.

I think I could have also made a bump map for the pants, but it did add nothing to the image.

And all this I rendered in Poser7.

I could have done an occlusion pass in Poser, but baking the occlusion makes for a faster render when you need multiple views.

Koji G2 formal kimono WIP, almost done!

2007-08-20T12:32:00.001-05:00

I think it is now just a texture thing, making some textures with some kamo on the haori and stuff, but the hard work is mostly done.

CFE station for Atlixco, Puebla

2007-08-15T17:57:00.000-05:00

Keeping in the overall mexican contemporary style, this is part of several alternatives for the Atlixco, Puebla branch of the CFE (or Federal Comission for Electricity).
Modeled and rendered in Shade, using some Vue palmtrees, and some Shade content.

Haori Hakama and Tabi for Koji G2, W.I.P

2007-08-15T17:40:00.000-05:00

This is something I'm working on in my spare time. As you can see, the main issue seems to be the bump texture. Still working on it, and I know I'll get it right in the end ;)

Modeled in Shade and Silo, rendered in Poser7, no postwork.

The figure is G2 Koji, by e-frontier, btw...

Weekend trip to Tehuacan

2007-08-13T12:33:00.000-05:00

Tehuacán, or Tehuacán de las granadas (Tehuacan of the pomegranates), lies some two hours south of Puebla city, and is famous as a centre of denim manufacture, chicken egg production, and of course, its fabled mineral water.
Until quite recently is looked more like a sleepy town, this being specially true due to the fact that is is almost year round a very hot and dry climate. Who wants to work with that heat?
So anyway, a friend of mine that works in the tomato greenhouse industry near Tehuacan invited me and a cousing of her to visit, and so we did. Arriving early, I took the chance to buy myself a beautiful Sahuayo hat, and walk around downtown, with its enchanting central square (or Zócalo), admire it's colonial architecture, and so on.
While part of the state of Puebla, it retains it's own charm and personality.
Later we met my friend, had some nice chit chat, and went over to her place to get ready for a night of partying.
Curiously enough, the disco, located to the left of the city hall, once was a house of the famous ex-dictator Porfirio Diaz. Music was a bit for teenagers, though nothing extreme, no mosh pits or slam contests. Everybody was quite nice. Very hospitable people.
Of course the next day we basically slept the whole day, we danced THAT much. And there is no nightspot curfew, so we danced till quite late.

On the way back, I allowed myself a bit of night chill in order to watch the stars in the heavens above. The sky being so unpolluted and clear, with hardly a cloud in sight, it was just the perfect opportunity for stargazing.

Fashion Dress for Terai Yuki 2

2007-07-31T10:41:00.001-05:00

A beautiful trendy dress, if you ask me ;)

Available here

A simple love story

2007-07-30T11:47:00.000-05:00

This is the video with which I won the antics3d focus competition.
Let me tell you a bit about antics3d.

In case it doesn't show up in the flash thingy, here is the direct link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=7FAmNp8zsz0

Antics3d is a pre-visualization program, used extensively in the tv and movie industries as a tool to help explain everybody involved in the making of scenes just how the scenes are intended to look like. It is a wonderful alternative to sketch storyboarding, and has many very useful tools to set up cameras, lighting, virtual sets, and so on.

However, me being a 3dcg archviz illustrator, what do I have to do with antics3d?

Well, antics3d has more than meets the eye. The drag and drop way that one can create complete scenes can also be applied as a previz architectural tool. It even has a 3dsmax plugin which enables 3dsmax people to add to the huge library of premade content to quickly and effortlessly populate scenes, with people, cars, streetlights, doors that open and close, etc etc etc. Really great stuff. And fun.

So anyway, I was doing a bit of previz work for a friend, when I decided it would be more fun to do the work with a simple story. It would help showcase the intended work better, and would keep the potential client a bit more engrossed on what was being presented (as most clients are not too deep on architecture).

Well, here is the video. I should have done some cleaning and stuff, hidden the camera paths and so on, but it shows just what can be done in some 3 hours with the software.

Gaby Valero sings to a packed audience in the Zocalo!

2007-07-30T11:37:00.000-05:00

Gaby Valero, a good friend of mine, and singer extraordinaire, sang to a packed audience in the Zócalo de Puebla (main square in downtown Puebla), Mexico. She sang as part of the repertoire showcasing the cultural season this year.
Accompaining her were three extremely talented musicians, one of which I have the luck of knowing personally, and let me say, he is a really virtuoso on the violin.
Shown here is the backstage bootlegged video ( :P just kidding).
What really happened is that when she got to the stage, there was nowhere to put her stuff, and I volunteered to help her out, so I became her "logistical manager" for the event.

I just won the best video of Antics3d Focus Group!

2007-07-27T12:30:00.000-05:00

I checked my mail, and this is what I got:

(from Antics Focus Group, email address suppressed)

Dear All,

The quality of the feedback provided and the videos submitted were of a very high standard, however, there can only be two winners and they are:

Winner of the Best Feedback Competition: Colin Le Roux

Winner of the Best Video Competition: Juan Manuel Bautista Hoepfner

Both winners will take home $500.

Once again, thank-you to everyone and please feel free to email me, at anytime, any additional feedback, user requirements, or project updates you may have. We will also keep you posted about other opportunities to contribute to the development of this product.

Best Regards

David Harragin

David Harragin
Antics Technologies Ltd

Linen Hall
3rd Floor
162-168 Regent Street
London
W1B 5TD

Tel: +44 (0) 207 038 3900
Fax: +44 (0) 207 038 3901
Web: www.antics3d.com

So congratulations, Colin! And congratulations to me too! :D
I'll upload the video soon, after I finish some pressing assignments

Content Paradise winning image

2007-07-25T13:00:00.000-05:00

This is the image that won.

I won the Content Paradise image contest!

2007-07-25T12:58:00.000-05:00

For the benefit of those not registered as Passport users in Content Paradise, I attach a screenshot of the all-important announcement that I won :D

Gaby Valero has a new homepage!

2007-07-05T10:21:00.000-05:00

Gaby Valero, an extremely talented singer, and artist in general (did I say she's a friend of mine?) now has her own homepage. It is as of yet a work in progress, but I'm sure soon we'll have a very nice place to visit in internetdom.

You can visit her homepage at www.gabyvalero.com

Amazon Warrior for Lucy Jet, now available

2007-07-02T07:16:00.000-05:00

In a record time (at least for me) I did this set from the ground up in two days. Certainly an achievement I am proud of. Now available for sale in Content Paradise, here

Nemesis Warrior, now available!

2007-06-28T13:20:00.000-05:00

Yay! :D

What can I say? I like him!

Available here

Nemesis Warrior for Poser G2males, almost ready!

2007-06-25T18:33:00.000-05:00

This is what I've been working on my free time this week. It is supposed to be a counterpart to my all sweet and cute Amazon Warrior.

G2James hair fit for Terai Yuki2, on sale!

2007-06-24T22:46:00.000-05:00

This is a hair fit for the "barbarian" hair that comes with the G2James Poser figure. What amazes me most in how the impression on the figure changes with just a different hair.

On sale at Content Paradise too.

Miki2 hair fit for TY2, on sale now!

2007-06-17T10:48:00.000-05:00

Miki2 and Terai Yuki2 are both wonderful figures for e-frontier's Poser. I like the Miki2 hair, but unfortunately, it does not quite fit Terai Yuki2. Not anymore!
I made a custom fit workaround, now for all the world to enjoy!

Available here in Content Paradise

Amazon Warrior for Terai Yuki set, on sale at last!

2007-06-16T10:15:00.000-05:00

Here is the link. For sale in Content Paradise.

Amazon Warrior character set for Poser, almost ready!

2007-06-10T08:43:00.001-05:00

Indeed, just a thing of tweaking files, making some more promo images, decent thumbnails and stuff. It has been seme weeks of hard work, but I think it has been worthwhile.

It is a set of clothing, accessories, as well as some morph targets for e-frontier's Terai Yuki2 character, which works in Poser.

I have used Shade and Silo extensively for the modelling, Silo and unwrap3d for the uvmapping, the Gimp for generating the bitmap textures. And of course, Poser for posing, rigging, and rendering.

The wings on the angel are not mine, they were part of the bonus content for pre-purchasing Poser6. The famous Winter Queen set.

Inspirational image, "lost", short animation

2007-05-28T08:11:00.000-05:00

Just as the title says, a short "turntable" animation.

Inspirational image, "lost", Poser version

2007-05-27T17:25:00.000-05:00

I did some thigh-strapped swords, and decided this time around to render in Poser7, as I in fact pose my characters in Poser, less guesswork involved.

Inspirational image, "lost"

2007-05-25T21:31:00.001-05:00

Just something I fancied out in my free time. It is also a work in progress on a character set I'm working on for the Terai Yuki2 figure for Poser. I like the overall redness of the image.

Restaurant facade in Puebla, Mexico

2007-05-19T11:44:00.000-05:00

This is yet another revision on the restaurant, hopefully nearer to the clients needs!
Modelled in Shade (except for the palm trees, they are tweaked Vue5infinite palmtrees).
Also rendered in Shade.

photomontage on proposed restaurant in Puebla, Mexico

2007-05-09T15:45:00.000-05:00

This is in fact the second version of the restaurant. Really not much to work on, no working drawings, only photo references and some quick sketches. But for a day's work, I think it is quite convincing.
Modelled and rendered in Shade pro, with a bit of help from Silo2beta.

Ita, Andrea, Juan

2007-04-30T09:35:00.000-05:00

A really beautiful photograph showing us three in the really enchanting garden in the house of some relatives. As you can see, we are all quite happy.

Trip to Valle de Bravo, Mexico

2007-04-18T11:20:00.000-05:00

I know, this trip was done some time ago, but I have just found some spare time to upload some pictures. The ravishingly beautiful girl in the image is my girlfriend, with her daughter, which is a very sweet child, especially for her age.

Weekend retreat residence in Atlixco, Puebla, another view

2007-04-13T08:36:00.000-05:00

Another view of the same house...

Row of houses in Morillotla, Puebla

2007-04-13T08:33:00.000-05:00

Just as the title says, a row of houses. Some contemporary undertones get blended with the more traditional massive structures reminiscent of prehispanic architecture result in a contemporary solution that is modern and at the same time, discreet.

Free natural stone textures!

2007-04-12T10:25:00.000-05:00

If I see interest in these, I'll upload more. Enjoy!
http://www.sharecg.com/view.php?upload_id=2120
http://www.sharecg.com/view.php?upload_id=2119
http://www.sharecg.com/view.php?upload_id=2118
http://www.sharecg.com/view.php?upload_id=2116

Weekend retreat residence in Atlixco, Puebla

2007-04-12T10:16:00.000-05:00

Atlixco is a small city near Puebla, Mexico, with a very agreeable climate, where wealthy people from Puebla have weekend retreat homes. This is a project for precisely one of this homes.

Modelled and rendered in Shade.

Tragedy in the family

2007-03-28T14:45:00.000-06:00

A very loved aunt has just passed away. May she rest in peace

She said yes!

2007-03-14T13:20:00.000-06:00

The girl of my dreams that I had been dating just accepted being my girlfriend. I am soooo happy!

Her name is Ita.
And I am in love. And on a diet ;)

Saint Anthony on its head

2007-03-08T03:07:00.000-06:00

For those in the know, you know what this means.
For those that don't...
I'll explain to you on Monday.

House no. 16

2007-02-27T07:45:00.000-06:00

I kind of like this house, probably because I had been doing lots of two storied houses, it is refreshing to do a single storied one for a change. Obviously the roof tiles dominate most of the view, so it was imperative that they be a good looking.
Modelled and rendered in Shade.

Interior reflecting corridor, test render, refractive glass version

2007-02-20T09:31:00.000-06:00

Virtually identical scene. I changed the shadows to be a bit more diffuse, tweaked the specularity of the glass, extruded it to a thickness of 10mm, added refraction.

Nice fishbowl effect, and now it is evident I needed more GI samples... but it is a nice scene anyway.

Row of houses in Puebla, Mexico

2007-02-19T21:19:00.000-06:00

Just as I anticipated, the design changed a little. It is still a preliminary design, so I suppose there will be more updates on how this goes.

I would have liked to play more with the cars and human scales etc, but the deadline was looming.

Human figures are Poser7 figures, all the rest is modeled in Shade. Rendered in Shade with Callisto, GI from a skylight.

Interior reflecting corridor, test render

2007-02-19T21:15:00.000-06:00

This is a quickie mockup of a possible layout of some classrooms for a childcare facility. There was not much to work on but the concept, and the deadlines did not allow for much. As it is, I quite like the final result.

Threshold of innocence

2007-02-15T18:40:00.000-06:00

I got fed up with working all day and the flu and all, so I took a break and made this picture, which I hope you find pretty.
This is G2 Jessi and Minotaur2 from e-frontier, all posed and rendered in Poser7

Row of houses in Puebla, Mexico

2007-02-15T12:35:00.000-06:00

Sorry for being absent so long. Lots of things have happened, the main thing is, I'm back!
This is a row of houses as the title says, with some variations in the facade so as to make a nicer complex in all.

The houses were completely modeled in Shade. The only thing not done in Shade is the Poser figure, imported via Poserfusion.
Rendered with Callisto with a bit of GI courtesy of a clear skylight.

The strange glass and chrome thingies in the front are the electricity metres, wich in Mexico by law must be clearly visible from outside (so the inspectors can have quick access to them). I added them so there would be no nasty surprises later, and because it gives a meaning to the even stranger-looking wall they rest on...

This is an early version of the project, expect lots of changes.

House in Puebla, Mexico, update

2007-01-25T18:42:00.000-06:00

This is (I hope!) the final version. What changed mostly was the garage is a bit bigger, as well as the main bedroom (rightmost part on the ground floor). Oh and the arched windows in the top floor. I like it with square windows, but clients are clients...

Hotel, as seen from the opposing corner

2007-01-22T23:46:00.000-06:00

Here is the current state of the hotel facade's design after some corrections based on the client's requirements. At the bottom right you can see a glimpse of the French restaurant, where the facade has also suffered some modifications.
Modeled mostly in Shade, some parts in Silo. Rendered in Shade.

The restaurant render in cgtalk

2007-01-15T23:34:00.000-06:00

Just in case anybody is interested, I posted the restaurant render in the cgtalk (cgsociety) discussion forum.
The link is here

Low income houses for Zacapoaxtla, Mexico, update

2007-01-15T11:04:00.000-06:00

A subtly modified version, with a small tiled roof in the front and some changes in the colour schemes.

restaurant, closeup view, update

2007-01-15T09:12:00.000-06:00

Rendering this piece got more complicated than what I had anticipated. In the end, I rendered it in Callisto using a combination of photon mapping with pathtracing, as pathtracing or photon mapping alone gave me unacceptable results. Postwork in Gimp