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Well it’s been a while since I posted anything here.  Been too busy with work to spend time doing anything else.  However, after making some paper snowflakes, I was inspired to try making a 3D one in Blender using the new Cycles renderer.  Here are a couple of my tries.

Andrew Price over at Blender Guru recently released a new tutorial on how to make a realistic looking asteroid using some really simple modifiers and simple tools.  Some of the specific things he shows you are how to use displacement maps to generate rough terrain, how to apply a tiling texture, how to create a randomly generated particle field for debris and how to use the compositor to fine tune the appearance of the finished image.

Here is my finished result from my first try.

PS.  Make sure to check it out at the 1080P resolution.

UPDATE:

I decided to try it again with more detail and some changes to the overall feel.  The only thing I don’t like about it is the smaller rocks that fly into the main asteroid instead of bouncing off.

Well I’ve spent the last month going through a Tutorial (off and on) provided by BlenderCookie.com on how to use Blender 2.5. I’ve just finished the modeling section and am about to start with the Texturing/Materials section and then on to rigging and animation basics as well as creating hair.

Here’s what I have so far.

Working on a logo for a band, here’s the concepts so far…