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Dragon Head #2

Well it’s been a while since I posted, but I wanted to share the work in progress on something I’ve been wanting to do for quite a while.  I’m working on modeling a 3D image of the Korean Turtle Ship and started with the Dragon Head.  Here is my second try at it.  I’ll probably go back and finish the first try some time but I’m quite happy with how this one came out.

MaslowProjects New Logo

Well I’m almost done with the development of the new logo for the MaslowProject.  I made this image using Blender for the modeling and LuxRender for the materials/final render.  The rendering took 25.5 hours with 6 computers running together as a render farm.  Leave a comment, let me know what you think.

Luxrender

Update 3: Here is a collage of 4 images built from the rendering I’ve had 6 computers working on now for 17.5 hours.  Luxrender makes it really easy to use multiple computers for a task like this.  I’m also posting the fullsize version of a 12 hour render of my first try.

Update 2:  I remade the model after some trials with the first one and made the M to look like it is made from a sapphire. Here is a 1 minute render just to test the lighting.  As I’m going to bed now, I have 6 computers in the house working together to render the same view with all options at max.  I’m really looking forward to seeing what it will look like when complete.

Update:  Here is another image made using LuxRender that took 5 hours.

After spending quite a bit of time using Blender, I decided to try one of the third party rendering engines compatible with it called Luxrender. I had tried to get it to work before, but had problems. Now with the real release version of Windows 7 on my main computer, everything has worked perfect so far and Luxrender installed without any errors. I decided to try it first on a model I’ve been working on for a new logo for the organization my brother works for called the Maslow Project.  After I clicked the Render button, I was surprised at the first glance of what I saw, it was a VERY grainy image after about 30 seconds.

But then I did some reading about the program and I found out what it’s capable of.  After a little big of time, I had my computer plus 4 other computers in the house all rendering the image After 5 hours 13 minutes, here is the final image.

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Anastasia Dancing

For Anastasia’s first birthday, her Great-Grandma sent her this outfit as some pajamas. She loves them and we had to take some video of her dancing in them.

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Flying my New Kite for the First Time

I finally had a day with good conditions to fly the kite my dad had made for my birthday for the first time.  Check out the video

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Busan Fireworks Festival 2009

Today tanya and I headed over to busa to see the 2009 Fireworks Festival. We went the the festival last year and both of us thought it was the most Amazing show we’ve ever seen.

This years show was just as good and we got to experience some wonderful Korean hospitality on the gwangali beach. When we got to the beach at about 6:40pm it was already very cowded and we were trying to find a seat. A Korean lady with a bunch of little kids near her waved to us and gave us some seats on their blankets. The little girls gave us some cookies and had fun trying to talk with us. It was also really fun to listen to their excitement throughout the show.

After the 45 minute long show (felt like 10 minutes) we then headed back to the subway station. It was a scene reminiscent of the Japanese train stuffers and the streets were like rivers of humanity.

Check out the pictures posted in our gallery.

New Mattang Design

I decided to try making one of the designs we are  having printed on some shirts in blender to see how it looks.  I also decided to try different materials; metal, stone, leather, wood and beaten steel.

Birthday Present from my Parents

I don’t write much about my family here, but it’s time for an exception.  I have one of the coolest dads ever!  This year for my birthday, he got me a new kite.  A few years ago at a kite show, I saw a special kite I really liked.  It was a 4 string American Flag flown during the National Anthem.  For my birthday present this year, he had one similar made for me, but it’s much more impressive than the one flown at the show was.

In typical fashion for my dad, it wasn’t enough to get me this amazing kite… He had to go over the top.  At a recent kite show, for the National Anthem my new kite was flown by the same lady who flew the one at the show I first saw a similar kite at 5 years ago.  The announcer also mentioned that this flag was made for me and would be shipped to me right after the kite show.

One of the really cool things about this kite is the colors are all separate cloth sewn together.  Every star was cut out and sewn in separately.  The quality of the workmanship is very impressive.  I’ll post some more pictures of it after I’ve had a chance to fly it (something I haven’t found a good location for in Korea yet)

Mattang’s First Home

Well we have a great deal working out for us as we start off Mattang.  My dad found some great warehouse space and got it to use as storage, but he decided to try to offload it as it’s too big for his needs.  Combined with him though, it’s a great size for both his stuff and for Mattang to start.  To work on the layout, I modeled the space using Blender  Check out the layout.

Mattang Angel – The Reason I Started with Blender

I’ve made a few posts now about using Blender and I have to say I’m SOOOO glad I started using it.  It’s taken my graphics capabilities to a whole new level.  I thought I was doing pretty good with Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Flash, Fireworks and others, but now that I’ve started using Blender, it’s SOOOO much easier to create great looking pieces of art.

I knew that in order to properly do this, I would need a 3D model.  This is why I started looking for a good 3D program and found Blender.  A month later (while participating in the biggest joint military exercise in the world and planning/conducting multiple rehearsals for a visit by the Secretary of the Navy which was canceled 3 hours before he was supposed to be here) I can finally say I have made the model of the drawing I started Blender for.