Simply put: "Wana' eat?"

I was going to make a huge post about the state of things and stuff and junk and miscellaneous blah, but I figure I'll just make it point form:

- There have been alot of page views recently according to the top right counter...
- I am not dead
- The lack of posts is because,, you know.. stuff and junk..


yeahhh thats about it. .. And stuff and things...

Ceph update

Revisited an old friend to correct some flaws.

Alright then. Lets discuss why the reflections make the objects seem as if they are floating.

Well, there is a simple explanation for this: The objects are floating. Go figure.

Because I can.

The render is taking longer than expected for just a preview... But I want to get this square done so I can see.. you know.. things.. stuff..and even some ect.

Time to reflect.

Yeah, It was a corny title, but what can you do. You simply can not win them all.
Lets play with the lights a little longer.

The Eternal Struggle

Glass; 3d's nemisis!

Recently posted on XSI Base was a clever individual who found a inexpecive way to get very good looking glass out of his Blinn node. GJ to one user : Ewald

I fiddeled with his method for awhile, and while my results were not perfect, they did come out quite decent.

Quick Render > Lighting

no Caustics, FG, GI, AO, EIEIO yet .. Quick render

Picture one : Quick render
Picture two: Green = approved areas
Red = crap
Need to add another edge between each edge of the wine casks to make them rounder.
brighten the image.
lets go.