I have just finished messing around in 3DS Max for the day. It’s very early in the morning but it seems to be when I do my best work. I created some illuminating shapes using V-Ray and then managed to create chrome and glass materials and apply them to some objects. What I can’t figure [...]

Thanks to a tutorial from Russell Smith here I have finally been able to create a very nice reflective effect in 3DS Max. Now I’m just messing about with materials, colours and looking at V-Ray which I have just installed. Sooo many options! Here’s what I’ve done so far, the third one using V-Ray and [...]

So when I should be coding php or learning Python (on my own) I am in fact just pissing about in 3D Max. I managed to get hold of the V-Ray rendering engine and followed some tutorials of glass and things. Really I just wanted to make a cool wallpaper… I’m still working on that, [...]

Here are some more image renders from 3DS Max including a ball baring to show a character involved in the scene. Since these images I have been informed that the camera will be the character and moving the camera around will be the only visual interaction with the scene – to the best of my [...]

Get ready for many more pun-laden post titles as a new project begins. ‘Virtual Environments’ sounds like a lot of fun, using the CAVE 3D projector and imagining different ways to use the 3D landscape while trying to incorporate user interaction into the mix too. I wanted to use sound in my design so I [...]