Photoshoppery

In my new found spare time, I've decided to become more adept at Photoshop. I'm posting some of the text exercises I've been using to practice. All of the words come from lyrics to songs I've been listening to while working. How original.


Web in Front-Archers of Loaf

Quiero Ver Amanecer-Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

Dirty Lives-Love as Laughter

Dream a Little Dream-Dean Martin

Reject All American-Bikini Kill

Particular

I watched a tutorial on creating simple particle effects in Maya, using Soft/Rigid Bodies. I could write out the step-by-step, but would really just be doing that for myself, so I'll spare you. Enjoy!

The Joys of Rigging

This little animation was playblasted from Maya - everyone's favorite program. I found this tutorial online on how to rig a piston using constraints. So, I built a simple piston, rigged it, then created a quick animation, just to test my handy work. If you're unfamiliar with constraints, they involve "constraining" one piece of a model to another, so that when the parent piece moves, the child moves with it; however, if the child moves independently of the parent, the parent will stay stationary.
My animation moves a little slowly for my liking, but I'll fix it up in a few days. I don't feel like looking at it anymore. Meanwhile, stay tuned for some more Shut up Sean stuff, and glimpses of a Darth Vader rig. Nerdtastic. Yowza.