Happy Christmas & New Year

Hello all,

Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Here are some more images of my most recent work which I will be adding to my website in the New Year along with much much more.

I am still figuring out the best way to show all the new work as I am not sure if my current gallery is up to it and I want to make sure I get this right before I start.

I am also now all iPhoned up which means I am going to find it much easier to update this blog and am going to be much more active on my Twitter account for any people who are interested in following me there. I have a lot planned for 2010 so it should be an interesting year.

So until the New Year, Merry Christmas and have fun.

Paul

Device Concept Images

I have now uploaded some images to my Coroflot Portfolio of a couple of product concept designs I have recently produced for a client. I also uploaded some of the concept sketches to show how the designs were developed and evolved.

I will also soon be adding these to my website along with a lot more content this is just the beginning so watch this space.

Another Update

Hey all, If anybody is out there I have to apologise again for the lack of recent updates I have been very slack in updating this blog recently.

This is however all about to change, and I do mean it this time! I have lots and lots of work to show and will start to do so within the next couple of weeks.

I will also at some point be updating the portfolio section of my website to accommodate all the new updates.

Please stay tuned here to see the new updates or follow me on Twitter to be notified when an update appears. I will also be aiming to update my Twitter more regularly to keep people informed on what is going on in and around the CG industry and other things that I think may appeal to people.

Check back soon, lots to come.

Hey everyone, Just thought I would share this as I got a bit excited when I saw it.
Anyone who is into CG will probably have seen the original as it is the orignal cg film and an absolute classic.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/tronlegacy/

It looks pretty cool.

Definitely worth checking out the original first if you have not already seen it.

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0084827/

Cheers,

Paul

Terminator Salvation

CG Society has a great article on the soon to be released Terminator Salvation.

It documents some of the huge amounts of CG work produced by ILM and other studios that had to help out with the huge workload required for the film.

Take a look here. It is definitely worth a read if you are into VFX.

Speaking of which I am hopefully going to get a chance to go and see the new Transformers this weekend can't wait.

Check out the official Terminator Salvation website here or the trailers on Apple Trailers here

You can also see the Transformers Trailers here if you haven't already.

Please also stay tuned for more updates. My apologies for being a bit slack at updating recently but this will change and there are lots more to come.

HeartWorks Fully CG Heart

Glassworks Ltd. have recently produced a fully CGI heart for Inventive Medical Ltd.
The heart model has been based on work by cardiac anaesthetists at University College Hospital, London and is to be used to help teach echocardiography.

"At the core of the HeartWorks product is a freely interactive computer generated model of the human heart which has an unprecedented degree of anatomical detail. It has a photorealistic appearance and has been carefully animated to simulate normal human cardiac motion."

Please take a look at the website for more information it is some impressive work.

http://www.heartworks.me.uk/index.php

A bit of an update

Hi there,

Sorry for the lack of recent updates, I have been very busy with various things.

Anyone who has visited my website recently will notice that I have added a blog bar to the bottom of some of the pages this is to make it a bit easier for people to move between my main website, this one and also my Twitter page for on the fly updates.

I have been working on a few interesting projects recently that I will hopefully be able to share with you soon, so keep your eyes peeled for new updates coming up shortly.

Since my last post the winners of the Casa em Alenquer competition have been announced. Big congratulations to the winners, click here to see the results and the winning images. Although I did not finish in the top three I did manage to get quite far in the final round of judging and have been given a Works of Merit Award by 3DAllusions for my troubles. Many thanks again to 3DAllusions for putting on this challenge.

As always if you have any questions about my work, either of my websites or you would like to discuss your project please do not hesitate to contact me.

All the best,

Paul

Casa em Alenquer Images added to portfolio

www.paultwyman.com

I have now added the Casa em Alenquer charrette challenge images to my main website portfolio. Please click here to have a look.

For more information about the challenge please visit 3DAllusions.com or go straight to the challenge thread here.

Nathans Waste Savers Images

Nathans Waste Savers,CGI,3d Architecture,Architectural Illustration

I have now added these new CGI Images to the portfolio section of my website. Please click here to have a look.

I have also updated the homepage to reflect these changes with a bit of information about viewing the enlarged images.

As always if you have any comments about this site or my main website or you are experiencing any problems with them please let me know.

Forbidden Clothing Website

Forbidden Clothing

I have added the website I produced for Forbidden Clothing to my website portfolio. Please click here to have a look.

Alternatively click here to go straight to Forbidden Clothing's site.

There are still some blank spaces in the latest portfolio page but I will be adding these very shortly so please check back soon for updates.

New Portfolio Image

CGI,3d Illustration,Architectural Visualization

I have just added a new image to the portfolio section of my website.There are still a lot of blank spaces on the latest page but these will be filled shortly.

Please click here to take a look.

Check back shortly to see other updates, I will of course post them here once they have been uploaded.

Thanks,

Paul

I joined Twitter

Twitter,CG+Artist,Animator

I have decided to join the masses and get myself on twitter. I plan to use it as a way to easily post updates and goings on from here and my main website and anything else that I believe is relevant to people within the computer graphics and design industries.

I am afraid I will not be tweeting what I have just eaten (unless it is relevant) or any other weird stuff like that, but if anyone would like to follow me here is my url. http://twitter.com/paultwyman

Thanks,

Paul

3DAllusions - Casa em Alenquer (House in Alenquer) Final Images

View 1 - Click to enlarge

View 2 - Click to enlarge

Well here are my final images for the House in Alenquer challenge. Many thanks to the people at 3DAllusions for taking the time to put on this great challenge and for Aires Mateus for such an interesting subject.

To find out more about the challenge and to see all the images please visit the thread at 3dAllusions.com by clicking here.

Casa em Alenquer (House in Alenquer) Charette - View 1 WIP

Here is another work in progress image for my view 1 for the charrette challenge being held at 3dAllusions.com. Click here or on image to enlarge.

This image still has quite a few details to be added. I will posting the final images very soon as the deadline for the challenge is looming.

For more information about the challenge please visit the challenge thread at 3dAllusions.com by clicking here.

Casa em Alenquer (House in Alenquer) Charrette - View 2 WIP

Here is a second work in progress image of my View 2 for the charrette challenge being held at 3dAllusions.com. Click here or on image to enlarge.

This image is pretty much complete as far as 3d work goes but there will be some post production work carried out to finish it off.

For more information about the challenge please visit the challenge thread at 3dAllusions.com by clicking here.

Morphs pay tribute to Tony Hart

Yahoo has a nice follow up story to a previous post here about the late Tony Hart who died earlier this year.

Quoted from http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090302/ten-morph-flash-mob-tribute-to-hart-ea4616c.html

Morph tribute to TV presenter Hart - Yahoo! News UK

A flash mob of tiny Plasticine figures honoured the memory of one of Britain's favourite television presenters.

Nearly 200 of the small orange models drew an even larger crowd of human onlookers at the Tate Modern gallery on London's South Bank.

 

Casa em Alenquer (House in Alenquer) Charrette - Work in progress images

Here are some images of my work in progress for the charrette challenge being held at 3dAllusions.com. Click images to enlarge.

The images are far from complete but show the two views that I have planned for my final images. I hope to post at least one more set of work in progress images before my final images so that you can see how they evolve over time.

For more information about the challenge please visit the challenge thread at 3dAllusions.com by clicking here.

CGSociety - mental mill

mentalmill,mentalimages,mentalray,shaders

The following article on CGSociety explains some of the features of mental images new software mental mill, which is behind a lot of the new rendering features being introduced into the latest versions of software that use the mental ray rendering engine such as 3ds max and Maya.

Quoted from http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4916&page=1:

CGSociety - mental mill

Up until now shader writing has been left to those with computer science degrees and extensive programming experience. Expert shader writers spend countless hours developing software that describes complex and life-like appearances that other artists incorporate into video games, film, and CAD visualizations.

Autodesk Toxic

Last Thursday I attended a design viz evening hosted by bluegfx which amongst other things had a demonstration of Autodesk's new compositing package Toxic. Being a Combustion user I was interested to see what its replacement was like.

I am a big fan of Combustion so finding out that it was to be discontinued was a disappointment. I can however see that with the ever increasing need to use extremely high resolution imagery and HDRI footage that something needed to be done.

Well from what I saw it looks stunning, its interface is extremely clean looking and has a number of very nice features which make it look like a pleasure to work with. As for the performance, seeing it handle extremely large footage with a number of blur effects added in real-time playback was incredible. Unlike Combustion, Toxic is truly node based, something that people have been wanting from an Autodesk compositing package for awhile and which will prove to make it very powerful indeed.

The pricing of Toxic is considerably more than that of Combustion so it does not really fit into the gap left by its predecessor and might prove to be a bit too much for smaller companies and individuals that may only occasionally use it and do not need all of the features, especially if they already have After Effects. The price is however justified as you do obviously get a lot more than you did with Combustion.

Final word on Toxic is that it looks very good indeed and I am sure that we will be hearing a lot more about it in the future.

For more information on Toxic please click here.

Benjamin Button FX Website

Anyone who was interested in the previous Curious case of Benjamin Button post may be interested in the following website from paramount pictures themselves.
The website has some really interseting footage showing before and after images from the film and shows you exactly what was done to the images to get the final results.

Click here to view

Autodesk 3ds Max 2010

Any 3ds max users may be interested to read the following on the Autodesk Area website.
The article lists some of the new features that are likely to feature in the next release of 3ds max and 3ds max design and looks at some of the other changes to the software.
Some look pretty interesting to say the least.

Click here for more

CG Source Website Launched

Any fellow cg artist will be happy to know that a new website called CG-Source.com has been launched and looks very good. I am sure I will be visiting it regularly.

CG-Source.com is a site dedicated to deliver the highest quality textures possible. The quality and resolution is unmatched by any other site. The current average resolution is 101 megapixels per texture. Futher more free tools like the FloorGenerator and MultiTexture Map is given away for free to help improve your renderings. Click here to visit the site

Casa em Alenquer (House in Alenquer)

I am currently working on a couple of images to submit for a charrette/challenge being hosted by 3DAllusions.com.
The subject of the charrette is the amazing Casa em Alenquer (House in Alenquer) by architects Aires Mateus.
I will be uploading some work in progress shots to show how the images evolve over the course of the challenge and I will then of course upload the final images as well.

For more information about the challenge please visit the challenge thread at 3dAllusions.com by clicking here or on the image above.

TV presenter Tony Hart dies

Sad news that tv presenter Tony Hart has died. Someone that I used to love to watch as a kid and who is probably responsible in a lot of ways for my love of creating images and design in general. Click here for more.

Security Systems Illustration Added to Website

I have recently added a security systems illustration to my website that I produced for a graphic design company and their client. To find out more please click here.

New images added to website

I have just added the above interior images to my website. They were produced for an interior design agency so that they could show their clients what their proposed designs would look like.

Please click here for more.

I have yet to add the full images to the site but will do so shortly.

Former Autodesk CEO to become Yahoo CEO?

Only vaguely related to computer graphics but I thought a few people may be interested in the following story. Click here to view

Cosmetic Surgery Animation

This Cosmetic Surgery Animation has just been added to my website.
It was produced for a design agency wishing to show how cosmetic surgery techniques could be demonstrated using 3d animation.

Click here or visit my website to find out more.

CGS Feature - The curious case of Benjamin Button

CGSociety has a feature on "The curious case of Benjamin Button" a new film from director David Fincher with some ground breaking CG work by Digital Domain.
The film starring Brad Pitt features completely CG heads being tracked on to different bodies for Pitt's character with stunning realism. It is said to be the first film that is truly crossing the Uncanny Valley something that computer graphics artists have been trying to achieve for years.

Click here to view the feature.

A trailer for the film can be found here.

Evgeni Tomov - Artist Profile at CGSociety

CGSociety has an artist profile on Evgeni Tomov where it looks at his latest film from Universal Pictures called "The Tale of Despereaux" which was created at Framestore. Please click here or on the image to visit CGSociety and view Evgeni's artist profile.

Evgeni has been nominated for one of this years Annie Awards for his work on the film. This years awards take place on Friday January the 30th.

Welcome to my blog

Hello welcome to my blog.
My name is Paul Twyman and I am a Freelance 3d Artist and Animator from Bournemouth, UK.
The purpose of this blog is to share with you some of the projects that I have been working on and to document other things that are going on within the computer graphics industry.
I am also interested in networking and collaborating with others who share similar goals.

Please stay tuned, I hope to have some interesting content coming soon.

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For more information please visit my website at http://www.paultwyman.com/