A few years ago I had created a 30 second 3D animation of a Betsy Ross flag waving in a sunset to celebrate America’s Independence Day. To celebrate this year’s Independence Day I had updated that animation and extended it … Read More
Happy Independence Day America! The 4th of July every year is a good time to reflect upon America’s founding principles of Freedom and Liberty for all citizens. On Independence Day, July 4th 1776, our founding fathers signed The Declaration of … Read More
I had previously refurbished an Orion telescope by 3D printing some parts that were missing. In this post I’ll show how I fixed an above ground pool ladder by designing 3D printed replacement parts for poorly designed parts that kept … Read More
How to Animate Waving Plants with Displacements & Gradients in LightWave 3D’s Node Editor In this month’s blog post I’ll show how to animate waving plants with displacements. This is yet another technique that I used in the 3D animated … Read More
How to Animate Falling Coins with Bullet Dynamics & Motion Designer MDD Files in LightWave 3D In this month’s blog post I’ll show you how to animate falling coins with Bullet Dynamics, LightWave 3D’s implementation of Erwin Coumans’ Bullet Physics … Read More
When undertaking a major project like overhauling a business website or launching a new marketing initiative it is often advisable to review the business’s logo first. A logo is the cornerstone of any corporate branding foundation. If it is beginning … Read More
Happy Independence Day! July 4th – Spirit of 1776 Today I’ll show you how to create a waving flag with LightWave 3D ClothFX. I used this approach to create a 3D animated greeting for Independence Day as a social media … Read More
Behind the Scenes Production of Director’s Cut HD version of 3D CGI Short Film – Fault Effect™ This Lighting Instances with Global Illumination Glowing Surfaces post is another in a continuing series of behind the scenes blog posts. They follow … Read More
Behind the Scenes Production of Director’s Cut HD version of 3D CGI Short Film – Fault Effect™ This Detailing the Instance Generator post is one in a continuing series of behind the scenes blog posts. They follow the production of … Read More
To celebrate DreamLight’s 30th anniversary as we enter 2017 I’m resuming production on a new director’s cut HD version of our 3D animated CGI short film – Fault Effect™. The preliminary low-resolution version of the short film was pushed to … Read More