text: Posted by Grumpy on Feb 23, 2011 in traditional Art | 0 comments
  Finally got round to uploading some images from my sketchbooks, not sure whether it was the right move to show them to the world, but hey, what you goto to understand is that generally these would not be shown, and the beauty of that is you are totally free to express yourself without the fear of people knocking your work, although i wouldnt dream of calling my sketchbook work fantastic, i do...
  Posted by Grumpy on Feb 22, 2011 in traditional Art | 0 comments
  Just thought I would post an image on here, Madona and child with st anne and the young st john(1507-08) had the privilege of seeing this for real at the National Museum a few years back, and its without doubt my most favourite image of all, I have attempted to replicate it a while back, if I find my copy I will post it,. its unbelieving to think how much work went into this image, its not...
  Well after about 6 months of construction I have finally started to move my gear into my new studio, its only small,(its part of a bigger garage/workshop I'v built). Dug out all my old sketchbooks(20'ish) and had a nostalgic journey looking through them. hopefully they will rekindle my enthusiasm for working without the ultimate aim of selling the work, as I find this always...
  Posted by Grumpy on Feb 22, 2011 in 3D | 0 comments
  Unigine engine Signed up to this and given access to a demo version, very interesting, uses advanced directx 11, loads of post process effects, It also has a good export plugin fro 3d studio max, which a lot of makers of engines seem to disregard, not just max plugins but 3d apps in general. Will carry on having a play, dont think i will be buying a licence anytime soon though...
  Posted by Grumpy on Feb 19, 2011 in CG Art | 0 comments
  Really nice photography work Take a look at this guys work, goes through the whole process of how its made, very interesting article and some stunning photo work, It cant help but inspire! Especially like his hdr work, he aims for a look and achieves it rather than so many peoples work who take a photo and over do the post work on it, simply because they...