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Thing #3/365

Needing to upload a couple of things from the weekend! I've been thinking about space and the space elevator a lot lately and this might be the cover for a book in the future.

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Thing #2/365

My thing for the day is an experiment with subsurface scattering in Cinema 4D. 

I like the way Subsurf Scattering can make things look like flesh. I used the Physical Renderer on Progressive mode all night to some great effect I think. 

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Thing #1/365

Daily Thing #1 After much ado I've decided to attempt to post something I've made every day this year. There are so many designers suggesting this for people starting out that it makes me feel like it's something I should do. I want to get better and practice everyday is how you do that. Here's to 2013!

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Low Poly Experiment

I've been working on using the symmetry tool in Cinema 4D to make some strange looking shapes that move in interesting ways. I like the idea of having somewhat random movement that I choose to move in a direction, but don't have fine control over what is happening to the object. It's an organic way of making things that my old professor Brent Patterson taught me about [http://www.brentpatterson.com/]. I'll upload the video when everything is rendered. 

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Video Experiments for my upcoming exhibition

This November I'll be presenting my BFA Capstone exhibition. These are some experiments I'm working on for the video installation that will go up. I've been focusing on the motion of both macro and micro systems and how

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