Thing #37/365
This came from a really simple idea and the need for more volumetric light in my life.
The Call Home
Thing #35/365
Well, I'm back. It's been a long week or so between work and this pesky ear infection. Not to worry, I'm putting a ton of work up today.
As for this, I've been trying to work at making medical illustrations. This is, quite frankly, super ugly. It's a start. A gross, ugly start.
Thing #34/365
I made a gif of an animation I'm working on. It's pretty gnarly, and the loop sucks, but it does look rad eh?
Thing #33/365
Screen caps of an upcoming video. You may be thinking "OMG ITS FROM A TUTORIAL" , in which case, calm down. Yes, I followed this tutorial, but that's because I had no idea how the step effector worked, and now I do. I like having a luminance material as a background that merges with the objects completely, though. It's a really nice effect.
Thing #32/365
Another adventure of the unnamed exploration spacecraft. I want to keep improving the model and maybe make some animations sometime soon. I love the idea of a peaceful, purely scientific deep space craft. Like Star Trek without blowing stuff up.
A month in review
Since the beginning of the year I've been completely focusing on making myself a better designer. I've been attempting to make something every single day and upload it to the internet. I've also been focusing on promoting myself online. I've got some friends and designers on twitter, almost no one on tumblr, and a nice bit of followers on dribbble. Squarespace is so incredibly awesome with stats and as you can see below, I'm slowly but surely growing. Getting the "Pro" versions of Dribbble and Vimeo, were also very good decisions.
The combination of making content, and publishing that content to various social type sites has been a boon for me. Online promotion has never been a strong suit of mine, but like making things, it's something to get better at. So, a month in, I'm feeling really good about this, and hopefully I can turn some of this momentum into some client work. If you like my stuff, it would mean a whole lot to let me know. Maybe share it with your friends, or just a short email. It goes a long way.
I'm feeling very positive right now, and practicing my tools has been great. Here's to 11 more months of this!
