Pentascope Project

video project: 3D modeling, animation, rendering, photography and traditional media

A Possible Traveller

A Possible Traveller

These are a few test renders of a human sculpture I’ve been working on, and rigging for animation. I’m not sure whether or not I will use her in any of the final animation videos. The concept is for her to be textured with the same neutral masonry materials with which the Pentascope box isSee more

New breaking renders

New breaking renders

  Another sequence of frames (above) where Construction Six is breaking up. Reminds me of night breaking into day. As does the helix nebula Hubble image which acts as the environment here. The orientation of the structure to the environment will change, as will (perhaps) the environment — or at least the way it lightsSee more

Lonely little frames

Lonely little frames

Some interesting frames have been rendering from my attempts to develop the lighting and texturing of Construction Six. That would be the name that the intersecting hallways came to be known by, in my files years ago. What happened to the other five constructions I don’t know… Construction Six was a result of four ratherSee more

BT animation test 1

BT animation test 1

  In this very early test animation, there was only one basic source of light, minimal texturing of the structure (though you can see the beginnings of images I’m embedding into the walls). And there was not yet any exterior environment which would contibute color and a sense of space. At this point it seemedSee more

Open Door, Render

Open Door, Render

This is a still frame, using the Helix Hubble image as the environment and lighting source.