Here is a maya plugin I'm working on:

Maxwell Render Version 1.0 was released today. I bought a chrome ball the other day in anticipation of maxwell supporting HDR map lighting in this version. Watch this space!

These photos came out too bright in the prints. I'm going to set up a darkroom at home as I'm not getting the photos how I want them from the lab. Donations of darkroom gear welcome!

rendered with maxwell. Click on image for an enlargement.

previous versions: 1 2 3

I'm a busy little bunny right now, working on all my projects. Some of them should finish soon and I'll post the results here. I could do them one at a time, but as usual I'm only happy when I have 16 things on the go, so it's going to take a little longer before I can show you anything. Oh well, you don't mind waiting do you?

I always thought that Radio Two was for people who listened to Phil Collins, but it seems that Mark Radcliffe has been moved to Radio 2 to play the classics, and it's a pretty good show, and Mark.... well he's the man as always. I wonder what lard is up to these days. tune in here

Re-rendered with maxwell. The previous renders used mentalray and the dirtmap shader.

Playing around with extruding particles.

For the geeks in the house, click here for the mel.

- I've added a feature to the photos section so you can add comments, so comment away. Let me know if you have problems with it. I had to add a spam blocker as I've learned not to leave something like that open. You don't need to create an account.

- I'm going to Halifax this Sunday for a week. I'll be helping The Halifax Film Company get set up with mocap. I've never been out that way and I'm really looking forward to it.

- I'm now in my second week at VFS and it's going really well. I love the work environment and I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in. I've also got to come up with a small short project of my own, so any ideas are welcome.

- I'm shooting a short this Thursday for someone who found me on criagslist. Sounds like it's going to be fun.

- I'm going to get some prints made from my photos from Fiji. I've already posted the best of the bunch here, and I'm looking to take pre-orders on prints. Price $neg and willing to swap for something you've painted, drawn, photographed, rendered, found, accidentally left too close to a lamp and now it's "art", etc.

Life is good. Coming back to Vancouver and taking a teaching position was most certainly the right thing to do. No doubt about it.