A New start

I thought it was about time to make a new portfolio site.  I just recently read a posting on Polycount about the pitfalls of resumes and portfolio sites (JonJone's Info Dump on Portfolios & Resumes!).  Alot of posters on the forum discussion talked about the pains of visiting Wix.com portfolio sites.  So in turn I decided today to make a new 3D portfolio site on Weebly.  I found it to be just as easy or even easier to make a webpage on than Wix.  Since the sites from Weebly are not flash in base there are not as many fun customizations that Wix has in it's editor.

The other reason I am changing it up is because I want to go with a more professional and streamlined design.  Plus I'll probably be switching my blog over to that site since it has an integrated blog into the site.

Ladies and gents here is the new website..... Michael Hewitt - 3D Portfolio.

Plasma Cannon Update

Just finished up an update to the Plasma Cannon I am working on.  Many of the pieces have a turbo smooth on them to give them a Sub-D look.  In the process it made it almost impossible to render it out so I turned many of the repeated pieces into Vray proxies.  Which has made making a high poly model easier to render at higher settings.

Full steam ahead

Getting ready to add a small tracking scene to my demo reel.  I tracked the current scene using Syntheyes.  This is more or less the way the scene is going to look like.  I comped it together in Photoshop using several render elements from Vray.  I think I may try to attempt to try to composite the animated sequence in Nuke.
 

I am also adding a updated version on my plasma cannon.

Making adjustments to my demo reel.

Working on demo reel stuff is alot of fun but at the same time its alot of work.  I've got about three more projects that I am going to add onto it here soon.  I am definitely going to try and get some feedback on it as I go.  But anyways here it is as it stands.

The new high resolution link to Youtube can be found at http://youtu.be/Ogcxs-LqrCg.

Plasma Cannon

Just started on a personal project for my portfolio.  I found a pretty cool concept drawing that I found on the net.  It is not directly going to be completely.  I wanted to start adding more hard surface models to my portfolio.  I am creating this in 3D Studio Max and rendering in Vray.  For this model I am going to keep it as non textured hi poly model.

Wood Sculpted Piece

Just finished up work on 3d modeling art test.  I built the base mesh in 3D Studio Max and then I sent it off to 3D-Coat to sculpt and paint.  It was actually alot fun to work on for a quick project.  I learned alot of sculpting techniques from this project.

Working on a quick project

Here is a new project that I am working on for my Architectural Visualization portfolio.  I may end up pulling the camera back more to reveal more of the surrounding area.  The sky and trees are just place holders to get an idea of placement, atmospherics and lighting.  I am also going to add some other plants and props to the scene to give it more personality.  I have not added any render elements from Vray either.  For the most part this is my first run at this project.