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Finished Crossbow

I am done with this, as I want to model something else…More learning to do!! :)

A view of my Crossbow

Another view of my crossbow

Thanks for looking!

Learning Max 2010

Max is weird, but I will get it!

Crossbow 1 21 10

Crossbow All Four Views 1 21 10

reference below

crossbow reference

Gearbox Extravasplosion!

Pictures and video from Gearbox’s Extravasplosion…I had fun, and enjoyed the free drinks!I have already focus tested Borderlands four times before. So I did not take up any ones play time. I think this party was better then their Victory Party!

 The Granada Front

The Borderlands Bandit!!

Borderlands Midget

 Borderlands Midget 1

 The Goodiebag and free photo…Look at my moccasin keeping my feet warm.

The goodie bag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnY0yJxOlRI- gameplay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjYnJu51Lyw- Borderlands Dancers

New subscribers?

In the past couple of weeks, I have got emails saying there have been new subscribers. Five in the past 14 days to be exact. Well, I was wanting to say hello…Hello! :) Not much going on in the way of modeling, I have a new 40 hour job at Quickway Signs. A little Mom and Pop type sign shop in Waxahachie. Okay, bye :)

I think they were spam bots :(

Entry Level 3D Environment/Prop Artist.

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A Really Nasty Spider Bite!

First off, there are going to be no pictures, only links. Links to large possibly really nasty pictures of a spider bite, I got on my thigh.

It started on November 9Th, with a hard spot. There was  no real discoloration, just a swollen mass under the skin. Almost like a REALLY deep pimple. The next morning it was red, with an outer laying of pink, and was pretty swollen. The bump continued worsening all day. That evening my wife measured the size of the pinkness in my skin. It was about 3.5 inch circle. November 12Th, Started running a fever, so we went to the doc, got antibiotics, and cream. Also I had been taking Ibuprofen and benadryl, and “milking” the wound. My fever had not broke 100 at this point. 13Th, my fever breaks 101, and the leg oozes quite a bit, very sensitive to the touch, my clothes feel like sandpaper on my thigh, losing a lot of sleep. This continued for 2 days. Yesterday, the 17Th, I was “milking”like the doc told me to, and one of the holes popped, it was horrible nasty(I was alone and did not get a picture)! In the other hole was a different mass, probobly all of the infection from the spider, all collected up by my body, and forcing it out. Well I wanted to help so got the tweezers, clasped the head of the infection and pulled. It literally felt like a vacume inside my leg as I pulled it out. Now today as I write it feels MUCH better, but it still healing and still pretty sensitive. It leaks a bit of clear stuff, and the skin around the wound is flaking off. The skin stretched from the swelling.

OK, enough with that boring text, here are a few pictures.

The Twelfth

The Thirteenth (Nasty)

The Sixteenth

You see the two holes?  The one on the left is what I pulled this out of.

Infection

You can really see my sensor dust in that picture. OK.

I want to be a focus tester… :)

Learning Alpha Maps.

Bill taught me this. The posts are not textured, just practice.

Alpha Map

My website!

Http://ZacharyRussell.com

It is up and running! It no longer forwards you to my blog. There is a gallery and everything now up on my site, and four different formats to download my resume in!

Carts and Haystacks?

Doing a little practice. I know I want to add a grass texture to the grey floor, and maybe try some flowers or something? It is all practice practice practice either way! :)

ADDED: October 14th. I put some grass on the ground and totally reworked the cart. I may try some rocks and boulders and things like that to put around? I do not know. 1634 tri’s for the whole scene, and 1 1024×1024 color and normal maps.

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The original cart concept.

Carts and haystacks

Added the hay.

Haystacks

Original fence.

Fence

I drew some more!

Here are a couple of drawings from my class. These first two were done in about 7-10 minutes, and the third was done in about 20. All of the drawings are on 18×24. I laid out very few markings with a 2h then started with charcoal pencils. After the pencils I would use vine/willow charcoal to get even more depth and values.

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