Shading is tough. With this little series I want to give you physically accurate lighting references you can use in your sketches, drawings and paintings. #painting #sketching #drawing #art #digitalart #illustration #shading #tutorial #practice #reference #guidance #blender #b3d

Another one so you know I'm serious. #digitalpainting #digitalart #conceptart #illustration #digitalartist #drawing #drawingtutorial #drawingpractice #shading #painting #reference #drawingpen #sketchings #inkartist #inkpainting #reference #art #blender #blendercycles #b3d

Procrastinating from my novel and my Akira class model with shading reference. #digitalpainting #digitalart #conceptart #illustration #digitalartist #drawing #drawingtutorial #drawingpractice #shading #painting #reference #drawingpen #sketchings #inkartist #inkpainting #reference #art

The shipment is ready. And the other thing, too. And just a hint of toxic masculinity (but bear with me, it has a point). #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #amwriting

Probably going against the grain here, but it's probably for the better. There's no late sequel movie or series out there that didn't manage to disappoint. I have no interest in seeing another revival that cameos my favorite characters only to kill them off one by one for cheap drama.

Check out Diogo Vincenzi's Patreon in the making, and be blown away by the art he makes, and the insight you'll receive. www.patreon.com/diogovincenzi

Oh my god I just finished the other nightmare chapter I kept procrastinating on for MONTHS. A dialogue with 10 different versions, thousands of words, wildly different directions. Now the scene has ~3000 words and it's done! It's done! #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #scifi #wip #novel

Random #scifi #writing #question: if EVA stands for "Extravehicular activity" and refers to the spacewalk of an astronaut outside of a spaceship or spacestation, what would they call it when a colonist of an outpost on Mars or the Moon takes a rover to the surface?

Vibes are allowed, are they? Excerpt from a very rough early draft. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Why is it that I can write random comments, tweets and emails with ease, but writing a paragraph of my novel requires me to get into the zone, being in the mood, getting riled up, meditation, extensive desk cleaning and a walk in the park? #amwriting #amprocrastinating #writesky #writingcommunity

Finally finished that chapter in my scifi novel that has been gnawing at me for MONTHS. Turns out it only took 400 more words to put it out of its misery. #ptbd #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity

Procrastinating from my Akira class WIP and my scifi novel WIP, I dusted off my Spacedock model and did some renders. #startrek #spacedock #blender #b3d #fanart #llap

Exploring how the Akira class Impulse engines might work. #blender #b3d #wip #startrek #firstcontact #akira

Skyforge is up to incredible stuff. #starwars www.patreon.com/posts/157339...

I have been rewatching through Stargate SG1 for the first time since it aired and I loooove it :) My sis and I used to call it the forest sci fi show (little did we know I’d end up moving to that forest planet here in British Columbia!). Such a fun bunch of characters, stories, and just good sci fi!

Definitely the one piece I spent the longest on is my Enterprise Leaves Spacedock animation. Hundreds and hundreds of hours on both modeling and texturing the Spacedock, and setting up and rendering the shots. youtu.be/OdRUL8RbDw8

I just love it when the film adaptation manages to elevate the book it is based on. I can now re-read Project Hail Mary with this absolutely magnificent film score in my head. #beautiful www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgok...

I kinda hate to do it, but every now and then I need to go back and fix the base geometry to get rid of rendering issues. Problem is I need to adapt some of the panels I already made. #whocares

Thank you for the kind words!

Worked on the arboretum that I added to the Akira design. If you like what I do, and want to support my endeavors, check out my blog post(s) on Patreon about how I approached this. www.patreon.com/posts/akira-... www.patreon.com/posts/akira-...

And another set of renders of my #akira #wip

New image up. I've been focusing on other things lately, but I'm hoping to get back to CG soon. In the meantime, hope you enjoy it: www.artstation.com/artwork/AZ0kv5 #startrek #llap #excelsior

Moving along at the breathtaking speed of one panel a day. But I did write another post about my process on Patreon, so I got that going for me, which is nice.

Further paneling work. More details available on my Patreon. #akira #startrek #firstcontact #ilm #7ftakira #ilmheroakira #enterprise-e #sovereign #blender #b3d #modeling

Every once in a while I find myself wondering what Star Trek: First Contact would have been like with Ben Sisko in command of the Defiant. "BLOW UP THAT DAMN SHIP, PICARD!!!"

My procrastination strategy is working. I've been annoyed with a chapter of my novel, so returned to modeling my Akira class instead. Now I'm annoyed with modeling the hull panels, and suddenly I want to finish that chapter again. #crackedthecode

A lot of the time that sort of stratagem is the solution to ‘this isn’t working’ in a book. It’s not the story itself that’s the problem, but your way of telling it.

I wrote a little tutorial on how I create the panels. www.patreon.com/posts/152034...

The panelz progress thus far. Going for a mix of the original and the Enterprise-E. #akira #startrek #firstcontact #ilm #7ftakira #ilmheroakira #enterprise-e #sovereign #blender #b3d #modeling

I find myself reading through my draft, deleting em dashes. #paranAId #noAI #writesky #writingcommunity #wip #amwriting

#wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #ptbd "metal"

I took the time to write up another wee lil article about how I design and create the panels on my Akira class variant for my Eager & Excited patrons. www.patreon.com/posts/150530... #akira #heroakira #7ftakira #ilm #b3d #blender #modeling #wip #concept #startrek #firstcontact #fanart #bts

Tons of more details, polish, animation, fixes, and lighting work on this Star Trek shot, I'm now really happy with it! Movin on to the next. :D

Currently in the process of planning all the panels and details. #akira #startrek #firstcontact #ilm #7ftakira #ilmheroakira #enterprise-e #sovereign #blender #b3d #modeling

I'm not big on tutorials, so I made a blender file with 10 stages of my Akira class modeling process available on my Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/downlo... #akira #startrek #firstcontact #ilm #7ftakira #ilmheroakira #enterprise-e #sovereign #blender #b3d #modeling #conceptart

I owe you a retopology.

In order to be able to afford an RTX 5090 I only need 1700 more Patrons. #ahwell

My boiling hot take: all of TOS actually looks like TMP (Klingons always had ridges, and the Enterprise always looked like the TMP refit).

Howie Day, professional miracle man.

Alrighty - my final update on this shot for now! Tons of revisions and fixes, as well as new Music SFX and VO. Added the welders welding, a few more work bees, the Arges in the background, and some changes to the lighting angle. 4K in the 🧵! I hope everyone likes it!

I wrote up a little article of my current work on the Akira class for my eager & excited patrons. www.patreon.com/posts/148269...

I also managed to merge the back of the primary hull into the saucer smoothly. It looked weird when I left it months ago. #akira #startrek #firstcontact #ilm #7ftakira #ilmheroakira #enterprise-e #sovereign #fanart #b3d #modeling #conceptart

I haven't looked at the #akira for some time. Yesterday I began tackling the transition of my idea of the deflector area into the saucer section. #llap #startrek #firstcontact #ilm #7ftakira #ilmheroakira #enterprise-e #sovereign #fanart #b3d #blender #modeling #wip

Alrighty - update on this shot! Tons of revisions and fixes, as well as new music SFX and VO. I'm hopeful everyone likes it. :) I did forget to add the welding VFX, though - and the VO is AI and will be replaced with actual Voice Actor work in the final.

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USS Bolden model in the Shmork Co VFX model shop, 2019. Ship modeled in Blender All other assets from BlenderKit Post process in Adobe Lightroom #blender3d #3dmodeling #scifi #startrek #adobelightroom #vfx