August 21, 2009

Jensen Precast Pump Station

This phantom drawing was created to show the key components of a duplex pump and lift station system.

I found seeing this drawing develop from stage to stage to be very rewarding, starting from the black & white

outline CAD drawing to the final, fully rendered illustration you see above. I'm very happy with the final result!

August 14, 2009

New (sort of) Scientific Illustration Addition

I originally created this image in third year Scientific Illustration but I lost the PSD file with my USB keychain,

leaving me with just a low res JPEG.  Fortunately, it was selected to be a part the Idea Gallery's Anatomia

exhibit at the Ontario Science Center.  So I recreated the image for the show and added it to the Scientific

Illustration section of my site.

August 5, 2009

Total Mine Development

I created this initial web presence for Total Mine Development while I work with programmer Graham

Cale to develop a more complex site. I’m looking forward to adding more images and colour to the design

while pushing the functionality further with the help of Graham.

July 30, 2009

Maya Rendering Challenge

Recently I tested and compared three different rendering methods in Maya. The first image was created by

combining Global Illumination and Final Gather. It took 9 minutes and 52 seconds to render and also took

the most time to setup. The next image was produced by using just Final Gather and took just 3 minutes

and 3 seconds to render. The final and fastest method was the "one-click" setup of Physical Sun & Sky.

It took just 1 minute and 27 seconds to render.

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