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This is dedicated to Arion Render - poetry in motion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V83JR2IoI8k 

Thomas Dolby “She Blinded Me With Science”

I’ve removed the Yahoo chat box because it was causing my blog to load veeeerrrrrryyyyy slllllloooooowwwwwwllllllyyyy. Sorry. I’m on Skype if you want to contact me there. I’m fran.davey.

Something that’s fun to do is open the fryrender material testrooms in Arion and play with materials. Well, it’s fun if you’re a nerd maybe.

Here is the new Arion Render Web Ad

They’re pretty big, but they give you a pretty good idea of the speed gains Arion offers.

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I’ve been beta-testing RandomControl’s Arion Render for several months now and I’m soooo happy to announce that it is officially released today! You can read all about it and view the beta gallery at www.arionrender.com.

Here is the Arion Web Ad.

Table Setting

In a subject related to my tutorials on cloth simulation, I was asked how to make fold lines in a tablecloth. I thought I would go ahead and do a tutorial on detailing a cloth simulation to make it more realistic looking. Read the rest of this entry »

Fig. 1: Spoon reference

This is the third and final part of my tutorial series on modeling flatware in 3ds Max using Loft objects. You can download the working 3ds Max 2009 scene here.  To complete the set, we will be creating a spoon. We will be using the curves we created for the fork, which are included in the working scene. Read the rest of this entry »

Demo render of Flatware Tutorial

Here is a render to demonstrate what I created with Parts I and II of the Flatware Tutorial series.

Fig. 1 Fork Loft shapes and path

This is Part II of my series on modeling flatware in 3ds Max. We are going to create a fork this time and using a Loft objects we did with the knife. You can download the 3ds Max 2009 scene here. Read the rest of this entry »