Here it is. All 6 main characters from Spongebob Squarepants in wallpaper form all in one place.
Took me approximately a week of modelling and rendering to get it done. Hope you all like them.
Spongebob Wallpaper Collection by ~dodgydavec on deviantART
As usual, all made with Blender.
I’ve just finished making the first four wallpapers in a collection (see http://davecollison.com/blog/2010/08/14/my-most-popular-deviation-ever-so-far/).
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After the last post in my blog, it seems I have struck gold with a very simple wallpaper. I took a model I made of Spongebob Squarepants and adjusted it to fit a wallpaper. Took off his trousers, legs, sleeves and arms and stretched him out to fit the screen.
I got this:
Spongebob Squarepants Backdrop by ~dodgydavec on deviantART
Well, within the space of 12 hours, it’s had THREE HUNDRED views. I’m astonished and very pleased. On a side note, I discovered by entering the search term “triquetra wallpaper” at deviant art that my own triquetra wallpaper is the most popular in views and downloads by about a quarter of mile! Go me! 
Not sure what the secret is of a popular post over on DeviantArt but, well, I made this very simple wallpaper (using Blender, of course) and posted two versions of it on DA. One with text and one without. This one, without text, seems very popular. Almost 170 views in one day and nearly half of those downloaded the picture.
Please Wait 01 by ~dodgydavec on deviantART
Normally my deviations get less than 10 views in TOTAL! So what’s the secret? Simplicity? Eye-catchingness? I know that’s not a word, but it’s all I could think of.
If you want to use the image as a wallpaper, click here and download it.
Still working on the CG for the little meerkats movie. I’ve completed my first scene which is a waterfall with a secret entrance in a back garden. I quite enjoyed putting all of the elements together. It’s really satisfying watching the bit come together as a whole. The grass, leaves, rock, wind effects, water effects and spray. That’s actually all it is. It looks like so much more. I’m certainly very happy with it.
I have been approached. Some chaps who have made a couple of flash animations involving certain ‘meerkat’ characters have approached me to create some VFX for their next instalment. All of the VFX so far involve water.
Soooo. I’m practising water stuff in Blender. This is my first reasonable result of an open ocean. I’m gonna keep trying to get the exact effect I’m looking for. A bit more choppy. A bit more well placed foam. Maybe a bit more ‘depth’ to the water. I am quite happy with it so far though.
If you could let me know what you think of it, any comments would be great. Thanks.
One of the things I love about Blender (apart from the price) is the diversity of the package. Besides freehand artwork, almost any graphics I want to do can be done with Blender. Earlier this week I decided I wanted to do a small fluid simulation. A simple drop of red paint in extreme close-up and slow motion. Continue reading
There I was on this Sunday afternoon just fiddling about with my laptop. I had my Bamboo Fun graphics tablet plugged in so I thought I’d have a mess about with mypaint, a brilliant little open-source painting package. Something that is very hard to find these days. A real PAINTING package. It’s free. It’s easy. It’s GREAT with a graphics tablet.
Anyway, I was just sketching. Making somethings out of nothings. Eventually, all of those little somethings ended up looking like this…
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Looks like a perfect Sunday afternoon to me 
I’ve actually been working on this character since before I can remember. I think I started making him about three years ago. Then, due to computer and personal issues, took a long break. Well, now I’m back working on him more regularly, I’ve finally got him fully rigged (just a few shaped controls to finish) with full face controls.
So I thought it was about time I animated him. I asked my 6 year old son (7 very soon) to recite the words, “Hello, my name’s Danté.” while I filmed him. Here’s the final (3 second long) result…
My first video tutorial in AGES (and only my second one ever from what I can recall). In this tutorial, I show how to build a circular brick wall using only one brick and three array modifiers. All done with an alpha version of Blender 2.52. You can download the latest build of Blender from graphicall.org.
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