Author Archives: Dave C

Blender Underground

I have a current favourite website. It is Blender Underground. Actually, it’s the Blender Underground forums. Blender is an open-source 3D graphics package (and a lot more). It has a different kind of user-interface that takes quite some getting used … Continue reading

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New Blender Video Tutorial

I have finished making my first video tutorial. It’s for Blender and it shows how to use the screw tool to create a 3-strand rope. Hopefully, I’ve made it quite easy to follow. Click here to view it.

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The TARDIS in a room

Yes, I am still playing with my TARDIS model. I saw a picture whilst searching for reference images that I did not take too much notice of. But, because I left it on my desktop, it kind of stuck in … Continue reading

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The TARDIS is complete

After a week of modeling, texturing, lighting and test rendering, the TARDIS is finished. I did have the option of making an opening door, but I just wanted this for still images. And, even if I do use it in … Continue reading

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Long, productive day

The site is looking presentable now. Quite smart, in fact. It’s taken me all day and most of yesterday to get it where it is. It will be looking very snazzy soon, with drop down navigation menus and some little … Continue reading

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Navbar fixed with fresh eyes

No, I haven’t put eyes into the navbar. I’ve looked at the problem after a nice sleep and fixed it. The navbar now looks (almost) how I envisaged it in my mind. The buttons could be moved up a pixel … Continue reading

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Update on the site

I have been messing around with the frontpage of the site, trying to get CSS to work to my advantage. I need to make a basic page template that will work throughout the site. At the moment, the navbar works but … Continue reading

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Learning HTML from the beginning.

I stumbled upon a great website with some very easy to follow tutorials on HTML and CSS (amongst other bits) called In Pictures. I am following the tutorials in order to start me off with getting my head around beginning … Continue reading

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TARDIS modeled in Blender

For the past few days, I have been modeling a TARDIS in Blender. And it’s nearly finished. I only modeled 1/8th of the body with a mirror modifier and array modifier filling in the gaps. Which was nice. The render … Continue reading

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New site design on the way

My very good friend Arne OOG (www.elqx.com) has kindly offered to help me with my site design. So, pretty soon the site will be up and running (well, walking) with all of the content I intended it for. Many thanks, … Continue reading

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