Periodic Table

So after making my Solar System series, I really wanted to do another project based on science and what else could I have done other than the one & only Periodic Table of Elements?! It's something I've been working on, a bit at a time, for the past few weeks. Modelling each object in 3D proved to be a huge task and took a lot longer than I originally thought but the feeling of completing it was awesome. On top of it all, I've learnt way more about the elements researching for this than I ever did in school :)


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Apologies if the image seems a little on the small side, it's to prevent the bad people from stealing and printing it. However, printing it as a poster is an option I could take...would you buy it, yes/no?

Edit, July 2011: Even over a year later, I still haven't managed to make prints of this available, so if anyone knows of a good company who can do affordable, large (A2+) quality prints, please let me know!

and here's some close-ups of a few elements.

Fall Friends

Trying something different here, loosening up a little and playing with composition.


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Seventeen

For my sister. Doodles of birds, clouds and raindrops.

One Day You'll Thank Me

Jacqui & Kate are two lovely ladies who have just launched their new blog titled "One Day You'll Thank Me", a blog all about their trials and tribulations as mums. I had the pleasure of making some fun illustrations for them too :)

Socks & Sandals

Now that Summer is over, we won't be seeing anymore of this...hopefully.

Salami Sam

Salami Sam got sliced!


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Bliss

So much love for the awesome designs of retro clock radios...


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Rain

Some colour experimenting.

But how?

Since posting my Thief illustration, many people have contacted me asking about my processes and how I created the image in 3D. So to explain, I have split up the 'layers' of the completed illustration which will show how the everything was put together. Even if you have zero experience in 3D and those terms mentioned below make absolutely no sense, hopefully you can still understand the processes visually.


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1. Diffuse render - fullbright, solid colours
2. Ambient occlusion render, original
3. Ambient occlusion render, colour adjusted
4. Diffuse render(1) * ambient occlusion(3)
5. Shadow render, original - very intense directional light & Lambert shader
6. Shadow render, cleaned up & colour adjusted
7. Diffuse render(1) * shadow render(6)
8. Diffuse render(1) * ambient occlusion render(3) * shadow render(6)
9. Final image - completed with finishing touches
(* = Layers stacked with multiply mode in Photoshop)

...and here is the full-sized final image again.


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Nurture

Just a quick & random 3d 'doodle'.