the oliver brown blog

Second 3D test

2009-11-07T19:00:00.002Z

My second 3D test was a little more challenging. Forming the smooth nose cone and mudguards was probably the hardest part. I found a great way of duplicating and revolving the treads for those chunky tyres too. I also tried adding some photoshop textures to the finished model. The colours have come out very glossy, but i'd like to try a grungier finish too.

First 3D test

2009-11-04T09:14:00.002Z

Heres my first 3D test, a little toy Locomotive modelled in Maya. There are 101 things I want to change / tweak / alter but the learning curve in the program is so steep, i've decided to move straight on. I haven't even touched the lighting or texturing side of the program yet, so theres a long way to go!

Vimeo and Flickr

2009-11-03T09:06:00.002Z

I've started to upload Videos and Images for online perusal at Vimeo and Flickr.
Follow the links for online galleries!

Childrens Baftas

2009-10-30T12:27:00.003Z

Its that time again folks. A couple of projects I've been involved with this year have been nominated in this years Childrens Baftas.
In Pre-school animation, Little Princess: A Merry Little Christmas, and in Writing, Horrible histories has got a nomination.
For the full list of nominations, go to the Bafta website.

Autumn

2009-10-30T12:21:00.000Z

Over at Apple and Egg

2009-10-21T15:09:00.005+01:00

Go and have a look at this lovely post about author Dorothy Clewes over at Apple and Egg.
The Illustrations are by a chap called Peter Edwards and date from the mid Sixties. Bold blocks of contrasting colour and really characterful machines.

The Facts of Life

2009-10-21T15:06:00.003+01:00

A great little booklet published by the BMA sometime in the early sixties. Illustrations are by Jaqueline Van de Sande.

Found!

2009-10-19T21:56:00.002+01:00

Bear walk test

2009-10-14T09:37:00.001+01:00

Cake

2009-10-14T08:40:00.000+01:00

Heres a quick Illustration I did for Steve and Chloes wedding last week. I mixed three CD's of music for the big day and these were the covers.

Brighton Breeze

2009-10-12T20:05:00.006+01:00

A bracing October dawn saw nearly 1000 Volkswagen vans of all ages, shiny or otherwise, converge on Brighton's Madeira Drive. It was an awesome sight, Vdubs as far as the eye could see, with the cold grey sea as a foreboding backdrop.

Bus

2009-10-07T22:14:00.003+01:00

Fly

2009-09-29T13:21:00.001+01:00

Milk

2009-09-29T13:17:00.002+01:00

Eype

2009-09-28T09:58:00.003+01:00

Legoland

2009-09-14T10:16:00.004+01:00

Provence and Burgundy 2009

2009-08-25T10:31:00.006+01:00

You are Number One!

2009-08-25T09:01:00.000+01:00

Okkie Gingernut

2009-07-29T14:21:00.004+01:00

A really old childrens book. Sadly no date on the flyleaf but must be at least 50 years old, it belongs to my Dad!

Found stuff

2009-07-29T14:19:00.005+01:00

Russian sweet wrappers collected on a trip back in1991.

Lovely Spuds

2009-07-26T09:52:00.002+01:00

These are the last of this years crop of potatoes. I'm so pleased with our little garden's tasty produce. They were really good spuds with a firm yet creamy texture and buttery taste. We'll be sure to plant more next year.

Farmer Bear

2009-07-22T09:06:00.001+01:00

Summers here

2009-07-17T14:02:00.000+01:00

Summers here, and look what fell out of an old sketchbook.

Kids @ 4 promo

2009-06-28T21:29:00.004+01:00

Promo delivered to Stuart Dean, one of our curates at All Saints who's heading up the Kids @ 4 project.

The Bus

2009-06-19T06:47:00.004+01:00

Our new Volkswagen Caravelle, Betty. A lifelong dream of ours to own one, so here she is!