I've used a handful of different 3D programs over the years, but I wouldn't consider myself a pro. However, sometimes I do something and the rendered image turns out like I hoped! It's all here, in my collection of 3D rendered artwork.

Tetris Uprising: Inspired by The Wall, this was part of an idea for a Pink Floyd themed Tetris game.

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L-Block Revolution poster: Long live the L-block! This is a Tetris Uprising propaganda poster.

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Grey Mountains: I had this idea rolling around in my head for a while before I could perfect it. It was inspired partly by a Grateful Dead album insert; it could be real, but there's a hint of fantasy there somewhere.

Summit: This one was a bit misdirected; it started out as the grey mountains picture but I got sidetracked. The climber looks cheesy and lens flares are overused, but the picture looks incomplete without them. Still, there's something uplifting about this image...

Cemetery Skies: "I always liked the way trees look against the night sky," I thought, as I was being chased by zombies.

Desert: This is part of a set of seasonal wallpapers I created. I invented a game while I was making it, called "See how long you can work before your computer crashes."

Snowscape: This is the part of a set of seasonal wallpapers I created. Its soothing colors may be just what you need to take your mind off the heat in the middle of summer!

Sunset: My very first Bryce image. Oh, the memories!

Scavenger Hunt '98 keychain: This one was actually done in a 3D font program. It was part of a class project.

These are some pictures that I created in the "traditional" manner: with a mouse! I'm no artist, but when I get inspired, I like to let the creativity flow. This is a collection of images done mostly in Photoshop that I think are worth posting.

The Recently Undeceased: This is a shirt design inpired in part by Urban Dead and in whole by my love for zombies. It's also available as wallpaper in various colors and sizes.

Wallpaper: download zip file

Zombie PC: There has been a lot of talk about computers that get infected with malware and become part of a large botnet for sending spam and other nefarious purposes. Those computers are dubbed zombies, which I found rather amusing. This is what I imagine they look like. Comes in flannel and Tycho varieties.

Turkey: Just a turkey I made one Thanksgiving.

B3 Poster: This was for my friend's third annual LAN party. I offered to design a web site for him, and I needed a logo. I came up with B3 to play off E3, the popular gaming expo. The original logo for the site wasn't quite as good as I had in mind so I tweaked it a bit afterwards and came up with this slightly more metallic design.

B4 Poster: Unfortunately, there never was a fourth annual LAN party, but that didn't stop me from designing a logo! It was based off the previous one, although I employed a couple new Photoshop techniques I had recently learned to give it a different appearance. I'm particularly happy with the silver ring, I had tried unsuccessfully to create that effect many times before, although I finally got it right with this one.

3rd Degree Sunburn: I made this after going to Edgefest, an all-day outdoor concert at the Altamont Fairgrounds. It's self-inspired, and appropriately titled. I really fried my head that day.

BlueBG: This is my own attempt at a slightly darker version of the standard OS X wallpaper.

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Synapse: This makes me feel like I'm cruising through my brain... there's a lot of empty space there.

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Metal texture: Here is a texture I created after reading this tutorial (part 2) on Loonygames. It is drawn from scratch (I did not use a photographic base as suggested in the tutorial). Since it is designed to be a texture, I have shown how the image can be seamlessly tiled horizontally. These type of dirty, realistic textures have always appealed to me.

Scavenger Hunt '99: This was my design for a scavenger hunt '99 t-shirt, but unfortunately there wasn't enough interest to make them. I dig this design.

Scavenger Hunt circa 1950: This was just a style experiment. I found some funny fonts and went with it.

I took a Photoshop class in college, which was a really fun experience. I learned some great techniques, applicable to both traditional art and Photoshop in general. This gallery includes many of my assignments for the class, most of which I am pretty proud of.

Project 1: For this project, we hand-drew an image (from a magazine) and shaded it in Photoshop. As you can see, I can't draw. I think it turned out okay regardless.

Project 2: Cool colors variation 1: These are part of a freeform, cool-colored project. Yawn...

Project 2: Cool colors variation 2: Now we add geometric shapes... Simulating 3D is actually kind of fun. I was going for a feeling of movement, like the shapes are flying up from an icy inferno... or something like that.

Project 2: Cool colors variation 3: This was another variation on the original. I liked the color blending and textures in this one.

Project 2: Warm colors: ...and the warm colors. You can tell I didn't spend as much time with this one.

Transition project: This was our transition project; we were supposed to morph a photo of ourself into an animal. I photographed the animal on a recent safari.

Selections project: This was a hard project; each person got some selected images from another person in the class. The assignment was to arrange the images so they looked like they belong together. Well, I got a skull and a square tiger head, so I did the best I could. The picture frame, table, and shadows were all done by hand. I'm pleased with the results given what I had to work with.

Project 4: This is my favorite image that I did in the class. Each student was assigned a word (mine was "silence") and we had to create a composition that illustrated the word. I thought it would be impossible, but once I got going everything came together, and I couldn't be happier with the result.

Project 4 symmetric variation: The second part of the project was to create an image with symmetry. I chose rotational symmetry, like a playing card. My professor preferred this version to the original; it wasn't the only project where our tastes differed.

Self portrait: My Matrix-inspired final project... I was aiming for a similar style as Project 4, but we were short on time for this project so it was rushed. From a technical perspective, it was okay, and it filled the requirements. Artistically, I think I could have done better if I had more time.

Self portrait variation: Part 2 of the final project; a variation on the original. I think we were supposed to show more depth or something, I don't remember exactly. I think this one is more interesting, but not sufficiently different.

Once in a while I see something that I think is really cool, and if I have a camera handy I'll snap a picture.

Mooky: Have you ever seen anything so cute? This picture always makes me smile.

Night Tunnel: Every time I drove past this old tunnel, it made me wonder what was on the other side. I think I'm too scared to find out.

Tree by Moonlight: I always liked the way trees look against the night sky...