Finally got -something- in here :)

Side Projects:
Adventures in HLSL pixel shaders


Articles/Rants/Helpfuls/Tutorials:
The "just paint it" method - coming soonish (circa 2012)
Studies in skin - coming soonish (maybe after the above)

Mr. Orc - asset progression

Progression 01 Progression 02 Progression 03 Progression 04 Final asset Texture Steps Final texture

Another orc (ORK! zugzug you geek)
Here's an animated gif of the zugzug ork development.


Areas I'm looking into:
Ripping normals from layer sliced volumetrics/atmospherics.
Emulating sfumato, tenebrism, chiaroscuro, and egg tempera methods in the digital medium.
Soft-light layer blending for a translucency pass in skin shaders (similar to mental rays fast sss skin).