Project 3 - 2D shapes, curves, surfaces, revolve, extrude and loft

For this project I did a planer version of the Android logo, a revolve of a Coke bottle, a 3D curve pipe thing that I was thinking of turning into a roller coaster on a hill... but perhaps later, and a boat. It was originally going to be an iron, but I am getting frustrated with Maya right now.

I was able to get a $19 keyboard for $10 at Office Depot the other day and ordered the keyboard stickers so I can become proficient at Maya keys, but I still can't seem to shake the Blender interface. I know with programming languages the second is the toughest, and all others are easy, but Maya is really seeming to be a hassle. Hopefully I get over this stump since even Blender's interface changed recently so I might as well learn a higher end, professional 3D program.

Project 2 - Perspective and Digital Painting

So here is my perspective drawing. I had another one ready to go the day of, except after showing it to my coworkers and receiving a not so great review of a 3D box style logo based on something I once saw in the 6th Floor RLM restroom (those guys sometimes have great talent), I decided to try my best at an actual perspective drawing. And it looks like a kid's drawing.

I have the road setup in a direct perspertive angle, with the mountains following, and the clouds had their own, but I forgot to set up the right color temperature changes. I like how the mountains ended up blending in. :)

Funny story: The night I was going to do my 3D logo drawing, I learned a bunch:

1. Brothers Multi-Function machines don't scan if there is no ink.
2. Photoshop is a hard program to find when you've forgotten your best "secret" websites.
3. Gimp != Photoshop.
4. Neither is GimpShop.
5. Sandboxie, doesn't sandbox well.
6. Sun's VirtualBox wants you to do a fresh install from CD to get another OS running.
7. MS VirtualPC does too.

Project 1

So here is the sky box with two other textured items. One is a smooth marble ball, and the other is a wooden box. This was originally sent by email since hospitals don't allow "social sites" to be visited... Then I forgot about it.