A render with lots of particles (baked), using Blender and Cycles. I was getting this peculiar streak artefact right next to the particle emitter: After a bit of fiddling around,…
When I left the cinema, it was this one shot that stuck in my head more than any other. And there were plenty of beautiful, memorable shots throughout the film…
Just a sketch, peters out toward the end, but that’s pretty typical for me huh… Nice dusting off the old bass guitar, though, forgotten how much fun it is to play

A friend wants a Knight Rider style Larson scanner for the back of his cycle helmet. Simple enough. Especially now we have intelligent LED strips available, which only need power plus…

Man, I hate drilling holes in PCBs. I make my boards with a mill, so it shouldn’t be too hard to swap the V-cutting bit for a drill bit, but…

A friend of mine has had his recording studio fitted out with custom built furniture and wanted a smart control panel to give quick access to some bits and pieces….

The source code is online. Warning: it’s awful. It has worked, and may still work, but it’s offered more for entertainment than anything else. There are several thousand hard-coded gotchas,…
Most swear boxes work the wrong way round: you say something naughty, then you have to put money in the box as penance. This is the opposite – press the…
OK then, time to explain some things. I’ve always wanted to play with a motion control rig. Ever since seeing a behind-the-scenes documentary about Star Wars, showing how they filmed…
I always knew I was going to need focus control of some sort. Not much point being able to have my camera move around if it couldn’t keep its subject…