Two far from original compositions with clichéd contents, but these were experiments with lighting (the candles are the only sources) and small but rough textures (micro-bevelling rather than just a bump-map on the book titles and a surface texture based on height so the embossing appears worn); the biggest problem with the second image is all the candles are so obviously clones, but the uneven floorboards have come out well. I know there should probably have been a skirting-board as well, but having deliberately omitted it from the first image to leave the damaged wall clear, I wanted to keep the two scenes consistent.
The Magic Circle in the second image is real, in as much as it's something used by people who believe angels and spirits exist and can be summoned (usually by invoking their names); the pages of the open book contain images and some text from Enochian (The Sigil of Ameth) and The Necronomicon, whilst the acrostic on the wall is from The Key Of Solomon and the apparition was designed by John Dee to represent all the astrological symbols, so all in all it's a truly ridiculous collection of equally silly mumbo-jumbo and gobbledegook.
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One of those models where the geometry is ridiculously simple, but getting the various brushed aluminium textures right took ten times longer.
The clock itself is comprised of two rings in which ride ball-bearings, held in place by magnets beneath the surface which are attached to the hands of a standard quartz movement, so the outer ring is the hours (hence the larger ball) and the inner the minutes, and in the image the time is twelve-thirty.
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Another attempt at creating something real, this time a Reuge music box I have that plays three excerpts of Handel.
The least accurate aspects are the pins, which are simply placed randomly for effect, and though the number of teeth on the cogs are an approximation, they are only out by 5% or so; the stop-lever's return spring is also an estimation based on length, but the point was to create a nice image not a perfect CAD representation of what is, after all, an object that sounds beautiful.
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Normal sais and a ridiculously fancy pair.
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A titanium-handled stiletto, and a steel balisong.
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A rather ornate embossed throwing star.
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Everyone should have a logo, and this is mine: two representations of my initials CLP, and a third as a continuous pipe.
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One of two I did for someone with the initials REFW, though the 'E' is annoying as it has the wrong symmetry so I omitted it for this second image. This was used as the basis for my Tubells font.
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