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Epiphone Les Paul Special II Electric Guitar, Ebony

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:16:00 +0000

My Epiphone Les Paul Special II electric guitar arrived!! Only $150 on Amazon!

Schlage FE575 PLY 626 ELA Plymouth Keypad Entry

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:12:00 +0000

Installed the Schlage FE575 PLY 626 ELA Plymouth Keypad Entry for a small home upgrade. So easy, so sweet and no more worrying about keys! Only $115 on Amazon. Now I'm eyeing occupancy sensors for my bathrooms :)

Oral-B Professional Care SmartSeries 5000 Fixed!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:02:00 +0000

Bought the Oral-B Professional Care SmartSeries 5000 Rechargeable Toothbrush in September of 2010 for $105 on Amazon. Condensation build-up inside my electric toothbrush killed it, but simply disassembling and letting it dry out brought it back to life! $100 saved!

Westpark Fitness Center

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:41:00 +0000

Berlina Black S2K

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:20:00 +0000

2008 Honda S2000 - Berlina Black

S2000 Strobe Practice

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:34:00 +0000

The lighting setup:

Mental Ray Arch + Design Templates

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:23:00 +0000

Samples of default Arch + Design templates to reference.

From back to front:

glass physical, frosted glass, translucent plastic thin
rubber, leather, glass thin, glass solid
glazed ceramic, glazed ceramic tiles, glossy plastic, matte plastic, masonry
matte finish, pearl finish, glossy finish, satin varnished wood, rough concrete, polished concrete
water, chrome, brushed metal, copper, standard

Note to self:

Render a scene with the Mental Ray renderer first in order to use these in Material Editor.

Basic 3D Man

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:16:00 +0000

Started as a box, which I formed into a shoe and finally became a cartoony man. 3D is so time consuming...

Project time: 4 hours

Note to self:

Box > Edit Poly > Symmetry > Mesh Smooth (2 iterations)

Created half the body with vertex points at the center of the body set to 0 on the x-axis. When mirrored in Symmetry modifier over the x-axis, the points weld together automatically and perfectly.

Basic 3D Rabbit

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:57:00 +0000

Don't judge me... I'm going back to basics since I haven't touched 3D in a while...
Project time: 2 hours

Note to self:

It's difficult to map textures to the model without using details in the polygon model as a reference.

National Gallery of Art Walkway

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:30:00 +0000

A5 Badge

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:09:00 +0000

2009 Audi A5 Badge

2009 Audi A5

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:21:00 +0000

Boss' new car. I want an S4 soooo bad!

Heat Dish

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:26:00 +0000

Sin City Winter

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:13:00 +0000

Newlywed

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:13:00 +0000

Attended a friend's wedding reception, she was in tears after her aunt's speech.

Jameson Irish Whiskey

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:13:00 +0000

A full month of daily photos complete and now to celebrate. Cheers!

Bar Decor

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:03:00 +0000

Fat Tuesday's Bar Decor in Fairfax, VA

S2000 and Clouds

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:42:00 +0000

Trestle of Danger

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 03:20:00 +0000

"DANGER!! STAY OFF TRESTLE FOR YOUR SAFETY"

Snow Benches

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:36:00 +0000

Angles

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:43:00 +0000

Looking at the ceiling of the National Gallery of Art.

Newseum Balcony

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:11:00 +0000

Five Freedoms Walkway

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Went photo shooting with a friend and snapped this at the Newseum.

"Freedom of Press Speech Religion Petition Assembly"

Looking Down

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:44:00 +0000

Looking down from the 22nd floor with trembling acrophobic knees!

Turnberry Towers Living Room

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:04:00 +0000

The 22nd floor living room in Turnberry Towers.