Weirdo Hairdo

I did some tests with XSI hair. I’ll make natural hairs for this character later, for now I like it this way. The MuhHair shader is used for hair shading, and an extreme size ratio between root and tip makes it suitable for illustration hair look.

Beauty is Sub-Skin Deep – Part I

It’s been wisely said and widely believed that beauty is only skin deep. It’s debatable whether CG world was bought into the wisdom, but the skin-deep shading is no more the case these days. Beauty is certainly deeper than skin. I firmly believe that this concept has become one of many pitfalls in bringing [...]

{3}Delighted with Affogato

Affogato, Wiki says, is a coffee-based beverage or dessert, which also refers to the act of topping a drink or dessert with espresso. Interesting. I have no idea about the ritual, really, but no problem. It’s not about that Italian affogato. It’s about Affogato, a RenderMan interface for Softimage|XSI developed by Rising Sun Pictures [...]

Hello world!

This “Hello world!” is given by default when I started this blog. I decided to keep this to officially open my blog as I couldn’t find any better words to start this with. A “hello world” has become the traditional first program that many people learn since the development of programmable computers. It is simple [...]