Category Archives: Work

Impossible Photo Shoot

Posted on January 11, 2012 by thedude

Occasionally marketing asks for things that are (nearly) impossible to shoot. Like when they asked me to photograph a stack of sixty three 96-well microtiter plates on a white background.

I don’t have a studio at work, but luckily, I do have one inside my computer. Thank you Cinema4D!

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This Little Chip Will Change the World

Posted on January 10, 2012 by thedude

View the announcement here. Pretty exciting stuff!

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My Office Wallpaper

Posted on January 9, 2012 by thedude

Sized to fit my 30-incher.

Kelly says it’s too shiny. I say it’s not shiny enough!

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Exploring Hyperrealism

Posted on January 6, 2012 by thedude

I am positively thrilled to be able to do this sort of thing at work.

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Playing with Fire and Water

Posted on December 23, 2011 by thedude

I was asked to create something that could be screened onto a coffee mug. This will definitely not work for that purpose, but it’s so much fun going through the process of learning this fabulous software that I just had to share…

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Chip Load Animation Test

Posted on December 22, 2011 by thedude

Swipe your pointing device left and right over the image.

The animation’s not perfect. This is just a test. Overall, I’m quite pleased with the results.

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Trying to Get Into a Holiday Mood

Posted on December 15, 2011 by thedude

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Cinema4D

Posted on November 27, 2011 by thedude

You will likely see a bit more 3D work creeping into thedude.com as I learn to master Cinema4D. You may have already noticed the new chocolate masthead. Here’s a screenshot of the awesome program in action. Much more to come!

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You Can Do It Too!

Posted on November 11, 2011 by thedude

I made this totally original motivational poster for my company last weekend. Model Marina was awesome. She really nailed the part.

Shot with a $95 lens and hand-held FourSquare against a yellow wall in the office. PhotoShop makes it perfect.

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Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2011 by thedude

Meet Guanine, Cytosine, Adenine and Thymine — who sometimes pose as Grace, Shauna, Lauren and Phoebe.

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The Chip is the Machine

Posted on August 21, 2011 by thedude

Practicing with materials and lighting. Fun! I think I may I need to try to render something that could not exist. Hm…

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Another PGM Rendering

Posted on July 14, 2011 by thedude

Most of you have noticed that I haven’t been posting a lot lately. The main reason for this is that I am so busy at work. When I’m not tending to IT tasks, I use every spare cycle rendering one thing or another. I really love doing this work, but it consumes a lot of time I might otherwise spend blogging. Sorry!

This latest rendering of the Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine will be used in a very cool brochure. The image will stretch from the front to the back of an 11 x 17″ brochure. Woo-hoo!

Rendered with the fabulous Thea Reneder.

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