My Office Wallpaper

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

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

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Buglady Logo

The original 2D artwork was created by Andrew. I merely “pulled up a Z” and rendered it in Cinema4D.

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Favorite Holiday E-Card

Sung by Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters (1954). Bill Pinkney sings the bass lead, Clyde McPhatter sings the falsetto. Cartoon by Joshua Held (2002)

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Merry Christmas!

We’re having a quiet Christmas this year. Yay! We just shared Christmas kisses with Jeri and Andrew. We are lucky to be able to count them among our very best friends.

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Bruce!

There isn’t a lot I can say here that hasn’t been said far more eloquently by Bruce’s friends and family, so I’ll let the images do most of the talking. Kelly and I laughed out loud while looking at these. We hope you will too.

You were a big part of the fondest memory of our lives – namely, our honeymoon in Bali. We had such a wonderful time that we returned the following year. You were the perfect host – offering us a room in your cool Bali house and accompanying us on our cross-country journey, where we stayed in the best rooms in the best hotels. These memories will be with us forever.

Think you have enough sunscreen there, Bruce?

Of course, we’ve always appreciated your sense of humor, perfect timing, your instant recall of every line of every Cohen brothers film and Seinfeld episode. You are without doubt one of the funniest and most gracious people we’ve ever had the pleasure to know. I think we have a lot in common as well. We see pretty much eye-to-eye politically speaking. We’re Geek brothers under the skin. And then there’s our relationship with food… Anyone up for Dessert?

We hope you and Catharine are having a joyful day filled with love in your Bali paradise. You are truly one-of-a-kind, Bruce. You will live in our hearts and minds forever.

Many more wonderful memories here.

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Playing with Fire and Water

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

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

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Cinema4D

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!

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!

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

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