Rowan KarrerMar 14, 2020Man plans, God laughsToday was the day that we were to screen the premier of Peter Rabbit 2, unfortunately this will no longer be the case. By now there...
Rowan KarrerNov 5, 2019CG Cinematography ArchivesI've been working my way through this documentation on lighting and cinematography for 3d rendered imagery. I have found it interesting...
Rowan KarrerSep 23, 2019Album release - ayeshaMy first album, Ayesha, was mastered on the 1st of September 2019, and formerly launched on my 31st birthday, the 23rd of September,...
Rowan KarrerAug 11, 2019Leonard Misonne - pictorial photographerI recently stumbled upon the work of Belgium photographer Leonard Misonne. I found it so beautiful that I was shocked to have never even...
Rowan KarrerAug 4, 2019Autodesk pilot Maya and Max indie pricingI'm really pleased to share that Autodesk are trialling indie versions of their DCC packages. I have been lobbying Autodesk for about a...
Rowan KarrerJul 20, 2019Panigale - remasteredI decided to inject some extra herbs and spices into Panigale. After finishing up on Lego 2 late last year, there were some new skills I...
Rowan KarrerMay 12, 2019Using a Wacom tablet with Windows 10I recently (begrudgingly) made the move to Windows 10. While some of the most serious problems with the operating system have been fixed...
Rowan KarrerMay 1, 2019Lighting reel update - Lego 2I finally had a chance to see Lego 2! It's really cool, you should see it too. I genuinely loved working on this film, I learned so much,...
Rowan KarrerApr 1, 2019Matchmove reel update - Peter RabbitThis is perhaps a little tardy. Though there have been obstacles. Not least of all was that the release of physical media copies of the...
Rowan KarrerMar 20, 2019CG WikiI'm half putting this here for my own use, but it's worth sharing with the universe. This site is a veritable encyclopedia of knowledge,...
Rowan KarrerMar 2, 2019Molistudiohttp://molistudio.com/ I'm loving the work these guys are producing. The mash up of illustration, graphic design, and 3d rendering is...
Rowan KarrerJan 12, 2019Neat Video - denoisingI have fallen in love with this plugin. A while back I posted about RE:Vision Deflicker, and how it can be used to pull noise out of...
Rowan KarrerDec 29, 2018Lego 2 trailer (#3)I wrapped up on Lego 2 with Animal Logic on the 21st of December, so I thought I'd share an early preview of the fruits of our labour. It...
Rowan KarrerDec 15, 2018ProEXR now supports Cryptomattehttps://www.fnordware.com/ProEXR/ ProEXR is a free plugin for After Effects and Photoshop that makes dealing with multi-channel .exr...
Rowan KarrerDec 1, 2018Converting Sketchup models for use in Max--- Edit --- This is a better workflow, I won't get overly prescriptive here, as the linked video does a fine job. If they ever take it...
Rowan KarrerNov 19, 2018Lego 2 trailer (#2)Check out the Lego 2 trailer! I'm really enjoying working on this film, and it's great to see some of my shots in the trailer. From what...
Rowan KarrerOct 19, 2018Chaos Group benchmark 20xx GPU'shttps://www.chaosgroup.com/blog/profiling-the-nvidia-rtx-cards There are a lot of questions concerning the RTX series cards, and what...
Rowan KarrerSep 9, 2018Nvidia RTX and raytracingIf you're a fellow nerd, you'd have to have returned to nature and be living off nothing but love and water to not have heard about...
Rowan KarrerAug 11, 2018Threadripper 2I decided a while back that I would stop posting hardware porn on my blog, mainly because only nerds care about hardware and nerds...
Rowan KarrerAug 4, 2018Jorge PepeLife and PoeI thought I'd share this guy's work. He's a terrific 3D artist for one thing (who seems to have a love affair with cyan lights...?) but...