Rowan KarrerJul 25, 2016Nvidia announces Quadro Pascal modelshttp://www.anandtech.com/show/10516/nvidia-announces-quadro-pascal-family-quadro-p6000-p5000 The gloves are off, it would seem. A...
Rowan KarrerJul 19, 2016ABC animation - Alan Warburton (Lodovico Einaudi)Check out this great animation by Alan Warburton. I've long been a big fan of Lodovico Einaudi's hauntingly beautiful music and it's...
Rowan KarrerJul 9, 2016Fractal Nature - Julius HorsthuisCheck out this incredible film by Julius Horsthuis. Unfortunately the compression is a little rough, but it's nonetheless a unique...
Rowan KarrerJun 17, 2016ChaosGroup - GPU rendering guidehttps://labs.chaosgroup.com/index.php/portfolio/guide-to-gpu-rendering/ Definitely worth a read.
Rowan KarrerJun 7, 2016V-Ray 3.4 releasedhttp://www.v-ray.com/features/sp4/ The love affair with VRay continues...
Rowan KarrerJun 2, 2016VRay 3.4 rumours and whispershttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/v-ray-3-sp4-nutshell-emanuele-lecchi?trk=prof-post Some really exciting stuff in there, can't wait to get...
Rowan KarrerMay 26, 2016Ysabel LeMayhttp://ysabellemay.com/home/ Check out some of the beautiful composites of Ysabel LeMay. They look great!
Rowan KarrerMay 17, 2016Render Legion release Corona 1.4https://corona-renderer.com/blog/corona-renderer-1-4-for-3ds-max-released/
Rowan KarrerMay 13, 2016The Orange Box - Plugins for PhotoshopThese guys offer a whole bunch of cool tools for Photoshop, including a seamless texture generator that can (sometimes) be pretty handy....
Rowan KarrerMay 10, 2016BMW Group files suit against TurboSquidhttp://www.protectingdesigns.com/bmw-group-files-suit-against-turbosquid I find this a little odd. I would have thought anything that can...
Rowan KarrerMay 8, 2016Nvidia release GTX 1080http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2016/05/07/nvidias-new-graphics-cards-are-priced-for-blood/#6cde803625d0 The much anticipated...
Rowan KarrerApr 27, 2016NatronI remember when I first started studying computer graphics back in 2009, I was introduced by someone to Blender. I remember searching a...
Rowan KarrerApr 26, 2016The GroveIf you're finding there simply aren't enough packages out there to learn, why not check out The Grove? I read about this plugin for...
Rowan KarrerApr 21, 2016Personal Project - Tea Time (animated)I made this still image a few weeks ago and decided it'd be fun to do a simple animation of the scene :-) The animated tree was added...
Rowan KarrerApr 20, 2016Autodesk acquires Arnoldhttp://www.awn.com/news/autodesk-announces-acquisition-arnold-maker-solid-angle I think this is a big deal. A really big deal. Although...
Rowan KarrerApr 19, 2016AMD ups the anti with 32GB W9100http://mygaming.co.za/news/hardware/89607-amds-powerful-32gb-firepro-gpu-will-dominate-vr-production.html The red and green war continues...
Rowan KarrerApr 14, 2016Nvidia drops 24GB Quadrohttp://www.anandtech.com/show/10179/nvidia-announces-24gb-quadro-m6000 Big mumma. This is exciting because GPU's are actually starting to...
Rowan KarrerApr 7, 2016Sydney SIGGRAPH - Andrew Silkehttp://create3dcharacters.com/ I like to come along to the SIGGRAPH presentations here in Sydney. This was my first one at their new...
Rowan KarrerApr 7, 2016Floor Generator 2.0I have no idea how long floor generator has been a thing for, but it's definitely been a long time. Certainly the entire span of my time...
Rowan KarrerApr 7, 2016Tea TimeThis personal project was primarily a lighting study, but I also wanted to explore the rendering of fabrics. How to convey comfort and...