V-Ray for Maya Course on Digital Tutors

Hey guys, before I start telling you about this week’s update, I gotta apologize for not being active on the blog for the last couple of month, I have been very busy working on some amazing projects which I will share with you here each week starting this week, I promise that I will try to make 1 update per week from now on. Read More »

Creating a carpet and rug shader using Maya’s Procedural textures

For this tutorial, I will be using VRay shader and Maya’s procedural textures, but please note that this tutorial will work not matter what type of render system you are about to use. It works great in both Mental Ray and Maya software renderer. Read More »

What more can I say!

I want to start this post with a verse that I love. "I don't mean to boast But damn if i don't brag Them crackers gonna act like I ain't on they ads." Jay Z   If you want to know more about me and my work, you can check out the Interview that I gave for The Agency Post!      

Featured in 3D World Magazine

First of all I want to wish you a Happy New Year! May all your wishes come true this year and may this year be full of Joy and Love!   I want to start this year with some great news… Drum rolls!   Read More »

Waiting for Santa

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas to you and all your loved ones! May Santa bring you everything you ever wished for and may 2012 be an awesome year for Everybody!   Waiting for Santa concept was actually done last Christmas and I didn’t have time to 3d model it, texture and lighting before Christmas and in a way I’m glad I didn’t cause this year I have learned so much and my modeling and lighting techniques have become so much better! Read More »

She Didn’t Say Goodbye…

This scene actually started from a lighting exercise I was doing using VRay for Maya. I wanted to create a simple night light rig setup, and it started as a really simple scene. I showed it around to a friend of mine who is a great matte painter and he gave me some pointers and feedback on how a balcony overlooking a city scene should look like and he sent me lots of reference examples, but the most important thing that I got from our discussion was “ This scene works only if it tells a story with characters, otherwise it’s just a simple 3d scene”. Read More »

New Pixelophy project, sneak peek!

For the last couple of month, I have been working on a new project a new 3D scene. This scene will be a romantic 3d scene, it’s Modeled in Autodesk Maya, lighting done in Maya as-well and the scene will be rendered using VRay for Maya. I will be revealing this scene in November 2011, but meanwhile I wanted to share with you something that I think you will enjoy (I surely hope so). Read More »

Dope Awards Winner AGAIN! – 3d Dope Award

All right, when I won the first 3d dope award for Luca's Day off I was super happy, BUT when I won the 2nd one I was ecstatic! This time the award was given to the 3d piece that means so much for me cause it was a start of a new chapter in my career. Lonely playground is the turning point where I decided that I want to get more serious into lighting and 3d in general.     Don't forget to check out weekly seen #5 so you can check out the making of Lonely playground.