Solidworks tutorials
I'm having a go at creating some surfacing tutorials for Solidworks. So far I have created two quick tutorials; one covers blending between surfaces that change from convex to concave,…
Folding Cooktop Concept ~2002
Folding cooktop concept and animation from 2002. This is a redesign of an earlier concept from design school in 1998. I just found the project in my archives, thought it…
Blast from the past
I just found my entry to the very first Octane render competition in 2010. The software was pretty much an alpha release at the time, you couldn't save your work…
Methven Tūroa
Congratulations to Methven who have had their Tūroa range get into the finals of this year's Best Awards. Renderings produced by AJDS.
Landscape flyby
For ten years I have been a member of a volunteer group that advocates and builds new multi-use trails in Wellington, New Zealand. Recently the Brooklyn Trail Builders had the…
Product animations
It's been a while since I posted anything...Here’s a few animations I created for Smilo for use across their social media channels. We wanted something short that captured the character…
Smilo Baby has launched
For the last few months I have helped out with a startup, Smilo Baby. I've produced most of the studio shot/renderings for their website as well as animations for social…
Vanity render in Octane
I've re-textured and re-rendered an old LW/Kray scene, using Lightwave and Octane. This was a lighting and deformation exercise, the latter being used on the rear wall and the glazed…
Eames plywood chair renderings
I modelled this Eames plywood chair several years ago as a prop for an interior rendering. The client decided to go with a solid colour, so the plywood was not…
Logitech mouse animation
I've re-rendered and re-lit an old animation project, using Lightwave and Octane. The aim was to emulate a backlit light table and backlit graphics, but using Octane materials; diffuse material…