Over the last years or so I have been developing a separate website, which acts as a hub for my practice-based experiments, using various tools; across varying fields. Taking the name The Arcane Welder, it takes a core Science Fiction theme and explores it through...

Back in December I completed work on an original 5 part Comedy Series ' Let's Get Macho'. Starring a highly talented group of actors David Ellis, James Murfitt and Issy Wroe Wright, the series was written by the equally talented David Ellis, Alex Gibbons and Gabriel...

I have added two additional video guides to my Blender CG/Still image series, that cover edge treatment methods that can be used in any compositing workflow.

Since my last post, I have tried using an iPhone as a secondary scopes monitor using the Duet app…and it kind of works!?

Recently, I have been using my iPad as a second monitor for both my PC and my Macbook.

Color Grading presentation at this years’ IndieLincs Film Festival

A few months ago, I completed work as Colourist on the poignant new short film written and directed by Philip Stevens and starring a very talented cast.

I have just completed work as Colourist on the powerful new short film ‘Natalie’ directed by Mikey Murray and starring a very talented cast.

A discussion-based breakdown of the Colour Process applied the short film ‘The Last Viking’

Over the last month or so, I have had the pleasure to work on the Epic new film by Director and award winning filmmaker Philip Stevens and Writer/Novelist Giles Kristian.

Have spent another hour testing the Hard Surface workflow in Blender using Hard Ops add on. Here is the updated model.

In order to practice the new Blender add-ons – HardOps and Box Cutter – I set myself another speed, modelling challenge.

I gave myself a strict 1 hour timeslot to improvise a hard surface object in Blender 3D. Here are the results

New update to Colour Grading Series: Looks Dev and Secondary Isolation

I have now added an update to the growing DaVinci Resolve series: The XML workflow and round trip from Premiere to Resolve, then back again.

Due to requests, I have update the ongoing video series, looking at Matte Paintings and Set Extensions, to cover the integration of your paintings back into the original video footage.

A video discussion about Substance Painter integration into Blender 3D

My – further – adventures with getting Substance Painter PBR shaders in to the Blender 3D Cycles engine

There are NO undos; NO saves; and, most importantly, NO real predictability to its brushes. And, this is why I love it!

The Hard Surface Sci Fi Modelling and Texturing video guide series has been released today

‘The WASP’. New texture concept to support the upcoming texture painting series

Here is ‘Bumble Bee’, the next iteration of the Sci Fi Drone concept, who’s creation will be covered in a video guide series soon.

Sci Fi concept model running in a PBR-based, realtime game engine via Sketchfab