Okay, so I've been cranking out a ton of new stuff but haven't updated my folio in like 4 months! So I'm composing a presentation shot of the foliage assets I created for my previous freelance project. I plan on replacing the skydome with a gray gradient material for presentation purposes, and I want to tweak the materials a bit. But here's how everything is arranged for the shot!

So I get 8 glorious days off work for the holidays (two 4-day weekends in a row essentially) and I want to challenge myself to make a current gen asset for my portfolio. I figured a single prop would be a realistic goal, and I've been itching to do something sci-fi related for a while to practice hard surface modeling and texturing. I found this awesome futuristic gun concept by Jim Svanberg that I want to tackle. I'd like to tweak the design a bit (thicker glowing hose, simplifying some forms, bolder colors). Oh, and I want to do it in 3ds Max to continue familiarizing myself with a second modeling package!

Fun with Alchemy!