A shower

Several years ago, I had the idea for a whole series based on a catfight organization that staged battles in an old warehouse.

I knew I would want consistency in the backgrounds, so I set about to build a 3D model of the entire warehouse: the ring, the lighting, the dressing rooms, everything.

Knowing my propensity for beginning large projects and never finishing them, I decided I would not plunk down $6K for a copy of Maya. Instead, I bought a copy of Shade, a relatively low-cost 3D product from Japan. I am led to understand that in Japan, this is the most popular professional 3D app.

You've already seen some art using that 3D model, although it was not in its final form when I did the renders.

And I never did get a mix of my hand-drawn art and the CG background that satisfied me.

The art in this post is a shower I built as part of that project.

I learned a lot about 3D design during this process, all through trial and error. Although I never got the project done, it was a great learning experience.