Creating tileable patterns can involve a lot of tedious tracing and tweaking to get them to tile seamlessly. This tutorial describes a method of automating the process of creating flawlessly tiling, patterns using GIMP, Inkscape and Blender to render seamless tiles.

Here’s a modeling timelapse video (and some accompanying images and text) of my new project to create a steampunk style female android. The timelapse shows the creation of the face and shoulders, and some of the clockwork elements inside the body and head. This is only part one, part two coming soon!

A tutorial focussing on producing a large, detailed reconstruction of the ship HMS Victory. Covers modelling the hull, rigging and other parts, texturing, and compositing the final images.