View from the Bruntwood Building in Liverpool

Here is a photo-merge of images taken from the 12th floor of the Bruntwood Building in Liverpool, looking out over the city and down to the forecourt.

Maersk Squid

Here is a b-move / watercolour inspired wallpaper that I designed for Maerk Line, Liverpool. The image (incase your eyes aren’t working properly today) sees the Maersk Emma being attacked at sea by a giant squid. Nice.

ZBrush Blog launched!

Pixologic have just launched a blog at: “http://www.pixologic.com/blog” As i’m sure you’re aware, i’m a bit of  a fan of their work (for many reasons) and think their tools are completely revolutionary from a capabilities and UI perspective.

Check it out for some great articles:

Fox Crime Titles

Really nice titles for Fox Crime here

Mr Scruff’s Recession Advice

Cartoon goodness from the Scruffster himself, oh and if you Ninja Tunas are reading my blog i’m thinking of painting the nursery with a Mr Scruff mural for our soon to be born child – would you exchange a Child Trust Fund Cheque for a few scribbles? I’ll throw photos your way if you do. What a deal! (Only joking, i’m spending the cheque on biros!)

Keep the apple sauce away!

I am now the worlds biggest fan of Apple Sauce!

LINK HERE

Great Sculpting and Facial Expressions

If i’m ever in the need for inspiration the ZBrush Central forums are always a great place to start. Here are a couple of pics of a character built in Maya and sculpted to a finish in ZBrush, the expressions are (mostly) spot on and if you have the time i’d head on over there to take a look. Here is a link to the thread.

Giant Likfesize Gundam in Japan

More here!

iPhone 3Gs + Firmware 3.0

Firmware 3.0 released on 17th June and iPhone 3Gs released on June 19th 2009. Not long to wait!

Features include:
Better battery
Voice actions for calls and iPod
Environmentally friendly build
Upto 32gb hard drive
Landscape keyboard
MMS
Video Camera
3MP camera with autofocus, auto contrast, auto white-balance, macro mode and manual touch focus
Digital magnetic compass
Upload and edit video
Faster processor
iPhone remote locator and remote wiping via mobile me
Multiplayer gaming via Bluetooth
Turn by turn navigation
Double tap rotating maps
Copy/Cut/Paste
Tomtom software
Download and buy movies on iTunes

and more…

check out full WWDC info at MacRumors

I’m going to be a dad!

Great news, we had our 12 weeks scan on Thursday and everything was looking great. The baby was pretty active on the scan, moving and dancing around like a pro. Our due date is the 17th December which seems a long way away at the moment but i’m sure will get here soon enough.

Preparations are underway too as i’m finishing off the bedroom walls with polyfilla before getting them painted and ready for December. I am planning on some type of mural for the walls which I will of course be photographing and posting on the blog as and when it happens. We are both extremely happy and very excited about the new addition to the family!