To Cleveland Once More

Once again I will be traveling to Cleveland, this time for my good friends’, Charles Morey and Sharon Lee’s after-wedding celebration! I will be traveling with some family and friends, and hope to stay at the Brother’s House once more. It’s a great place!

(Above) Winter Scene wireframe/solid composite

As of late, I’ve had a cold and have been watching a lot of movies/shows. Besides that, life moves slowly in one moment, then faster than a speeding bullet in the next. I have two Blender projects to complete very soon:

A “Winter scene” art entry and making-of article for the BlenderArt Magazine, which is a huge privilege!
And an interview for the .Blend Magz, the Blender Indonesia Army magazine, another online e-magazine dedicated to Blender.

(Above) The finished curve design for the spruce trees in my Winter Scene project.

Screenshot of the Winter Scene for BlenderArt Magazine

(Note: these images are only WIPs (work-in-progress’s.)

It is an honor to have these opportunities, and I pray that I do not squander the gifts I have been given.

May you all be blessed in this festive season, but most of all, find the love of God enduring.

Peace unto all,

-Benjamin Bailey

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#1 written by Dread Knight
December 4, 2009 - 10:06 am

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Woot, didn’t knew you had a blog, lol

Looking forward to see the BlenderArt magazine article, the wip looks good so far.

Cheers~
#2 written by benjamin
December 4, 2009 - 12:46 pm

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Thanks, Dread! I’ve gone through about three blogs now. Hopefully this one will last.

Thanks, man. I hope it turns out. I’ve only got a little bit of time before it’s due, and a lot to do! lol.

Cheers, man, and sorry about your crit1 creature – I will try to finish sculpting him sometime and get the low-poly w/normal mapping done as well.
#3 written by Brian Hanson
January 13, 2010 - 4:37 pm

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Hey. I just read your article in the Blenderart Magazine, nice going, upon reading how you said God Bless at the end and reading that you were home-schooled I decided i needed to visit your site. I also am a Christian and love blender, I am working on a website and do animation, my current project is Creation with Computer animation, my other project, which i have finished, is a Christmas video. I am very happy to see that there are Christians amongst the blender users, and they are making a difference.
#4 written by benjamin
January 15, 2010 - 1:30 am

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Hey man, thanks for visiting my site! Wow, the entire creation? Good going, that must be immense. A Christmas video? Excellent, I’d like to see it! Thank you, sir, I very much appreciate your comment! I’m currently working on a cute little demon/gremlin timelapse, which I hope to start posting soon.

God bless, man!
#5 written by Brian Hanson
January 19, 2010 - 1:06 pm

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The video is on my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBibleAnimated
I have several sample videos there, and also the Christmas video.
Also on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bible-Animated/125261714859
#6 written by benjamin
January 22, 2010 - 1:24 am

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Thanks, Brain. Good to see that you are using Blender for God Yep, OK. Became a fan of your fanpage. Best of luck!

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