Graphics
In Spring of 2009, I had my first taste of Maya with a "Technical Concepts of Visual Effects" class. These are most of my beginner works. Emphasis on beginner!
n.b.: firefox does not support tif, so I converted to jpg, but have original tif if preferred. Click pics for full view.
Modeling with Glass and Liquid Shaders
![](images/wineBottleAndGlasses-small.jpg)
Magically inserted reflective ball!
![](images/reflectiveBall1-small.jpg)
Glass shaders were soo cool!
![](images/pinkFluidToy-small.jpg)
Using functions to have planets orbit, learning how awful it is to render on a single computer, and of course, really wishing I'd rotated the ball better.
![](images/katamari-small.jpg)
Playing with water and reflected moving clouds
![](images/ftn-small.jpg)
Rendering of the nuclear physics lab in a starry environment [For a presentation on the link between astrophysics and nuclear physics]
![](images/nieuwland.jpg)