top of page


Shady spot
I didn't get nearly as much done this week as I was hoping to. I'm not sure if it's the result of whatever automated process that the...
seanmcgarry65
Feb 23, 20241 min read
1 view
0 comments

Redo
I didn't get a whole lot done this week. Mostly I redid a couple of parts of the model I've been working on that were really bugging me....
seanmcgarry65
Feb 16, 20241 min read
1 view
0 comments

Outfitting
This week, with the main model completed, I focused on adding extra details to it. It went mostly smoothly but there's still some things...
seanmcgarry65
Feb 9, 20241 min read
2 views
0 comments

Black and White
I didn't manage to get a whole lot done this week, but I did color the completed parts of the model that I've been working on. Or,...
seanmcgarry65
Feb 2, 20241 min read
1 view
0 comments

Back
Sorry that it's been a while. A lot has happened since I last posted. But I think I'm ready to get back to work. I've started on a new...
seanmcgarry65
Jan 26, 20241 min read
1 view
0 comments

Rigging
This week, I was finally able to get to a point where I could rig the model I've been working on. Before I rigged it, I added a few...
seanmcgarry65
Nov 3, 20231 min read
2 views
0 comments

Progress
This week, I was nearly able to get back to my previous rate of progress. The model that I'm working on is nearly finished. In these...
seanmcgarry65
Oct 27, 20231 min read
1 view
0 comments

Continuing Model Work
Another slow week of not much progress I'm afraid. The practice model is just about nearing completion however, despite how slowly things...
seanmcgarry65
Oct 20, 20231 min read
1 view
0 comments

Hands On
Another slow week, but I managed to add hands to the model I'm currently working on. The hands were a little trickier than most of the...
seanmcgarry65
Oct 13, 20231 min read
0 views
0 comments

Slow Progress
Due to events beyond my control, I haven't been able to make much progress for the last two weeks. However, I did manage to get at least...
seanmcgarry65
Oct 6, 20231 min read
0 views
0 comments

3D Character design
This week, I got a start on going from the character turnaround I made, to making a full 3D version of the character, while also...
seanmcgarry65
Sep 22, 20231 min read
1 view
0 comments

Turnaround
This week I finished a turnaround for a rubberhose cartoon character. Here is the sketch layer. This is probably the part that took the...
seanmcgarry65
Sep 15, 20231 min read
2 views
0 comments

Slow Week
Due to the three day weekend and my personally not feeling very well, I didn't manage to accomplish much this week. I did learn a bit...
seanmcgarry65
Sep 8, 20231 min read
2 views
0 comments

Painting the Roses Red
This week, I learned how to use brushes to place foliage in Unreal Engine, as well as how decals and vertex painting works. In loads of...
seanmcgarry65
Sep 1, 20232 min read
1 view
0 comments

Digging in
This week, I learned more about how Unreal Engine works. Models in Unreal Engine can be divided into two basic categories; static meshes,...
seanmcgarry65
Aug 25, 20232 min read
1 view
0 comments

Finally Starting Unreal Engine
This week, I mostly learned more of the controls for Unreal Engine. How to make models snap to a grid, how to rotate them, etc. However,...
seanmcgarry65
Aug 18, 20231 min read
2 views
0 comments
Slow Week
This week I didn't get much done that would make sense to take screenshots of. I installed the Epic Games launcher (despite having tried...
seanmcgarry65
Aug 11, 20231 min read
0 views
0 comments

More Practice With Light and Shadow
This week I continued practicing with how light interacts with drawn objects. The drawing on the left illustrates how shadows for 3D...
seanmcgarry65
Aug 4, 20232 min read
3 views
0 comments

Casting a Shadow
This week, I continued working on studies regarding how light interacts with shapes in drawings. First, these images show how light...
seanmcgarry65
Jul 28, 20232 min read
0 views
0 comments

Light and Dark
Over the weekend I incorporated improvements to the digital drawing that I'd been working on last week. The most obvious difference is...
seanmcgarry65
Jul 21, 20233 min read
1 view
0 comments
bottom of page