LeemDixon

Category: Creative

All things I try to do that is creative. Digital or other will appear here..

  • Exploding Rose

    Exploding Rose

    This was just a quick test image I was asked if possible. A client had asked us if we could create a flower being shattered or explode either in photoshop or really in video. I did a quick less than an hour mockup. I think it turned out ok…

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  • One Pixel At A Time

    One Pixel At A Time

    Thought I would have a go at some pixel art. I’ve always liked the art style as it reminds me of my old gaming days, and it’s really starting to get back into the mainstream again and ever games are being made to look like old 8bit and 16bit.

    Using just my phone and an app called PixelArt I’ve had a go at making a few small images.

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  • Kylo And Eddie, The Adventures 2017

    Kylo And Eddie, The Adventures 2017

    These are some of the photographs I made in 2017 for the boys to see all the things Eddie The Elf and our dog Kylo got up to when they were asleep 🙂

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  • I’ve been creative for Christmas this weekend…

    I’ve been creative for Christmas this weekend…

    Getting closer and closer to Christmas, so this weekend, it was time time to be creative.

    We had a stone painting kit and a gingerbread village kit, and guess who’s job it was to put them all together, yes, your’s truly….

    Though I do think I did a reasonably job 🙂

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  • LEARNING BLENDER WEEK 004

    LEARNING BLENDER WEEK 004

    BLENDER WEEK 004 WOODEN BOX

    Already into week 4, thought I would try a couple of different simple builds this time around. Wooden Plant Box and a Glass Bottle of sorts…..
    Starting with the box, my strategy was to make it the way I would if I was making it out of wood, so a bottom, four sides and blocks to hold it all together.

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  • LEARNING BLENDER WEEK 003

    LEARNING BLENDER WEEK 003

    BLENDER WEEK 003

    Continuing on from last week’s wooden table, I thought I would pull back a bit from using too many elements like the modifiers, I need to walk or even crawl before I can run.. So a table is still a good start and wood yes, going for just a simple slab of wood, and splitting it in the middle to make it look interesting in some way. Next I added four very simple cylinders for the legs. Again I added my studio sweep (getting good at making these), and then a few lamp light sources around my table.

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  • LEARNING BLENDER WEEK 002

    LEARNING BLENDER WEEK 002

    Blender Week 002

    A little reading, a little watching of video tutorials and a little playing around with Blender, so let’s get building…..

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  • LEARNING BLENDER WEEK 001

    LEARNING BLENDER WEEK 001

    BLENDER WEEK 001
    My first week with Blender has been kinda slow, I have been gathering as much information/websites/books/videos as I can and trying to absorb them.

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  • NEW PROJECT, LEARN TO USE BLENDER

    NEW PROJECT, LEARN TO USE BLENDER

    New project, learn to use the 3D software Blender.
    I have been playing with the idea for sometime now, but have really not put the effort into having a good go at it, and something like this needs just that, effort and time. Now I thought if I start doing maybe a weekly blog post about my progress, it might make me push myself more.
    I am aware that I blog for myself more than anyone else, and that maybe no one will even read this, it’s still my way mentally to get my arse in gear…. As some of you may know my line of work is Photoshop. I had been a photographer for around 16yrs, then digital really took hold of the industry and I realized that the craft that I had learnt had gone, as it was no longer needed to get the right shot in one or two goes, you could shoot 100+ shots and pick one. So I looked towards the digital editing side of the business and trained myself until there was a position for me.

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