Art of Interpretation - Digital Art by Robert J. Tiess

3D Works, Visual Experiments, & Tests



Relatively recent projects, including tests, and other visual experiments and explorations of ideas in 3D are listed here. A number of projects listed below are "Weekend Challenge" works, scenes created over a weekend for 3D contests at Blender Artists. Some projects without scenes are "speed models" (rapidly created). A growing number of projects are part of different ongoing thematic series of mine, such as Reflections (studies of various aspects of human nature), Algorithmic (computational/logical/computer-oriented works), Biblical/spiritual themes, literary and mythical themes, nature studies, abstract conceptualizations, sci-fi/biomechanical works, and more. Older projects yet and some of my earliest works can also be browsed.


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From All You Thought You Knew to What You Never Dreamt

Blender, Steampunk Edition (weekend challenge; "steampunk" theme)

Hyperdimensional Transfer (technical note: Blender internal render network; no external post-processing)

Dramatis Personae ("the masks of the drama"; from my "Theatrical" series)

Those in the Very Bright Room Tend to Scorn or Mock Any Notion of a Lamp

Coltrane Study (continuing my "Music" series)

In the Comfort of Your Little World

Nature or Nurture

Seasonall

Way of the Chicken Fists (weekend challenge; "Kung Fu Chicken" theme)

Workability

Liquidities

Hurricane Season

Thoughts of the Futures

O-C-R (part of my "Algorithmic" series)

Like GHz for Overclockers (weekend challenge; "live for speed" theme)

Prodigal Mind

When an Uninitiated First Hears a Stravinsky or a Schoenberg or Anything New and Different (from my "Music" series)

Curiosities (weekend challenge; "Martian Zoo" theme)

"I wish I, too, was beautiful," thought the flower foolishly. (weekend challenge; "crazy flowers" theme)

Last of the Memory Shepherds (see larger version here or alternate render here)

Primal Phobias

If Everyone Did Everything They Wanted at Once

Spilled Soft Drink

The Rush to Build a Planet Everything

Life in the Hive

Senescence (part of my "Reflections" series)

Randomly Accessed Memories (part of my "Algorithmic" series)

Worlds Within Worlds Without (technical note: all 3D/done in Blender)

Sorting Algorithm (part of my "Algorithmic" series)

Self-Actualization

Etude of Progressions (a finalized scene that began as one of my "10 Cube Challenge" entries)

Urban Superstrata

Your Slightest Gesture Felt throughout the Universe

Swan Not Swanlike

The Wind Chimes

Climate Change of Heart Failure (weekend challenge entry; "climate change" theme)

The Tempest (weekend challenge entry; "tornado" theme)

Ecclesiastes3 (weekend challenge entry; "just like clockwork" theme)

Lights, Riff, Audience, Solo (weekend challenge entry; "anticipation" theme)

Cubiformative (created in jest as a response to a humorous comment in this thread at Blender Artists; relates to a joke in the Blender community concerning the infamous "yellow cube with interesting lighting" posted by another user long ago)

Obfuscatour (part of the "Reflections" series)

The Midas-Touched (exploring the myth of King Midas and the golden touch; part of the "Reflections" series)

From What into What? (A Question Change Asks)

Making a Splash

"Ten Cubes Challenge": My Entries - A collection of 50 images I submitted for an interesting and informal challenge at Blender Artists.

Chess Computer: Check (part of my "Algorithmic" series)

Trying to Make the Connections (weekend challenge, "perseverance" theme; 2008; internal render, no render nodes)

F1 2008: "Visualizing the Win" (2008; entry for yearly Blender F1 challenge; nontraditional/NPR stylistic 3D render created entirely in Blender, no external post-processing)

Euclid's Elements and Noneuclideans (2008; experimental wireframe art inspired by Euclidean Geometry)

CONSTRUCT-1111 (2008; experimental space-station inspired structure)

The Repercussionist (2008) (in continuation of my "Reflections" series; image revised/finalized 5/1/08)

Clay, Wheel, Thought, Hands: Vase (2008)

Impressionistic Brush in a Cubist Universe (2008) (project continued/finalized after weekend challenge, "imagination" theme)

"That's not your ball!" (2008) (weekend challenge; "mission to deep space" theme)

Every Precious Drop (2008) (weekend challenge; "milk and honey" theme)

Woodworks (2008) (weekend challenge; "woodwork" theme)

Vitreous (2008) (weekend challenge; "glassworks" theme)

A Time to Dance (2008)

The Eternity Option (2008) (weekend challenge entry; "eternity" theme)

Shine! (2008) (weekend challenge entry; "light" theme)

Merlin Speaks of Destiny (2008) (weekend challenge entry; "legendary" theme)

Cuddly (2008) (my second project using Blender's new hair particles system)

Tiger (2007) (my first project using Blender's new hair system; Blender internal render)

Sandcastle (2008) (weekend challenge; "impressive" theme)

Precipice (2007)

Nativity Figures (2007)

Microcosm (2007)

Ballet of the Overreachers (2007)

And for your final wish? (2007) (stylized and toon shaded; Blender internal render)

The Frantic, Fleeting Life of a Snowflake (2007) (weekend challenge; "icy waste" theme)

Clarity's Season (2007) (from my "Reflections" series)

How Do You Paint Your Canvas? (2007) (from my "Reflections" series)

Pendant (2007)

Absorption (2007)

Unity's Prayer (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Playful (2007)

Whaaaat? (2007) (weekend challenge, "out of order" theme; title is the question asked by the number four to the number three)

Medieval Chalice (2007)

Myth of a Golden Age (2007) (From my "Mythologies" series. Myth, as I use the term, is intended to mean a story.)

Do You See What You See? (2007) (weekend challenge entry, "sight" theme)

Winterwonderfully (2007) (another image from my "Winter" series)

Winter's Givings (2007)

Bargain Hunter and Hunted (2007) (weekend challenge entry, "the hunted" theme)

Cosmic Questions (2007)

Stargrangers (2007) (weekend challenge entry, "activation" theme)

Sprig Leaves to Find His Family Tree (2007) (weekend challenge entry, "ancestry" theme)

Jazz, Man (2007) (expressionistic jazz trumpeter in 3D; from my "Music" series)

Emboldened (2007) (weekend challenge entry, "scarecrow" theme)

How About a Nice Big Bowl of You Soup? (2007) (part of the "Hunger" series)

What's in Your Stomach (2007) (part of the "Hunger" series)

Lost Found in You'd (2007) (weekend challenge, "sweet dreams" theme)

Doubtspore (2007)

October's Offerings (2007)

Still Standing (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Taking a Leap of Faith (2007)

A Couple of Codependencies (2007)

Do Office Chairs Dream of Open Spaces? (2007)

Fireflower (2007)

Autumn's Bane (2007) (weekend challenge, "autumn comes" theme; character's story is related to Blossom)

More Than Pixels (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Search for Answers (2007) (weekend challenge, "when things go bad" theme)

Coda (2007) (part of my "Music" series)

Rebirthrite (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Discovering Earth (2007) (weekend challenge, "alien life" theme)

Cute Creatures (2007)

Day Core (2007) (weekend challenge, "out of the box" theme)

The Enigmatist (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Wallowers (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Golgotha Probe: Confirmation (2007) (Blender World Cup 2007 entry; "distant future + nature + discovery + religion" theme)

The Giant Who Longed to Be Small Again (2007) (weekend challenge entry; "out of reach" theme)

Delilah, Decieved (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Steadfastener (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Partial Eclipse (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Laurel's Wraith (The Praise-Seeker Will Not Have Silence) (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Lamentatio (Outcry for Generations) (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Sycophantium (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Francesca Faced Her Fractals (2007) (pure Blender NPR [non-photorealistic] render style project)

Unlearning to Learn (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Dyscontent (When All You Want Is More and Less) (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Philosophia and Her Problems (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Renaissance Raytracer (2007) (simulating completely in 3D, with no post-processing, the 2D illustrative style of Da Vinci's notebooks/reverse handwriting; weekend challenge entry - "prototype" theme)

Overzealot (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Psychomachian (of the battle for the soul) (2007) (weekend challenge entry; "battle" theme)

Indoctrination (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Indoctrination (alternate monochromatic rendition) (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Pandora (2007) (weekend challenge; "Out of Control" theme)

The Atlas Assumption (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

Impressionist Brushwater (2007)

Enrico's Paradox (2007)

Dao De Dawn (2007) (weekend challenge, "Yin Yang" theme) (see also this alternate pose created after the weekend challenge (2007))

Mantra (2007) (part of my "Reflections" series)

F1.07 (2007) (2007 Blender F1 Challenge entry)

Ray Rendered (2007) (a web comic series about a character learning 3D graphics and discovering Blender)

Earth 3007 (2007) (weekend challenge, "nightmares" theme)

World Hungers (2007) (part of the "Hunger" series)

Iceberg of Understanding (2007)

Barrier Language (2007)

Outside the Cave of Unknowing (2007) (inspired by the allegory of Plato's cave)

Is your imagination broken too? (2007)

Bottom's Dream (2007) (Inspired by "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare)

Picture Frame (2007)

Mount Reckon (2007)

Haiku (2007)

Like a Fish Out of Water Out of a Fish (2007)

Future's Lookin' Mighty Fine (2007) (weekend challenge entry, "out of place" theme)

Branching Out (2007) (robotic bird; combination of organic-technical elements with sculpted details on tree)

Mechamends: Skyrevival Unit (2007) (part of an environmentally-minded mecha series I'm developing)

Eternal Peace (2007) (displacement of volumetric lighting test)

Horde (2007) (weekend challenge entry)

Drivenfutures (2007) (speed model with experimental render effects)

Chameleon (2007)

Eyes to the Skies (2007) (Easter Island head sculpture)

Occam's Razzle (2007) (a playful twist on the concept of "Occam's Razor"; also a weekend challenge entry)

Andromedan Ambassador (2007) (sculpted alien character; featured in the Blender 2.43 release notes)

Portrait of a Young Lady (2007) (a 3D rendition inspired by the painting "A Young Lady" by Petrus Christus)

The Pessimist and the Optimist (2007)

Rock Garden (2007) (displacement modifier test)

The Wave-Particle Duality of Light (2007) (weekend challenge entry)

The Thirteen Tenors (2007) (weekend challenge entry)

You Are Was and Will Be (2007) (surrealism)

Mythical Protector (2007) (3d sculpture of a "Foo dog" or a "Chinese lion")

Mythical Protector (2007) (alternate view)

Bella Donna (2007) (3d sculpture)

Gold Rush (2007) (abstract)

Owl (2007) (in the style of a garden ornament; final 3d sculpture + workflow stages)

Horses (2007) (3d sculpture)

Philosopher in Stone: Perpetually Mulling the Eternal (2007) (3d sculpture)

The Entrance or the Exit (2006)

Old Man Winter Statue (2006) (3D sculpture using new Blender sculpt mode)

Going Digital Because It's Just So Fashionable (2006)

Gather Ye Roses (2006) (inspired by Robert Herrick's famous poem)

Gossamer Days (2006)

Danse Macabre (2006)

A Dream of Love's Awakening (2006)

Viewers Are the Exhibition (2006)

Inseparable 2 (2006)

Why Penguins Don't Play Poker (2006) (a weekend challenge entry; strange contest theme: "Penguins Don't Poker" [sic])

Autoannihilatamaton (2006) (a weekend challenge entry)

Guitar Solo (2006)

Welder (2006)

The Emperor's New Vision (2006)

Venus di niente (2006)

Nuts without Bolts (2006) (a weekend challenge entry)

Autumnullified (2006)

Winterized (2006) - A variation on the "Autumnullified" image above

Prayer for the Prayerless (2006) - Partly inspired by a recent 2D sketch I did for a CGTalk Daily Sketch Group session

30 Models in 30 Days (2006) - A collection of images on one page of speed models/scenes I created for a CGTalk modeling challenge. You can follow this link to see the full image submission thread (2006) at that forum.

Sir John Falstaff (2006) (post-challenge processed version)

Sir John Falstaff (miles gloriosus) (2006) - A 3D Weekend Challenge entry

Wooden Puppet (2006) - One of a series of models and renders for the CGTalk Modeling Challenge: 30 Models in 30 Days

Descent of Pottery (2006)

Tantallust (2006) - Inspired partly by the myth of Tantalus

The Takers (2006), inspired by a poem I had written under the same title (2006)

Faustian (2006) - A cautionary visual allusion to the legend of Doctor Faustus and the quest for worldly knowledge and power. See also the alternate angle render (2006).

Rethinker (2006) (Blender 2.42 + Blender Sculpt Beta)

Starfisher King (2006)

To Hear the Universe (2006) (New rendition of "Harken the Cosmic")

Harken the Cosmic (2006) (Blender 2.42 + Blender Sculpt Beta + UV map; background + color correction in Photoshop)

DvG (2006)

Enchanted Youth in the Garden of Infinite Possibilities (2006) (daytime version)

Enchanted Youth in the Garden of Infinite Possibilities (2006) (Blender + post-processing in Photoshop + Corel Painter)

Characters for BEAUTIFUL MUSIC (2006) (early character work for an animated 3D short I am currently creating)

Victory at Felistopia (2006) (Blender Artists Super Challenge 200, "look what the cat dragged in" theme)

Sumo: Keiko (2006)

Shell Dweller (2006)

The Burning of the Golden Calf by Moses (2006) (weekend challenge, "pagan gods" theme)

Self Made Man (2006)

Self Made Man (2006) (close-up/wallpaper version)

The Tempting of Eve (2006)

Murkopolis (2006) (weekend challenge, "polluted future" theme)

F1 2006 Challenge Entry: The Great Sea Race Begins (2006)

Moving the Shaker (2006) (my first creation in DTP Blender (2006))

Dust to Dust (2006)

Heavy Metal Alien (2006) (weekend challenge, "heavy metal" theme)

Perspectives (2006)

Prometheus (2006)

Old Becomes New Again (2006) (weekend challenge, "old" theme)

Mechanicalion (2006) (Version 3)

Mechanicalion (2006) (Version 2)

Mechanicalion (2006) (weekend challenge, "mechanimal" theme)

Time-space (2006) (post-challenge revisions)

Time-space (2006) (weekend challenge, "fourth dimension" theme)

Ammonitic (2006) (inspired by spiral ammonite fossil pattern)

Giraffes (2006) (weekend challenge, "at the zoo" theme)

Concept Race Car (2006) (Blender + GIMP)

Flamingo (2006) (a virtual "paper sculpture" made in Blender)

Venus Sets Her Trap (2006) (weekend challenge: "trap" theme)

Jimmy and the Cave (2006) (2D vector toon work done in Blender 3D, no post-processing; for a weekend challenge: "into the unknown" theme)

Grace's Dream (2006)

Search Party (2006) (sci-fi/game art scene)

The Bard (2006) (REVISED)

The Bard (2006)

This they begin to do (2006) (Blender, post-processing in Photoshop)

eVe (2006) (Blender + Photoshop)




Older projects yet and some of my earliest works can be browsed.



More images yet (including wireframes and other details) are often posted at BlenderArtists.org (formerly Elysiun.com) and CGtalk.com under the username of RobertT.

Thank you for your interest in my work,
Robert
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