Hand Painted Textures... Time to Develop that skill

I was working on a prop today for a Freelance project and I suddenly realized how clueless I was when it comes to hand painted textures....  Well that needs to change.

I've decided to embark on a texturing foray using simple objects and geometry to better hone my abilities and get a better sense for communicating materials with details, gradients, etc.

The first and foremost, the quintessential barrel!

Updates to the grenade

I'm Diffusing a Grenade...hehe

Title says it all...quick update on the Grenade's Diffuse Texture

Some new props... freshly baked!

Just two props...an American hand grenade and a UMP 45.

A new blog...yah why not?

Since its a nice and handy way to start demonstrating anything that I'm working on, I figured its about time I throw up a blog for any 3D, 2D, or related work that I'm currently laboring over.