Some might ask, too soon? Perhaps, as my own thesis was only completed last April, but I found I just couldn't help myself. Jordan Su approached me with a modeling challenge. He asked me to model the Watts Towers in Rhino for his thesis project. After I finished working on that, he asked if I could render some "naked" images from the model just to see it with some sunlight and shadows. The idea was that after rendering, these images could be used as a canvas on top of which a series of other images could be collaged into an artistic compilation.

This was a pretty fun challenge and a great idea for representation. It reminds me that sometimes it is good to work in layers. Rendering a scene before the project is actually completed allows someone else to work from the image as a background that can later be substituted or spliced. The actual techniques and color schemes can be worked out in advance without having to have the final rendering in place.