Eric Keller's Portfolio: Mecxican Honey Wasp (Brachygastra mellifica) model rendered in Octane for Maya.

Me: Eric Keller

Hi and welcome to my Blog. This is a hastily compiled record of my digital art and computer graphics experiments. I am a freelance CG artist living and working in Hollywood CA. I have written several books on Maya and ZBrush. Below my blog you'll find links to the books and tutorials I have authored and co-authored. I also occasionally teach at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood.I named my blog "Bloopatone" in honor of my first dog "Blue". She passed away a few years ago and I still miss her even though she was very grouchy and liked to bite me!

I'm proud to be an instructor at The Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood. Take a look at the work of our students and instructors on the Gnomon School Blog and the Gnomon Workshop Blog

Here is a link to my Artstation Page

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Mecxican Honey Wasp (Brachygastra mellifica) model rendered in Octane for Maya.

Some renders of a ZBrush model I created. This was done for a tutorial in Issue 88 of 3D Artist magazine. This is a model of the Mexican honey wasp - yes a wasp that makes honey!! - many thanks to Alex Wild who sent me a couple specimens. I was able to examine the model closely using my microscope, tried to make it as accurate as possible. Check out Alex's article on his twitter feed : https://twitter.com/myrmecos/status/559414277753163777

Here are a few screen grabs from Nuke and Maya: