Good post on Jacob Cass’s blog about the difference between possessing artistic and technical skills and just owning the software tools. I know for myself that the abilities I have to use Adobe CS3, for instance, are limited and I’m proud of the things I can do. Recently I downloaded Blender 3D which is open source software for creating 3D worlds and I played around with it long enough to realize that it would take a while for me to create a nice 3D scene, say nothing of a movie. So … respect the tools, but even more, respect the skills!

Here are a couple really cool interiors rendered by various artists. First, a super-detailed interior of a living area, in two different shots …

Yes, it’s really just 3D!!

Here are some more stylized images:

A church interior. See the floating particles?

This interior was for a movie.

This is for a game. See the icicles hanging?

One more, this is another amazing interior:

3d is sometimes the most amazing kind of creative expression. Especially when it comes so close to realistic you actually doubt it’s possible it’s really not real!

Look at this coffee cup, spoon and shot glass on a marble tabletop:

Or how about this grouping of objects on a table …

Or this chess set, also sitting on a table:

Amazing 3d work!