Author Archives: Tom

Pine Tree

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Tom

Just to test how fast I can build a low poly model I made a Pine Tree today. Textures used are my own custom leaf/branch  and the trunk texture came from the wonderful deviantART (http://ftourini.deviantart.com/art/tileable-tree-bark-texture-216962711) by Irene Zeleskou. Here is the texture that I … Continue reading →

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Centre Pivot Tool.

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Tom

Hi Guys, In Maya I was wanting to centre a pivot point to an object. Then move the object to the centre of the world.  Unfortunately Maya does not have a one click button for this. Fortunately for all of … Continue reading →

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Testing in UDK.

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Tom

Hi Guys. Over this week I have been experimenting with UDK so I thought I would make a blog post about it and show you my results. I have been learning about the Emissive lights, SplineLoftActors and the material editor. Below … Continue reading →

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Demonstrating Digital Pipelines using GIT – Video Bog

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Tom

In this video I demonstrate how a git pipeline for Maya can help with collaborative work. This is my first video blog for tomrevill.com. Video Notes. Software used: SourceTree: sourcetreeapp.com Bitbucket: bitbucket.org OpenSSH for Windows: sshwindows.sourceforge.net Installing git on a … Continue reading →

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Swiss inspired wallpaper

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Tom

I got bored of my current wallpaper so I decided to make a new wallpaper. The wallpaper was inspired by Swiss magazine design cover. So below is what I came up with I have uploaded both the high resolution version and the low resolution.

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Absent with out leave.

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Tom

At the moment I have been busy work on a few contracts at the moment. But rest assured that I have not forgot this blog. I will be blogging up my next post soon. I also have got a new … Continue reading →

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Python Rewrite.

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Tom

Hi All, As an exercise I thought I would see if I could rewrite the code below from this tutorial http://www.sthurlow.com/python/lesson11/. def menu(list, question): for entry in list: print 1 + list.index(entry), print “) ” + entry return input(question) – 1 # running … Continue reading →

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Modules in python.

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Tom

Hi All, I have just made a neat little Module in Python and I thought I would share this too. This Module tests a number to see if it is an odd number or a even number. Importing  the Odd Even Module code below. … Continue reading →

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Python Check Boxes

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Tom

Hi All, I am still brushing up on Python and thought I would share another example of some code I have created. This code creates a cube but only if you check the check box in the User Interface. Hope this … Continue reading →

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Python and Mel

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Tom

Hi All, I have been busy re learning Python and Mel in Maya. Below, is a script which makes a material in Maya that has a texture applied to it. import maya.cmds as cmds #create a counter and set it to zero i = 0 … Continue reading →

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