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A pretty great pizza hack

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If the place you order from has the option, ask for olive tapenade instead of passata sauce.
Feb 9, 2026

I had fun creating this one! 👻😆

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#AI #Midjourney

Feb 3, 2026

Let’s make 2026 an ⚡energy⚡ filled one!

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#AI #Midjourney

Feb 1, 2026

I think we’re going to see a lot more stories about machines exploring their new found “life” in coming years!

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#AI #Midjourney

Dec 15, 2025

A semi-cartoon style here…

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#AI #Midjourney

Dec 8, 2025

Goblin Circus

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I call this one “Goblin Circus” 🧟🎪

Nov 20, 2025

My experiment tonight with chill transitions

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#AI #Midjourney

Nov 19, 2025

“Lucerna corporis est oculus. Si ergo fuerit oculus tuus simplex, totum corpus tuum lucidum erit;” ~ Matt 6:22

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#AI #Midjourney

Nov 17, 2025

Another attempt at storytelling… 🐿️🎇👨‍🚀

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Nov 16, 2025

The future of apiaries? 🐝

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#AI #Midjourney

Nov 15, 2025

I was hungry when I made this one 😅🍕

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#AI #Midjourney

Nov 14, 2025

I made a fun retro sci-fi thriller tonight 😅

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#AI #Midjourney

Nov 11, 2025

I’m playing with a sci-fi, dystopic, spiritual vibe here

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#AI #Midjourney

Nov 10, 2025

I’m messing around here with the busy 2D silhouettes in a platformer style environment again. This time with a synthwave noir vibe

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#AI #Midjourney #SynthwaveNoir

Nov 10, 2025

Being happy and just strolling through the noise with a good coffee is such a pleasure

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#AI #Midjourney

Nov 3, 2025

The future of Virtual Reality?

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#AI #Midjourney

Nov 3, 2025

Drudging, Hard Work

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I’m making an attempt here at yet another style… Watercolour with a scene to match… Drudging, hard work… Well, basically swampy 👀😅

Oct 31, 2025

I needed to create something with retro 80’s vibes tonight…

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Those old 2D platformers like Mario, Ninja Gaiden, TMNT, Battle Toads and Zelda 2 were my absolute favourites!

Oct 19, 2025

I’m experimenting with a style here where the scenery is very detailed but all the people are silhouettes. 🌑

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#AI #Midjourney

Oct 18, 2025

I’m attempting a 2.5D “side scrolling platformer” style animation (with more modern graphics) with this experiment

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#AI #Midjourney

Oct 11, 2025

In this one I’m trying some things with mixing neon lighting and foggy weather

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#AI #Midjourney

Oct 8, 2025

With this one I’m trying to combine the feel of 8-bit style platformer video games with the neon lighting and mist atmosphere similar to the previous experiment

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#AI #Midjourney

Oct 8, 2025

I’m playing again with the whole anachronism infused sci-fi thing here

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#AI #Midjourney

Oct 4, 2025

Vector style art experiment

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#AI #Midjourney

Sep 29, 2025

Three experiments here on the theme of biology and electricity

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#AI #Midjourney

Sep 25, 2025

I’m playing some more with surrealism with this one

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#AI #Midjourney

Sep 24, 2025

Future city vibes in this experiment

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#AI #Midjourney

Sep 22, 2025

This experiment is an attempt at telling a story with realistic looking animals… 🐌

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#AI #Midjourney #80sVibes

Sep 19, 2025

Playing with the idea of different styles… As soon as I thought of “Me in an 8bit retro game” I just had to do this experiment 😂

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#AI #Midjourney #MarioFanArt #Parody

Sep 18, 2025

With a very 2D style, I’m trying to create a mood using only silhouettes with this one.

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#AI #Midjourney

Sep 17, 2025

Another experiment with mood and drama

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#AI #Midjourney #Omnireference

Sep 16, 2025

I’m exploring the storytelling more in this one

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#AI #Midjourney #Drone #Submersive

Sep 15, 2025

An experiment with speed and timings on this one. 🐙

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#Midjourney #AI

Sep 13, 2025

I’m going for a realistic organic-alien look here 🛸👀🧐

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#Midjourney #AI #AlienArt

Sep 8, 2025

I had a lot of fun creating the previous spooky vid that I decided to do another one 😎👻

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#AI #Midjourney #Ghost

Aug 29, 2025

Going for something spooky 😎👻

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#AI #Midjourney

Aug 27, 2025

L.A

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I created this after seeing that SIGGRAPH 2026 will be back in LA 🎉 I think I might have to make a trip over there next year to join the fun!

Aug 26, 2025

I was aiming for another metamorphosis theme here but playing more with autumn colours. 🍁🍂

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#AI #Midjourney

Aug 23, 2025

Anachronism is always fun. Enjoy!

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#AI #Midjourney

Aug 20, 2025

Regeneration

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I was trying to create a feeling of #regeneration with this one.

Aug 19, 2025

I’m going for a robotic metamorphosis sort of vibe with this one.

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#AI #Midjourney

Aug 18, 2025

Okay, I had a lot of fun creating this one! 😅📺👀

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#Midjourney #AI

Aug 13, 2025

I just love mixing mediaeval themes with modern tech 😎

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#Midjourney #AI

Aug 12, 2025

Whoami?

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Another experiment with AI for 2D. As a side note, this song always made me think of the whoami console command 😅

Aug 4, 2025

An experiment taking it slow in a too-fast world 😅

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#AI #Midjourney

Jul 31, 2025

Become our best selves!

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I absolutely love how this experiment turned out… Chase our dreams and become our best selves! 😎💪

Jul 30, 2025

The fourth wall’s breaking can feed into a scene

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I’m playing a lot with framing here and love the way the fourth wall’s breaking can feed into a scene. I’ll be using this technique more often for sure.

Jul 29, 2025

I tried to make this one with a retro-space sort of feel.

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#AI #Midjourney

Jul 27, 2025

A Tender AI Moment?

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I like how this one turned out 🤖☔

Jul 25, 2025

Brush up Ypur Shakespeare!

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Here’s a fun one I created… I hope it makes you smile! 🦗🎶

Jul 24, 2025

Minotaur’s Labrynth

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I keep attempting these illustration looks with Midjourney… Here’s another one.

Jul 12, 2025

Cities that started off as space stations in the dark between solar systems

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In the distant future, when humankind spans multiple galaxies and we have entire cities that started off as space stations in the dark between solar systems, do you think we’ll be satisfied with our artificial lights? Or, will we always need a sun?

Jul 11, 2025

I like the atmosphere of how this one turned out.

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#AI #Midjourney

Jul 10, 2025

I like how this 2.5D(ish) looking experiment with Midjourney turned out.

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#AI #Midjourney

Jul 9, 2025

Ready? Here we go!

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Jul 8, 2025

Glass Monkeys

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Trying something different with glass…

Jul 7, 2025

Saint Dominic, Animated Oil Painting

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This was a fun experiment! I took an old painting that I had done years ago of Saint Dominic and used it as a first frame to prompt Midjourney with. I’m really impressed with the result!

Jul 6, 2025

Space Bugs

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I’m sure this situation is fine. Right?

Jul 6, 2025

Jet-ski Soup

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Lentil and vegetable soup with greek yoghurt, and, thanks to AI, tiny jet-skis

Jul 5, 2025

Crisp line art in Midjourney

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Here I tried to replicate the style of that crisp line art we can get in SVG, but with Midjourney. I really like the result!

Jul 5, 2025

Synthwavesque Robot Saxophonist

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Hopefully George Michael would have been cool with my doing this 🧐😅

Jul 4, 2025

One of the things that I really appreciate about AI is how much detail can be packed in!

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Jul 3, 2025

Combining DALL E and Midjourney

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A fun experiment tonight… Combining DALL E to get some rough composition and then using those images over in Midjourney to refine, combine with their omni-reference feature, and animate.

Jul 3, 2025

Finally an excuse to add some DeBarge as backing music 🤣🤣🤣

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#AI #Midjourney

Jul 2, 2025

Imaginary Scenes in Impossible Worlds

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Creating visuals of imaginary scenes in impossible worlds is so much fun 😅

Jul 1, 2025

Future Train Stations

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They don’t build train stations like they u̶s̶e̶d̶ t̶o-will do.

Jun 30, 2025

A Waterpark for Sharks

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More fun playing around with Midjourney… A waterpark for sharks 🦈😂😎

Jun 29, 2025

Sacred Heart

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An experiment with AI with different drawing styles for today’s solemnity… The Sacred Heart

Jun 27, 2025

Halloween 2024

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Happy #Halloween 🎃 I hope you enjoy these lollies that #Midjourney helped me prepare! 👻
Oct 29, 2024

Teamwork

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Another experiment I did with AI… Teamwork 😎
Oct 16, 2024

Sitting and reflecting on your own thoughts

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The Camino is a great opportunity for sitting and reflecting on your own thoughts.
Sep 16, 2024

Tokyo Skytree

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I took this photo from the Tokyo Skytree… The tallest tower in Japan, and the third tallest tower in the world! #skytree #japan
Apr 14, 2024

SIGGRAPH Asia 2023

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#siggraphasia2023 has been brilliant! What an incredibly talented group of people!
Dec 15, 2023

An augmented reality experiment

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It’s not perfect, but okay. I’m fairly happy with it.

Sep 27, 2023

Rigging a camera to a character

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Rigging a camera to a character’s body can create a cool hectic/frantic look.

Sep 20, 2023

An experiment with dforce

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#cgi #vfx #cloth #light

Aug 7, 2023

Alien Socials

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I’m pretty certain that if we discovered aliens this decade that within a week of first contact we’d be seeing this 😅👽

Jul 22, 2023

A Close Call

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#VFX #wolf #crow

Jul 19, 2023

Dragonflies

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This video attempts to capture a clear story, marry the soundtrack with the imagery better than earlier videos and create a single camera shot across a large CGI set.

Jul 17, 2023

La Danse Macabre

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#dansemacabre #mementomori #vfx

Mar 9, 2023

Sydney date night ❤️

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Dec 16, 2022

City walk

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#cgi #vfx #visualeffects #computerart #computergraphics

Oct 3, 2022

Electric Angel

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#angel #cgi #vfx #visualeffects #computerart #computergraphics

Oct 1, 2022

Happiness

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#cgi #vfx #visualeffects #computerart #computergraphics

Sep 1, 2022

The Midnight Collection

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#morph #cgi #vfx #visualeffects #computerart #computergraphics

Aug 29, 2022

Momentum

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#cgi #vfx #visualeffects #computerart #computergraphics
Aug 26, 2022

Attitude

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#cgi #vfx #visualeffects #vr #computerart #computergraphics
Aug 24, 2022

Physics & Light

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#cgi #vfx #visualeffects #vr #computerart #computergraphics
Aug 24, 2022

Angel Parkour

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#vfx #parkour #angel
Aug 20, 2022

Beauty is the most tangible of the three transcendentals

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Beauty is the most tangible of the three transcendentals. 🌹 #vfx #transendentals
Aug 18, 2022

Never stop reaching for your goals 😎👊

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Aug 14, 2022

An experiment with volumetric fog

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Mar 2, 2022

An experiment with neon and joy

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Feb 25, 2022

The Light of the World

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When Jesus spoke to the people again, he said: “I am the light of the world; anyone who follows me will not be walking in the dark; he will have the light of life.” ~ John…
Feb 24, 2022

Truth, Beauty & Goodness

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Feb 23, 2022

An attempt to incorporate more traditional art techniques into my CGI.

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Feb 22, 2022

Nature and the divine go hand in hand.

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Feb 10, 2022

St. Teresa of Avila

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Born in Avila in Spain in the year 1515, She joined the Carmelite Order and she made great progress in the way of perfection and enjoyed mystic revelations. She undertook…
Oct 15, 2021

Bl. Raymond of Capua

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Raymond delle Vigne was born at Capua about the year 1303 and entered the Order of Preachers while he was pursuing his legal studies at Bologna. It was while Regent of…
Oct 4, 2021

Enlighten Festival

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Hello from the Enlighten Festival last night 💡
Mar 4, 2021

Oculus Rift S

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Very excited to have this arrive today! Can’t wait to give the SDK a go tonight! #OculusRiftS
Jan 7, 2020

Rendering realism

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It’s sometimes more of a challenge to me to render realism than it is to render sci-fi or fantastical scenarios. I like the challenge though and hope you enjoy my attempts…
Nov 11, 2019

Reds, light and shadow

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An attempt to emphasise the deep reds with light and shadow.
Nov 8, 2019

Classic, classy, simple

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An attempt at something classic/classy/simple.
Nov 6, 2019

So much swag

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Packing up to leave the hotel and wow… SO. MUCH. SWAG. What an amazing week it has been at #SIGGRAPH2019 If we met during the week and didn’t get to exchange details then…
Aug 1, 2019

SIGGRAPH 2019 is so cool

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This video is from one of the art exhibits.

Aug 1, 2019

SIGGRAPH 2019 Chapters Party

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The reception and chapters party tonight at #SIGGRAPH2019 were so much fun!
Jul 30, 2019

SIGGRAPH 2019 reception and chapters party

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It was such an amazing night tonight at the #SIGGRAPH2019 reception and chapters party!
Jul 30, 2019

Humanlike Robots

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I wonder how humanlike the robots of the future will be.

Jun 29, 2019

Playing with Light

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Playing with light v2

Jun 25, 2019

Music is probably as beautiful and out of reach a mystery to animals as the stars are to people.

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Jun 16, 2019

Wow, this Santa Muerte festival was way more intense than I expected! 🙈 #vfx #virtualadventures

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Jun 3, 2019

Of the three transcendentals, beauty is the most immediate.

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May 28, 2019

Playing with light!

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May 25, 2019

A Safer Place to Refuel

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Admittedly, there was probably a safer place to refuel than on this particular space station! 😆😅 #vfx #absolutelyrealnotfakenews
May 13, 2019

Time Machine

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Finding parts to fix my time machine in 66 million BC was tricky! On the upside, I did get to meet these fun characters! 🦖 🦕😳😅 #timetravel #dinosaurs #toootallyreal
May 11, 2019

Narrow Escape

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That time I narrowly escaped capture by aliens! 😲👽 #absolutelyNOTfakenews #totallyserious #maybe
May 5, 2019

Resourcefulness and Fortitude

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With resourcefulness and fortitude, you can accomplish almost anything!
Apr 28, 2019

CG Chillin’ with CG Penguins

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Just CG chillin’ with some CG penguins. 🐧😎
Apr 26, 2019

Sharing our Knowledge

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Sharing our knowledge is one of the most productive, exciting and enjoyable things in the world! (And probably the galaxy! 👽😆😉)
Apr 14, 2019

A rendering experiment with fire

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Mar 29, 2019

Angelic Compline

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Angelic Compline ⭐🎵
Mar 6, 2019

International Women’s Day

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A special render for this coming Friday which is International Women’s Day. Thank you to all the amazing female role-models in our lives!
Mar 4, 2019

Never lose your spirit of adventure!

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Jan 28, 2019

There aren’t many things more real and yet fantastic than romance.

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Jan 25, 2019

Stand up. Front up. Be awesome.

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Jan 25, 2019

Mind

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Girl or guy, rich or poor, your mind is the most important thing you’ll ever have. Protect and nourish it!
Jan 24, 2019

Build something amazing

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Jan 15, 2019

Anguish is relative

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Jan 15, 2019

Beauty is truly universal

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Dec 29, 2018

Aρχάγγελος

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Dec 28, 2018

Airport security 2019? 😂

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Dec 26, 2018

Journey to somewhere beautiful

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Live every day trusting that you’re on a journey to somewhere beautiful.
Dec 15, 2018

Time is precious!

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Dec 15, 2018

Be fierce in the face of maleficence ;-)

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Dec 10, 2018

Good decisions begin with contemplation.

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Dec 8, 2018

The right place.

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No matter where you are, when you’re holding the hand of the woman you love, you’re in the right place.
Dec 6, 2018

Truth always overcomes

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Nov 27, 2018

Neon fun…

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Oct 20, 2018

Happiness

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On winter nights, happiness = being toasty warm with a good book.
Jul 23, 2018

Best seat in the cathedral? 😂🐿️

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Jul 15, 2018

A Treatise of Discretion

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“Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavoured with the light of true discretion, without which the soul is worth nothing.” ~ From St Catherine of Siena’s A Treatise…
Jul 9, 2018

This beautiful world has more stories than could ever be told! 🌏❤

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Jul 7, 2018

Reading is one of life’s greatest pleasures!

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Jun 14, 2018

Something contemplative this weekend…

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Jun 11, 2018

Everybody loves the warm glow of an autumn afternoon! 🍂🐯

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Apr 14, 2018

Stop Time

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The right people, in the right place, can stop time. 🎷🎶😍🕛
Apr 2, 2018

This World is so Crazy-Amazing

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This world is so crazy-amazing and full of wonderful and exciting surprises. Let’s never stop being inspired by the beauty of it all! 🌏🐘✨
Mar 11, 2018

Interesting, Fun and Sometimes Absurd Artwork

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Thank you very much to everyone who has liked my page. 😊 2018 is going to be a big year. There’ll definitely be more videos as well as plenty more interesting, fun and…
Jan 3, 2018

Have a great new year!

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Here’s my final artwork for 2017. I hope you all have a great new year!
Dec 31, 2017

Always be discerning

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Dec 30, 2017

Pets on the bed…

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Pets on the bed… always a controversy. P.s. I really enjoy rendering images of things with fur… It’s just a whole extra level of realism. I hope you enjoy this one.
Dec 30, 2017

Goodness, Beauty, and Truth

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Goodness, Beauty, and Truth
Dec 17, 2017

Microsaurus?

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Dec 15, 2017

Music at midnight 🎵

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Nov 28, 2017

Equilibrium

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For those of you who are still awake: Tonight’s artwork I call… Equilibrium.
Nov 9, 2017

When in doubt… Always go classic.

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Nov 7, 2017

Curiosity Rover to Find Life in Mars’s Gale Crater?

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Here’s my impression of what it might be like for the Curiosity Rover to find life in Mars’s Gale Crater. For this render I used the 3D data NASA makes available to the…
Oct 15, 2017

Custode Vacantem

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I’m calling this one "Custode Vacantem"
Aug 26, 2017

Amor Mechanica

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I was in another sci-fi mood when I created this one. I’ve decided to call it "Amor Mechanica".
Aug 25, 2017

There’s been so much noise lately that it was a real pleasure to turn off all distractions and spend some time creating this piece.

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Aug 10, 2017

The small glimpse of warm weather over the weekend inspired me to create this image. Come on Spring!! 🌹

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Jul 24, 2017

Investigation

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I’m calling this one "Investigation"
Jul 23, 2017

Aurora Borealis

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My artwork for this week "Aurora Borealis" is for a friend who likes bears :-)
Jul 14, 2017

Here is some of the artwork I had created earlier…

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Jun 30, 2017
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