Midway through the year 2000, I decided to create the web site karoath.com. I wanted the site to be unique with high quality graphics. I decided to use 3d graphics to achieve this result. I had never created a 3d gaphic and wished to learn the techniques. I began to search the internet for advice and quickly discovered a great program called Blender 3D. It is a free program that generates fantastic 3d results. This page is a collection of some of the graphics I have created with Blender, including ones used throughout this web site. Click an image to see a larger version.
Various Images
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Cordless Phone
In order to test my abilities with modelling and texturing, I decided to create an item from my desktop. I decided to create my Panasonic cordless phone. There are some missing details, but overall, I feel that it is fairly realistic.
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Resting Dice
I've always wanted to create a model of dice that include the indents for the dots instead of using a texture to depict the dots. This picture is the result of my efforts.
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Abandoned Street
This image was the result of my attempt to create a low-polygon city.
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Dead Land
This image is the result of my attempt to create a fog-covered landscape.
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Darkwood
My first attempt to create grass and pine trees, the mood of this scene depicts a dark and deceptively dangerous place.
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Karoath.com Graphics
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Karoath Gates #1
This is the first graphic that I created with Blender 3D. It has recently been recreated and replaced by a better image on the home page of this web site. The improved version (Karoath Gates #2) may also be viewed from this page.
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Karoath Gates #2
This was my second attempt to create the Karoath Gates. I later created additional versions of this image for different times of the day. These images are selected randomly upon entering the main page of karoath.com.
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Goldfleck
This image represents a magical hand axe that was used by a previous king during the Karoathian Ogre Wars. The weapon has been passed down to further kings.
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Wizards Desk
This is a view of a wizards desk from the Royal Wizards Guild. Items include a crystal ball, sulfer dust, an inkwell, an alchemists bowl, a magic wand, and an ink pot. This image is a background for this web site's search functionality.
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Construction Debris
When the Garune Artisans build within the city, this is what may be found at the site. Dwarves and engineers are very efficient with their tasks.
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Bookshelf
The Vegrib Library contains books on a wide variety of subjects. The hourglass is used by a reader to determine when one half hour has passed. This helps a person to gauge how long he/she has been reading.
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Artist Guildhall
The Artist Guildhall is where the finest artists place their work on display, sell their products, and gather for meetings. -
Soul Chamber
Karoath citizens believe that a person's soul is not freed upon death if the body is not exposed to sunlight. As punishment for the worst crimes, Karoath authorities place a criminal in one of these chambers and let the person starve to death. The body is never exposed to sunlight. This is the worst possible form of punishment because the persons soul will never be free.
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Animations
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Ghost Death
This was an attempt to create animated particle effects with Blender 3D. (403 KB Quicktime Movie).
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Patrol
This was an attempt to animation a simple explosion. (631 KB Quicktime Movie)