CADJunkie Assimilation
For those of you who noticed that cadjunkie.com has been offline for a while, you’ll be happy to know that I’m in the process of incorporating much of its intended content into my site here at adam.theoherns.com. Managing two blogs at once was going to be far too complex, and I’ve also had a change of strategy that influenced the decision significantly. My mission in including...
Read MoreToy Car Rendering Tutorial
It’s no secret that Luxology’s Modo is my CAD rendering tool of choice for industrial design these days. I’ve used it professionally for two years, and I used it to win the 2009 Boston “Cut & Paste” digital design competition. In this series of tutorials, (view all the videos after the jump…) I’ll be demonstrating that taking a “body in...
Read MorePhotoshop CS4: Sketchbook Killer
Many people know that I’ve phased-out Sketchbook Pro in my workflow, and now use Photoshop instead. In this video, I’ll show a few of the new CS4 features that made the transition possible. More details after the jump… I can’t say enough good things about the improvements made for Photoshop CS4. The implementation of Open-GL graphics alone was enough to sell me on the...
Read MoreAcoustic Organology
Organology (from Greek: organon, “instrument” and logos, “study”) is the science of musical instruments and their classification [1]. It embraces study of instruments’ history, instruments used in different cultures, technical aspects of how instruments produce sound, and musical instrument classification. There is a degree of overlap between organology, acoustics...
Read MoreDistraction
I must admit that I often find it very difficult to concentrate on any given task for more than a few minutes at a time. It is a problem that I have always had, and though I’ve found ways to use it to my advantage at many points in my life, I more often find it a very grave disadvantage. Traditionally I have found that working on many projects at once is a very helpful way for me to keep...
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