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April 21, 2007

lsgl: hybrid beacon

by sven at 11:59 pm

A shorter workday than usual -- but good progress, nonetheless.

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My brother called to talk about the beacon design. He encouraged me to keep with the "brain beacon" concept. So I decided to try out a "hybrid" approach, where only the top of the torso would have brain folds.

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To achieve the effect, I erased part of the image map in PhotoShop, leaving just the transparent alpha. To muss up the plain surface a bit, I added the procedural texture "turbulence" -- which gave the metal more of a galvanized appearance.

I suspect I'll be going with this concept... I'm going to need to do something about the legs and radar dishes to make them look more organic, though. As bro rightly points out, it's a little too much like a rocketship from the 1950s.

posted by sven | April 21, 2007 11:59 PM | categories: let sleeping gods lie