Category Archives: Personal

Bits and pieces about what is going on with me and my life.

‘Please Wait’ minimalist wallpaper

Posted on August 13, 2010 by DaveC

Not sure what the secret is of a popular post over on DeviantArt but, well, I made this very simple wallpaper (using Blender, of course) and posted two versions of it on DA. One with text and one without. This … Continue reading →

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Paddling Man – Digital Painting

Posted on March 21, 2010 by DaveC

There I was on this Sunday afternoon just fiddling about with my laptop. I had my Bamboo Fun graphics tablet plugged in so I thought I’d have a mess about with mypaint, a brilliant little open-source painting package. Something that … Continue reading →

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Danté speaks for the first time

Posted on March 16, 2010 by DaveC

I’ve actually been working on this character since before I can remember. I think I started making him about three years ago. Then, due to computer and personal issues, took a long break. Well, now I’m back working on him … Continue reading →

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Snowy Enfield Photographs

Posted on January 13, 2010 by DaveC

It’s been a very snowy January here in Enfield (just north of London, UK). I drive past this park on my school run every day and keep seeing the bandstand with snow on the roof. Today, before the snow disappeared, … Continue reading →

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My 3D Self-Portrait Trophy

Posted on January 9, 2010 by DaveC

Now that I’ve got to grips with face modeling in Blender, I thought I deserved a trophy. So, I took a couple of pictures of me, modeled my face and created this trophy. Yay, me! 3D Self-Portrait Trophy

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Happy New Year! Have a great 2010.

Posted on January 1, 2010 by DaveC

Happy new year, everybody. Hope you all have a fantastic 2010 Happy New Year 2010 2009 is finally over. It wasn’t a great year but, for me at least, it was filled with positives. I’m positively glad it’s 2010 though. … Continue reading →

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Somebody’s linked to meeeeee!

Posted on November 1, 2009 by DaveC

Oh, cool. Look at this. Somebody’s put a link to a tutorial of mine on their website (http://blender-3d.startpagina.nl/). Look… Looks like a great resource for anything to do with Blender. Shame it’s in dutch, cos I don’t understand dutch. Nonetheless, … Continue reading →

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Upgraded

Posted on July 31, 2009 by DaveC

Big thanks go to my Brother, Steve, who has repaired and upgraded my WordPress blog. I can now reinstall my plug-ins and blog on the move from my iPod. Woooooo.

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My IQ test result

Posted on June 20, 2009 by DaveC

I took an IQ (kinda) test tonight which you can get to by clicking this link. My result was Visual Mathematician with a score of 133. It’s only 40 questions. Not sure how accurate it is but it was fun … Continue reading →

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Where I am…

Posted on June 18, 2009 by DaveC

I’m all over the place!! Too many places to remember! But my main haunts are Bloopdiary: http://www.bloopdiary.com/dodgydavec Facebook: go to http://www.facebook.com and search dodgydavec@googlemail.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/thebigdavec Googlepages: http://thebigdavec.googlepages.com/ My own site: http://dave.bloopdiary.com/ Deviant Art: http://dodgydavec.deviantart.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/dodgydavec MySpace (very rarely): … Continue reading →

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