Since I mentioned CGI yesterday, I though I would share with you some of my dabblings in this medium for some balance.

The above image is from a children's series called The Adventures of Wink & Blink that I worked on back in 2004 through 2005 creating conceptual backgrounds and other elements for the show.  To help with the process, I turned to CGI to create certain elements to help flesh out my designs.  What I got in the end was a hybrid of digitally painted CGI shots. To accomplish this I used Blender, a free and open source 3D application, Photoshop and my now deceased Wacom tablet (don't worry, I've since purchased others).

Let me state, I am not a 3D animator or modeler, I just know the basics.  I'm akin more to the weekend builder. That guy who Googles home improvement tutorials, prints them out, then goes to Home Depot Sunday morning to attempt play Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor for the weekend.

Since 2005, I have revisited Blender for a few other commercial projects.  While there are some limitations to the software, I'm perfectly content with it.  I mean, lets face it, the program is free, why complain?