http://michael-island.com An exclusive web portal devoted to media products — such as articles, books, comics, illustrations, tutorials, 3D models and more — created by Michael Island. Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:26:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://michael-island.com/http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~fc/Michael-Island?bg=3399FF&fg=FFFFFF&anim=0Michael-Islandhttp://feedburner.google.com http://michael-island.com/art/graphic-art/geometric-3d-aster-flower/ http://michael-island.com/art/graphic-art/geometric-3d-aster-flower/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:00:27 +0000 Michael Island http://michael-island.com/?p=910 So I managed to get this one done in a day — making Stock Art Daily a meaningful title for this section at least this once — but it wasn’t that difficult and I knew what I wanted from the start. I even managed to make the background transparent, thus making it more useful, I [...]]]> http://michael-island.com/art/graphic-art/geometric-3d-aster-flower/feed/ 0 http://michael-island.com/art/graphic-art/fractured-heart-on-red-striped-background/ http://michael-island.com/art/graphic-art/fractured-heart-on-red-striped-background/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:00:01 +0000 Michael Island http://michael-island.com/?p=902 It only took two days for this one. I think once I get more ideas and work out a few workflow issues and have a better concept of what I want when I start, then creating these graphics on a daily basis will be much easier. It only took a few minutes to model this [...]]]> http://michael-island.com/art/graphic-art/fractured-heart-on-red-striped-background/feed/ 0 http://michael-island.com/art/graphic-art/blank-3d-billboard-sign/ http://michael-island.com/art/graphic-art/blank-3d-billboard-sign/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:00:19 +0000 Michael Island http://michael-island.com/?p=898 I created “Blank 3D Billboard Sign” on , so obviously making these graphics daily is going to be harder than I expected. This one is just a billboard sign I modeled in SketchUp and then took to Carrara and rendered it out so it would be useful for 2D artists. Just open it in any [...]]]> http://michael-island.com/art/graphic-art/blank-3d-billboard-sign/feed/ 0 http://michael-island.com/art/graphic-art/3d-arrows-diverging/ http://michael-island.com/art/graphic-art/3d-arrows-diverging/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:00:37 +0000 Michael Island http://michael-island.com/?p=878 My first attempt at creating stock art and also my first product to sell at Michael Island Works, “3D Arrows Diverging” is a high-quality graphic I created on . I used a combination of SketchUp and Carrara to render it, which is a workflow I intend to use often. 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