It's not a "messy desk" but a luck accident. It's the images I textured onto a couple of planes as guides, but the effect is pretty cool. Here's a shot from further away that show off the planes better. I've also gotten a little further with the "aztecing" bump map.

I like the second version of Traveller... Mega Traveller from the 80's for great pencil and paper art. The Steve Jackson GURPS version, which is still available, brought out Jesse Degraf's 3D art... Check out either Steve Jackson games and look at most of the Traveller books cover art or Google Jesse Degraf and go to his Traveller gateway to see his stuff. He works in Lightwave but has a couple of good mini-tutorials, one on modeling the Sulieman and a small one on how to make the texture, that are good. His work is what got me interested in 3D art, but I haven't "spoken" to him in a couple of years. At that time we were both pretty active on the Traveller Mail List.
Note: Editing is a GOOD thing when you spell a badly as I do.

Message edited on: 11/13/2004 17:47