Hailing from Nottingham, England, Pete Draper is a CG artist with close to 20 years experience. Having occupied various positions like Director of ...

A complete breakdown of how to use 3ds Max's Particle Flow to design an effective shower of sparks. Analysing and breaking down the source referenc...

In this tutorial I go through the finer points of optimising the sampling rates of materials within mental ray while sill maintaining and improving...

A detailed tutorial illustrating how to create a realistic contrail effect using 3ds Max's Particle Flow system to emit and sculpt the particle tra...

A quick video tutorial to showcase advanced bokeh and depth of field controls with mental ray within 3ds Max. Intermediate to advanced level

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A tutorial to showcase mental ray material construction and development, plus painting scratches and degrading mater...

A quick tutorial to show how to accumulate "snow" on geometry within the scene using Particle Flow. Intermediate to advanced level.

A tutorial to illustrate how to bake multiple-part animated objects into a single mental ray proxy. Intermediate to advanced level.

A quick tutorial to illustrate the various methods one can do to avoid data loss when working with 3ds Max (ie if it suddenly crashes out on you.. ...

A quick tutorial to showcase procedural modelling within 3ds Max to create organic shapes.

Note: The Planet Map used is no longer visible in later...

A video tutorial to procedurally and manually add correct deformation to give the impression of wrapped wire around an object. Introduction to anal...

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A quick modelling tutorial to showcase use of edge loop and polygon refinement, plus use of modifiers for...

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A quick and dirty way to bake non-destructive motion blur into raytraced renders without that pesky render time over...

Full video tutorial to illustrate how to remove flickering from your FG/GI renders within 3ds Max. Intermediate level

Full video tutorial to create a realistic rocket plume complete with volumetric fire using mental ray's parti-volume shader. Intermediate to advanc...

Part 2 of my interview with Tom Fletcher from Fletcher Audio. www.nerds.dk

Part 1 of my interview with Tom Fletcher from Fletcher Audio.

www.nerds.dk

Collation of recent work produced including breakdowns.

Music: Sigur Ros - Von

A copy of the interview I was asked to record for broadcast. Covers the work I produced over in India on SS Rajamouli's "Magadheera" and includes a...