Some Examples of My Computer Graphics Work

3-D Still Images

3-D still image of transparent clear glass-/acrylic-effect 'gaz' model

Above image: Just idly messing about with the graphics software. I could have developed this into my personal logo and as the header image of my social media personal profile pages. Created using Blender software.

Above image: A former personal logo, sometimes deployed as the header image of my social media personal profile pages. Created using Blender software.

3-D still image of pair of illuminated combined VU-PPM audio signal meters

Above image: A pair of combined VU (volume unit) and PPM (peak programme meter) audio signal meters, one for the left stereo channel; one for the right. The BBC's (British Broadcasting Corporation) research department invented PPM meters (amongst other world-class stuff, such as near-instantaneous companded audio multiplexing (NICAM) video (TV) stereo audio, as well as coming up with a spiffingly good loudspeaker design (new-built examples of which you can still buy today for a pretty penny)) to visualise audio peaks because VU meters, much cheaper, being simple, passive components, unlike PPMs, only show the root-mean-square ("average") amplitude of the signal. Created using Blender software.

3-D still image of Art Deco vintage Smiths Sectric ('Delphi' model?) mains-powered railway station waiting room-type wall clock

Above image: At a loose end one evening, I decided to amuse myself by creating a 3-D computer graphic of an attractively Art Deco vintage (1930s-/1940s-manufactured) Smiths Sectric ('Delphi' model?) mains-powered railway station waiting room-type clock I'd bought a couple of examples of, the larger of which I'd hung on my bedroom wall. (I was tempted to buy as many as I could afford of these second-hand clocks as I imagined I could maybe promo and thus arouse interest in them on the 'Net and make a good profit. Very reasonably priced but, unfortunately, reluctant to blow in a small fortune on all of them combined, I held back; however, I posted a few images of one of the couple I bought for myself. Not long after, the price of the clocks had shot up—and remains high. I soon noticed replicas were being sold by loads of retailers, from Lidl to more upscale ones.) I drew the clock from sight, gauging dimensions with the tried-and-tested technique of thumb on pencil held at arm's length. Created using Blender software.

2-D Still Images

2-D still image of silhouette of a black cat

Above image: Yes; it's a cat. A silhouette of a cat. This was very easy to create from primitive geometric shapes, such as straight lines, circles, triangles and a few bezier curves to link some of them as well as provide for the animal's tail. Created using GIMP software.

2-D still image of Christmas card featuring Christmas tree hung with bright, white lights

Above image: Is it Christmas already? 'Ell's bells! Created using GIMP software.

2-D still image of gold bull and calf desktop ornaments on background of various foreign banknotes, with slogan 'WORSHIPPING THE GOLDEN BULL AND CALF'

Above image: The love of money is the root of all evil! So they say. I say: Let's abandon having an economic system at all. After all, the only reason things cost anything is because we CHOOSE to INSIST on charging each other for stuff. Madness, I tell you! A mash-up of stock photos; slogan added by me. Created using GIMP software.

2-D Animated Images

2-D animated image of red digital clock display, counting up from 23:59:50 to 00:00:00, with text '10 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT TIME IS RUNNING OUT'

Above image: This digital clock is making me think of man-made climate change. Time is running out! Anyway, I created the seven-segment digits using QCAD. I them imported the resulting DFX file into GIMP, creating a new layer for each change of the time to be displayed, colour-filling in the relevant segments. I added the red background colour and used GIMP's filters to get the slightly fuzzy effect of the digits when illuminating. Finally, the white text was added and the whole caboodle exported as the animated GIF file.

2-D animated image of blue digital clock display, counting up from 23:59:50 to 00:00:00

Above image: A blue version of the red clock, above, without the text.

2-D animated image of analogue radio tuning scale, with text 'Gazza Radio' instead of frequency text and markings. Vertical red line moves left to right as the marker indicating station selected

Above image: Gazza Radio! A logo for my fantasised very own radio station. It is meant to represent an analogue radio tuning guide but with the stations and frequencies' scale replaced with the text "Gazza Radio"; the moving red line is the bar that moves along the tuning guide as you rotate the radio's tuning knob to select a desired station. Created using GIMP software.