In the mid-90s, I started to teach myself how to create 3D models. One of the first successful models I made was the interior ship sets from Star Trek: The Next Generation. I never finished the whole thing, but here’s what I did finish; from 1995:




In the mid-90s, I started to teach myself how to create 3D models. One of the first successful models I made was the interior ship sets from Star Trek: The Next Generation. I never finished the whole thing, but here’s what I did finish; from 1995:




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