My
career began with a 4 year Carpentry/Joinery apprenticeship. After leaving College
with a handful of City & Guilds, Credits and Distinctions, along with Most
Achieved Student of 4 Years, I began a 35 year experience in the Building/Construction
Industry. Achieving Management status at the tender age of 20 (youngest in Europe
at the time), my creative juices were flowing.
In 1996 I purchased a series of programs that allowed me to create Virtual structures,
that users could walk through and I could make Machinima (Digital Movies) for
general display and transportability.
In 1999, on a return trip from the South Atlantic, I discovered a Virtual Reality
program by Adobe, called Atmosphere. For the next 4+ years, I could express
my creativity in ways unheard of, creating large and somewhat detailed for the
time, whole environments. I could see the massive potentials for Immersive Environments
created with Virtual Reality.
I spent several years in a variety of Virtual Reality platforms, including Second
Life™ where I developed several companies dealing with a wide range of
clientele, including some of the worlds top 50 listed companies. Often giving
seminars and lectures on the potentials for Immersive Environments. In 2009
I created a two way, live communication and interactive link up, between a 25th
Anniversary celebration of a Swiss Pension Company, and a similar staged event
in Second Life™.
I have been enjoying the creative processes of developing my own Immersive Environments,
including learning Model making, which I share here, along with short tutorials
for anyone starting out.
You have reached the website of Andrew, alias AWM Mars or A World
Maker.
I hope you will become as inspired as I have been, visiting the various Immersive
Environments I have developed, and sample some of the various Models that I
have created during the years. My inspiration came from using the forums of
the various programs I have used through the many years. I've met with some
very talented, skilled and generous people.
You will find the models in a DPS format. This is a 'Packaged' format of the
program DeleD CE, which you can obtain from the useful links section. You will
need the Package Importer/Exporter plug-in from the Delgine website, before
you can use the DPS format. The format contains the model(s) in DXS format (native
to DeleD), and all the textures used. From DeleD, you can install Plug-in(s)
that allow you to export to a variety of formats. The price is Free! Drop into
the forums and say hello, that's also free :¬)
Visitors to this website are welcome to download and
use any of the models listed here, on the strict basis that they do not portray
any of my work as their own, and or, sell any of these models, unless they are
incorporated within their own projects, nor may you redistribute them by either
hosting, remote linking or repackaging in any form whatsoever. By downloading,
using and or viewing any of my models, you agree to abide by these conditions.
All models listed here, are my own work. All textures used and or supplied,
are to my knowledge, free from any royalties and or copyright.