Some work from earlier this year on a view of a Roman gypsum burial reconstruction. The burials are a rare 3rd-and 4th-century AD funerary practice where liquid gypsum plaster was poured over a clothed or shrouded body inside a stone or lead coffin. Created in #blender and #photoshop.
@mhoyle.bsky.social
Professional archaeological Illustrator, archaeologist, artist and teacher. I have worked in the field of archaeology and archaeological illustration for over 30 years. I also teach archaeological illustration workshops: BA(hons) PGCE MCIfA FSA Scot.
Having recently created some dioramas for large scale museum displays. I’ve been inspired and spent sometime developing some new detailed assets for future reconstructions. Created in blender and textured using the very powerful #FluentMaterialiser add on. #Blender #Romans #Photoshop
Amazing to see my reconstructions on display at the Unearthing Vindolanda: Footwear from the Edge of the Roman Empire exhibition in Toronto, Canada, at the Bata Shoe Museum from May 2026 until September 2027. With over 100 footwear-related artifacts from Vindolanda. #Vindolanda #Romans
Different camera angle and a longer focal length shot of a Roman barrack block cutaway reconstruction. Produced for @batashoemuseum in Toronto. For their up and coming “unearthing Vindolanda” exhibition which opens in May. Created in blender #Batashoemuseum #Vindolanda #Romans #Shoes #Blender
Some WIP of a 4th Century Roman workshop cutaway reconstruction. Again produced for @batashoemuseum in Toronto, Canada. For their up and coming “unearthing Vindolanda” exhibition which opens in May. Created in blender. #Batashoemuseum #unearthingvindoland #Vindolanda #Romans #Shoes #Blender
Some recent reconstructions (3 in total) created for a new book by AOC archaeology! Here a taster of the cover image. You can explore the full publication here: www.sidestone.com/books/black-... #SiteStoriesSaturday #Archaeology #Heritage #BlackLochOfMyrton #AOCArchaeology #PublicationLaunch
Some WIP of a Roman barrack block cutaway reconstruction. Again produced for @batashoemuseum in Toronto, Canada. For their up and coming “unearthing Vindolanda” exhibition which opens in May. Created in blender. #Batashoemuseum #unearthingvindoland #Vindolanda #Romans #Shoes #Blender
Some recent reconstructions of a Roman leather workshop and close up of a cobbler at work. Produced for @batashoemuseum in Toronto, Canada. For their up and coming “unearthing Vindolanda” exhibition which opens in May. Created in blender. #Batashoemuseum #unearthingvindoland #Vindolanda #Romans
Another brilliant day teaching archaeological illustration with some lovely students in Durham today. #archaeology #Illustration #Lifelinglearning #DurhamUniversity
A bit more WIP for another illustration of a beautiful Medieval pewter disk. Drawn using Procreate. #archaelogy #Medieval #archaeologicalIllustration #digitalart #procreate
Finishing off some personal projects. Firstly this one. The focus was on utilising the camera f stop, and realistic “god rays”. Created and rendered in #blender with some post production in #photoshop with a working title of The Hunt. #illustration #IronAge
More Friday night Archaeological Illustration using #Procreate. Slowly adding some detail of the cancellous tissue in this #Roman bone object. #ArchaeologicalIllustration #Archaeology #Romans #DrawAnyWhere
A bit of weekend illustration work on some lovely Bronze-Age sword mould fragments. I love the flexibility of procreate on the iPad #DrawAnywhere #Procreate #BronzeAge #ArchaeologicalIllustration #Archaeology
Final render of 2025 (promise)! I had some fun tweaking the weather FX sliders and lighting rig #blender #medieval #snowscene
Final “tweaks” to the seasonal reconstruction… updated focal length and height setting on the camera which (in my humble opinion) helps draw the viewer it to the scene more and makes it “less flat” to view. #blender #Medieval #Archaeology
Something a little more “seasonal” this little Medieval street scene was created in blender and utilising the powerful weather fx plug-in to create the environment. I used blenders “add snow” to place snow on some of the assets⛄️… #Archaeology #Medieval #blender #Photoshop
A WIP on a flint knapping scene created using Blender and Daz 3D. Nice to refresh some skills from DAZ 3d and use their Genesis 9 deformers for figure modifications. Also playing with Blender 5 Multiple Scattering sky model #Archaeology #Mesolithic # #Blender #Daz3D
Another brilliant Archaeological Illustration workshop today at Durham Uni. It’s lovely to see the students confidence and skills developing. #ArchaeologicalIllustration #LifeLongLearning #Archaeology #Illustration
More #blender self improvement work, looking at scene construction and asset placement. Using small details to build a story. With some compositing post production work adding volumetrics #medieval #Archaeology #blender3d
WIP on a quick scene with some 3d mud splatters to test the Multiple Scattering settings of the Nishita sky shader. Still trying to tweak the exposure setting. Also trying to work on the focal length settings to create movement. #blender #blender3d #medieval #Archaeology
A bit of WIP to put together some assets and test blender 5.0. looking at some of the new array and sky shader updates… first impressions, a very good much needed update #blender #medieval #archaeology
Yet more “tweaking” on the water caustics and shaders from the previous render. These were to developed to give a calmer water surface. Created in Blender with some post production on Photoshop #blender #blenderartist #archaelogy #vikings
Some “tweaks” on a project to update some elements and textures. A re-imagined Viking settlement… for a bit of personal CPD. Created in blender and photoshop #blender #vikings #archaeology #photoshop
WIP on a small diorama using some existing assets and some new ones recently created. I I wanted to test them out in a low light setting, and utilised a new sky rig node setup #blender #illustration #vikings #archaeology
A re-working of an old reconstruction following feedback… roof angle and smoke distribution altered… light rig adding some warmth from inside the house. Inspired by The Crannog centres rise from the ashes (literally!)… #thescottishcrannogcentre #ironage #ironagebritain www.justgiving.com/page/