Posted on October 2, 2015

“Shades of Autumn” is the third Fall themed image that I’ve been working on recently. I actually started this one first but the background took an awfully long time to render (even on Shadowfax!). You may remember the preview I posted on my Instagram account 3 weeks ago.

The basic idea was to take the techniques that I used to create “Red and Gold” and some of my more complex Vue d’Esprit tree objects and go the next step by using my Plant Factory to create even more detailed branches. I will leave it up to you to decide if I’ve made any improvements on the technique.

The background was created using World Machine and my work on that part of the scene ultimately lead to the “Autumn Cliffs” render that I posted earlier this week. They are, in fact, different mountains but the same techniques were used.

Will I do any more Autumn scenes this year? Maybe. Next I want to create some scary looking trees for Halloween…

My iOS app is finally available!

Thanks to DB Member Jeff Richards (who so kindly volunteered his time because he loves my artwork) there is finally a working DB iOS app available. It’s free to download and offers mobile sized versions of my entire free gallery which can only be downloaded through the App. It doesn’t have all the features that I would like yet (no commenting or rating of images for example) but you can browse my gallery, download images (everything if you are a Member) and, most importantly, your login info is stored so you don’t have to enter it everytime you want to download something!

We will certainly be adding more features when Jeff returns from his 2-week family trip so please let me know which features are most important to you and what we can improve on!