Posted on June 28, 2016

Primordia

I’ve been mostly working on some back-end stuff this past week and waiting for my new server to go online. Once it is online I will be migrating my site to the new box (hopefully before the end of the week). Not doing any redesigns at this time but I will seriously be looking into it once the site is moved.

While waiting for my new box to go online I’ve put together a view of “Beginnings” from the surface of a primordial satellite. I learned a great deal about Vue’s “displaced ocean” settings for this one. The multiscreen version is already rendering on Bucephalus.

I hope you enjoy it!

Posted on June 20, 2016

Beginnings

Looking back through this year’s renders I noticed that I had yet to do a single outer space scene. I sincerely apologize for this oversight on my part and offer “Beginnings” to rectify the matter. This piece attempts to (artistically) capture the moment a star ignites amidst the primordial dust.

Dual and triple-screen versions are also available. I hope you enjoy it!!

Posted on June 14, 2016

Bouquet

I used to make this sort of abstract using “Xfrog”, but I have to admit that “The Plant Factory” is a lot more powerful. The upside is that I can use this geometry as a plant in Lightwave if I so fancy (and I just might…).

Dual and triple-screen versions are also available. Don’t be surprised if I post a few revisions in the days ahead as this one is still fluid 🙂

Posted on June 3, 2016

The Grid (2016)

Given that “The Plant Factory” specializes in branching structures, I thought it would be interesting to see how it would handle creating a new version of “The Grid” from 2005(!).

I’ve gone with texture mapped models here (since the procedural shader I used before doesn’t work with the 64-bit version of Lightwave) and I’ve added some little extra “nodes” here and there to break up all the right-angles.

Let me know what you think!!

6/8 UPDATE:

I’ve scrapped my initial version and posted one I created using an entirely different method. Let me know what you think of the update!

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Posted on May 31, 2016

Halcyon (Glow) Multiscreen

I’ve added dual and triple-screen versions of “Halcyon (Glow)” to the gallery this morning. I was away from my computer over the holiday weekend and I’m now back working on new artwork 🙂