Posted on March 31, 2014

Just returned from a weeklong escape from the brutally harsh, neverending Midwestern winter. My batteries feel nicely recharged!

The day before we left I sat down and started on a new update to my “Archipelago” scene from 2005. I was only able to work on it for a few hours before being forced to step away for our trip and it rendered while we were away.

Thankfully the power didn’t go out while we were gone and I found the render all finished when I returned. The project is still in the “rough draft” stages but I think it looks nice enough to share while I get back to work on improving it further. Thankfully I have quite a few new ideas on how to do so!

Posted on March 19, 2014

Here’s a little something I put together using displacements in Lightwave. I call it “Locus“, as it sort of recalls this render from 2003.

Posted on March 15, 2014

My updated, darker version of “Rite of Spring” finally finished rendering this afternoon and is now available in the Members Gallery. I’ve removed the sunset (which was causing the clouds to have a sort of “mottled” look) and went with unfiltered pre-storm gloom. I’ve also removed the distant rain which didn’t really work out this time.

This one took a very long time to render (on Asfaloth) because I set the atmosphere quality pretty high in an attempt to avoid the noise that sometimes plagues Vue clouds.

The previous versions will remain available in the Pickle Jar. Let me know what you think!

Posted on March 14, 2014

I’ve added a version of “Shattered Sky” for dual and triple-screen systems to the Members Gallery this afternoon.

Posted on March 12, 2014

I’ve added a new render of “Shattered Sky” to the Members Gallery this morning. I’ve brightened the scene considerably (it’s a pretty bright explosion after all) but haven’t made a whole lot of changes to the foreground otherwise. I think there’s enough going on in the sky. What do you think?