Posted on February 17, 2014

“Receptor” was my practice for this update to an old favorite from ’02. I still have a tweak or two I would like to make so consider this render a “release candidate” for now. Let me know what you think!

Posted on February 14, 2014

Here’s a little Valentine’s Day bonus for my Members: When I first rendered “Take Two” a few years ago I learned that Eros (or Cupid in Latin) carried two varieties of arrows. A gold arrow would make anyone fall in love. A lead arrow had the opposite effect.

Here is a rendering of my heart arrows representing this duality. Multiscreens available too!

I hope you enjoy this render and have a wonderful Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 13, 2014

Here’s a new, render of “Rite of Spring” that more closely matches the darker tone of the original 2002 World Builder render. The first version will remain in the Pickle Jar.

Improvement?

In other news, I put on my programmer hat yesterday and added “Google Wallet” as a payment option for new and returning Members.

Current Members can renew or upgrade to Lifetime here. It’s really a pretty nifty system. Very quick! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns about using the new option.

Posted on February 11, 2014

Is it too early to start thinking about spring? I’ve added “Rite of Spring (2014)” to the Members Gallery this morning. This one is an update to one of my favorite renders from 2002.

Whereas I used Lightwave to create the clouds in the original, I wanted to see what I could do with Vue’s built-in clouds this time. They’ve come a long way since 2002. The first version was a bit on the dark side (before the storm) so I thought for this version I would make it a bit brighter and more hopeful (after the storm).

There are still some aspects here that I would like to tweak, but I think this version is interesting enough to share as is. Let me know what you think!

I am going to set this one aside for a bit and finish my update to “Amazed” now…

Posted on February 2, 2014

I’ve added my “final” version of “Receptor” this morning. Why did I change what was already a pretty good wallpaper (the second version was quite highly rated)? Well, I sort of cheated with v.2 and posted a Photoshop composite about about 3 different renders.

I couldn’t replicate those component pieces because I had saved over my files with every iteration. That means no multiscreen version and no print-res. Also v.2 had too much grain because I used renders that weren’t as refined as they could have been.

Anyway, the second version will remain available in the Pickle Jar for folks who prefer it. I personally prefer this final version, but I would love to hear your thoughts!

PS: To Ken F — I hope your daughter likes the new version!