Posted on December 27, 2012

I’ve added an updated version of “Campfires” to the Members Gallery this evening. I’ve tried to capture a bit of the aurora around the poles with this latest version, which I rendered using Lightwave 11.

I’ve also used a much higher resolution map for the city lights, so they should show a lot more detail on today’s larger displays. I can see my hometown in the 2560 x 1600 version.

You can check out my renders from 2002 and my original 1999 version for comparison.

Whichever part of our globe you call home, I hope you all have a wonderful 2013!

 

Posted on December 21, 2012

Like most of you, I was heartbroken by the tragedy in Newtown, CT last Friday. I have been hugging my own first grader extra tight ever since.

Here is my meager tribute to the 27 victims.

The render has 20 (young) blue stars and 7 (older) red/yellow stars forming a new constellation in the heavens.

If you would like to download the wallpaper it is available in the free gallery. There are more resolutions available to my Members in the here.

May the victims rest in peace and smile down on the loved ones they left behind.

Posted on December 14, 2012

Vue 11’s new “360 Ecosystems” (populating instances on all sides of an object, rather than just the “top”) opens the door to a lot of interesting effects, but the first one that came to my mind was Christmas lights. After bedecking “Sleepwalker Wood” and “Gotham Garden” the next scene that cried out to me was “At World’s Edge”.

I hope you enjoy it!!

I have also added a version with white-lights to the Pickle Jar. Let me know which version you guys prefer (by leaving a rating) and I will feature that one in the gallery.

I also wanted to mention that my friends at Zimnix has produced a free Android Live Wallpaper (with blinking lights and snowfall!) based on my “Sleepwalker Wood” wallpaper.

Please leave a review if you enjoy it!!

Posted on December 7, 2012

 

I thought I would take a break from the Christmas/seasonal wallpapers for a moment and do something a bit different.

I’ve added “Unchained” to the Members Gallery this morning (dual and triple-screen versions available). I created this project to illustrate how I feel creating art on my main machine (Bucephalus) after only being able to work on my laptop for a long time.

You are, of course, welcome to make up your own story. I hope you enjoy it!!

Posted on December 4, 2012

I’ve added a third (probably final) version of “Gotham Garden (Christmas)” to the Members Gallery this morning. After trying Vue’s volumetric snow in the first version, and no snow in the second, I have come back to the original snow from the winter/day version (which is not available in the free gallery btw).

A number of folks suggested multicolored lights. I tried that but I wasn’t very pleased with the results. Sorry!

I will get cracking on the multiscreen versions next!