Posted on October 18, 2007

• I’ve been getting requests for a new Halloween wallpaper for nearly a month now. I wasn’t able to come up with an idea I liked until just recently though.

  My Halloween offering for 2007, “All Hallows Eve”, is now up on the new images page. This one is pretty dark so it may be best enjoyed in a dark room or you may want to adjust your monitor brightness.

  Anyway, Ian thinks it’s pretty cool and I hope you like it too. Happy Halloween!

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Posted on October 10, 2007

• I’ve added dual and triple-screen of “Indian Summer” to the gallery this morning.

Posted on October 8, 2007

• Added “Indian Summer” to the gallery this morning. Around this time of year I usually like to do Fall scenes and/or Halloween images. I started a couple of Halloween projects last week, but didn’t feel they were progressing so I decided to do an Autumn scene instead. I will go back to the Halloween projects later this week and see if I can work one of them out.

  Users with large monitors might notice a bit of grain in the “Indian Summer” render. There really isn’t a way to render volumetric clouds and light in Vue without having some grain present. I did try to minimize the grain as much as possible, but outside of using ridiculously high quality settings (such that the render takes 4 to 5 days to complete) I’m not sure there is anything that can be done about it.

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Posted on September 28, 2007

• I’ve added dual and triple-screen versions of “Haiku (2007)” to the gallery this morning.

  I’ve also added my own Haiku to the comments section. Feel free to post yours if you feel inspired.

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Posted on September 27, 2007

• I’ve posted a new revision of “Haiku (2007)” on the new images page. I’ve lowered the camera angle a little, changed the ripple pattern, and I’ve brightened the water and rocks a little. I didn’t want to add too much brightness however because I liked the contrast of the bright leaf on the darker surface. The version I posted on the 24th will remain in the Pickle Jar.

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