Posted on April 7, 2005

• I’ve spent the past couple of days playing with Vue 5 Infinite and tweaking “Endless Blue”. An updated version is now available on the new images page A couple of things are different here. I’ve moved the islands back and increased their size (you’ll notice the palms are much smaller in relation to the rocks now). I’ve also used Vue 5’s powerful new function editor to add some foam and wet sand effects to the shoreline.

Posted on April 5, 2005

• My copy of Vue d’Esprit 5 Infinite arrived over the weekend so I thought I would sit down and play with some of the incredible new features. Strangely enough, I ended up creating an image that didn’t use any of the new features. Maybe next time. The image is called “Endless Blue” and I’ve posted it on the New Images page this morning. I hope you like it.

  Just to give credit where credit is due: some of the ideas here came from helping Jessie with her very first Vue d’Esprit image. She is actually very artistic (probably more than I am) but she’s never used 3d software. Perhaps someday you will see a gallery of her work on DB.

  As for Vue 5 Infinite, they’ve made it a lot easier to create grand forests and complex scenes. I’m looking forward to pushing the program to its limits. For “Endless Blue”, however, I felt that less would be more. I hope you agree.

Posted on March 30, 2005

• Added dual and triple screen versions of “The Overseer” this morning. I also replaced the single screen (and widescreen) version with a new render which eliminates some unwanted glare on the right windows.

Posted on March 27, 2005

• I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend. My older brother Eric came to visit from Ohio. He’s a busy District Manager for Steak ‘n Shake so we don’t get to see him that often. Ian enjoyed getting to know his Uncle a little better and we all had a great time visiting and watching basketball (go Illini!).

  In the midst of all that I was able to put the finishing touches on my latest wallpaper. It’s called “The Overseer” and it’s up for your review on the new images page (widescreen also available). I hope you like it. Multi-monitor versions will follow shortly.

Posted on March 16, 2005

• I’ve added dual and triple screen versions of “Springwood”. Some of you have mentioned to me that there’s too much green in Springwood. While it’s true that I “overloaded” the green in the image, I did so because I’m weary of seeing brown around me all the time. It’s also because St. Paddy’s day is coming up. Enjoy!