Posted on May 4, 2004

• Added a new wallpaper, “Sigil“, to the gallery this evening. After “Geode” I wanted to try something a little different. “Sigil” has a 2D look, but is 100% 3D. The lighting is all done with radiosity (for those of you interested in that sort of thing). It isn’t the most complicated piece in my collection, but I think it makes a striking wallpaper and I hope you enjoy it.

Posted on May 2, 2004

• I’ve added widescreen and dual-screen versions of “Geode”. These renders each took over 20 hours to render to the Pickle Jar versions will have to wait. I’d rather work on something new right now.
• I’ve written up a FAQ for the members gallery. It’s mostly for folks who are interested in signing up, but if you have any questions which you think should belong on the list, please let me know.

Posted on April 29, 2004

• I’m still waiting for my copy of Lightwave 8 to arrive. In the meantime, as I mentioned before, I’ve been working on improving “Geode”. After many lengthy rendering sessions I’ve decided that it’s time to post what I have an move on to something else. Perhaps I’ll return to it later.

  My most current render is up on the New Images page. I’ve posted a couple of extra renders in the Pickle Jar. The changes between each version are very subtle. I’ve tried to add a little “fire” to the crystals and to break up the blue with some different colors.

  I’ll post a Widescreen version in the next couple of days (hopefully a dual-screen too). Thanks for being patient!

Posted on April 24, 2004

• I’m still working on revising “Geode” (thanks for all the feedback!). While my previews are rendering, I’ve taken the time to work on a little side project. People have been asking me for a while now to convert some of my work into Pocket PC themes so a few days ago I took the plunge a picked up an Ipaq to see what all would be involved. So far I’ve converted 38 of my images (selected from 2003, 2004 and a few older favorites) into Themes.

  I haven’t integrated them into the gallery yet, but you can download the zipped collection now (file size[an error occurred while processing this directive]) . If you have any thoughts or feedback about the themes, please feel free to drop me a line. Let me know if you think it’s worth doing more of them.

Posted on April 22, 2004

• I’ve added “Geode” to the gallery this morning. Hopefully you will see what I mean when I said that this was a “complex” image. I think this is one where the thumbnail doesn’t really do it justice. There are well over a million crystals in the scene.

  I’m still tinkering with this one, and I expect my copy of Lightwave 8.0 to arrive in the mail any day now. LW 8 may offer a few new tricks which I will want to try out. In the meantime, I think the image is at least ready to share and I’d love to hear your thoughts. Enjoy!