Posted on April 12, 2002

• I’d planned on posting my new wallpaper this morning, but unfortunately I woke up to find that my computer had frozen overnight while rendering. I’ve restarted the render but it will take around 5 or 6 hours to complete. I should have it up this afternoon (fingers crossed!).

Posted on April 8, 2002

• I should have a new render ready to post sometime towards this end of this week. This one is going to take a little more time due to the amount of modeling required. I won’t divulge the theme now, besides to say that it has been oft requested. Stay tuned!

Posted on April 4, 2002

• I’ve added one last render of “Campfires” to the PickleJar, depicting the Earth and Moon.

Posted on April 3, 2002

• I’ve posted two brief animations based on the new “Campfires”. You can find them both in the PickleJar.

Posted on April 2, 2002

• I’ve posted an updated render of “Campfires” on the new images page. The first version was done in Bryce using some low-res maps. That image looks terrible on my bright monitor. The second version was done using Lightwave, but I used procedurals instead of Earth maps so the planet looked rather alien. I think the latest render is truer to what I was aiming for in the original.

  My newest version uses hi-res maps from NASA and a few new Lightwave tricks that I’ve learned since last time. I may use this model to re-do “F=MA” sometime in the future (and try some other ideas), but for now I hope you’ll enjoy this more peaceful view.

  I’ve uploaded two extra versions in the PickleJar. One features Europe and Africa and the other depicts Asia and Australia.