Digital Blasphemy | 3D Wallpaper

Posted on April 20, 2000

  • I was never really happy with where I left “Neptune’s Garden”. I liked the over all environment, but I didn’t like the columns and fish that I had added (see neptune4.jpg in the Picklejar). They added some contrast to the scene, but I thought they looked too fake. Yesterday I started reworking the image, essentially scrapping everything but the lighting from the first version. You can find the new render on the “New Images” page and in the Underwater Gallery. If you have any comments, be sure to send them my way.

Posted on April 19, 2000

  • I’ve added 1600 x 1200 versions of “Brainstorm” and “Snowtop“.

    I also unearthed an old Bryce render that I’m sure you haven’t seen yet. I don’t know why I never posted this back when I created it last May. The image is titled, simply, “Gecko” and you can check it out in the 1999 Day Scenery Gallery. The Gecko model came off of the Ray Dream Studio CD-ROM. Yes, the gecko does have a mouth, it’s just hard to see 🙂

Posted on April 13, 2000

Posted on April 12, 2000

  • Thanks to all of you who shared their thoughts on “Threesome”. It looks like (as usual) Jessie was right. The dark version is by far more popular.

    Immediately after posting “Threesome” I set to work on a new space image. The result is “Companion Star”, which is available now on the New Images page. This image has gone through a lot of tweaking, and you can see some of the early renditions in the Picklejar. I’m sure opinions will differ on whether my tweaking was effective. Please feel free to share your thoughts.

Posted on April 8, 2000

  • I decided, after working like a madman to bring this server back up, that I should take it easy for a few days. That means, of course, that I immediately starting playing around with Lightwave 6. Originally I was going to see if I could make any improvements to “Escort”, but I couldn’t get away from the fact that I didn’t like the little submarines that I had made. I took them out, leaving just the dolphins.

    There are two versions of this image available (both in the Picklejar). Jessie liked the darker image but I preferred the brighter one. Both images make use of Lightwave 6’s Radiosity and Caustic effects (don’t worry if this is meaningless to you). Anyway, I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts.