Posted on May 24, 2021

Interstellar

I’ve spent the last week or so learning how to use Blender’s volumetric system. My goal is to create 3D nebulae but I still have quite a bit to figure out. This first attempt is pretty rough yet and not quite what I initially had in mind, but I think it’s a nice proof-of-concept for now.

I’ve seen some really interesting things done with Blender’s volumetrics so stay tuned 🙂

Posted on May 14, 2021

Tropical Moon of Amatheia

I designed “Amatheia” in Blender (my first Blender planet) with the end goal of doing a “tribute” to the 20 year old “Tropical Moon of Thetis“. The “day” version was a bit of a departure but hopefully this scene will evoke the original.

I rendered quite a few different atmospheres before settling on this one and I will share some of those in the Pickle Jar down the line.

I hesitate to call this a “night” version, because the sun angle here implies that it’s still day time. How is this possible astronomically?? Easy! Off frame there’s another moon eclipsing the sunlight momentarily 🙂

Posted on May 11, 2021

Tropical Moon of Amatheia

It’s hard to believe that it has been 20 years since I posted “Tropical Moon of Thetis“. I’ve made lots of similar renders over the years but I wanted to create something with Blender and VUE that was something of a more direct tribute. I hope you enjoy it!! Night version forthcoming…

Posted on May 4, 2021

Amatheia

Nothing too fancy or outrageous here; just my first attempt at modeling and rendering a planet in Blender 2.9. I’d had a very quick process for creating planets in Ligtwave but Blender has a whole new system. I plan on using the planet as a backdrop but found it made a nice wallpaper by itself so I’ve added it to the gallery.

Stay tuned for a another view or two 🙂

Posted on April 26, 2021

The White Woods (Night)

I have to admit that I was a bit nervous when creating “The White Woods” thinking that folks might hate it because it was so different from my usual render. The reaction really blew me away and I’m grateful.

I did receive a number of requests for different sky colors but the only one that made sense (for me) to try was black. I even added some stars so I could put this one in the Night Gallery 🙂