Posted on October 8, 2020

The Fall Spectrum

Multi-Screen Render

A few days ago I opened the scene file for Red and Gold (created way back in 2008 using Vue 6) on Rochallor with the idea of a minor update. I ended up completely redesigning the tree in Plant Factory (the first was pretty but was a horrible hack) and adding all new foliage in the pasture (based on the autumn wildflowers in my neighborhood actually). I also brought a tiny bit of color to the sky 🙂

Not really an update but not totally new either. Not just “red and gold” anymore either hence the new title 🙂

Plant Factory gives me a lot more control over where the the foliage so I can do a lot more with this scene than I could with the original. I hope you enjoy it!

Posted on October 5, 2020

Pageantry (Night)

Multi-Screen Render

A number of folks mentioned that “Pageantry (Night)” was “spooky” enough for Halloween but I wanted to go a little further in that direction. I’d initially had this in the Pickle Jar but perhaps it is suitable for the Halloween gallery??

Posted on October 2, 2020

Pageantry (Night)

Multi-Screen Render

I haven’t committed to making a full dynamic series of “Pageantry” yet but I did want to at least create a night version. The challenge here was to preserve a bit of the color from the original in the foreground while still having something interesting to look at out in the darkness. It is an Autumn scene after all.

I decided to add a bit of light being the viewer (and cabin or campfire maybe) to brighten things up a bit. Let me know if you think I’ve succeeded or not.

Posted on September 30, 2020

A New Home for DB

Things might not look too different but if you are reading this page then my site is being hosted by a different company for the first time in 20 years. My old host charged too much compared to what other companies were offering. You can’t say I wasn’t loyal.

My new server should be powerful enough and have plenty of bandwidth, but unfortunately I’ve had to temporarily shut down my credit card forms because my merchant bank also hasn’t been upgrading my service with the times. It’s a long story, but they have me on a new service that will prove stronger for DB 2.0 (which is coming soon!!) but doesn’t work that well for DB 1.0.

You can still support my work using PayPal for the time being and I will work to get some other options available if the new site isn’t active before too long.

There may be a gremlin or two still hiding in the old site from the move so let me know if you find anything glaring. I think you will like what Cris and I are working on for the future though. It will be a far easier site both for me to run and for you to navigate.

Posted on September 25, 2020

Pageantry

Multi-Screen Render

Autumn scenes are some of my favorites. The season is a lot different in the mountains than the Midwestern season I am used to and, tbh, I don’t have a whole lot of experience with it. This is my fanciful version then created as a Midwesterner might imagine it 🙂