Posted on March 3, 2018

Erebus

Glad to finally be able to post this one! The Vue scene took so long to render that I feared that Shadowfax had hung more than once. It actually did crash one time and I had to restart the whole thing. Regardless, I persisted and I’m happy to be able to share it with you. I used Lightwave 2018’s new texturing model for the background planet. Hopefully it was worth the wait.

The scene will need a major rework if I am going to be able to produce multiscreen versions however. The whole thing is set up for 360 rendering but we shall see.

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Posted on February 26, 2018

Strathwood

It’s been a few months since I’ve done a “BIG” landscape and some of you have been requesting them. My recent scenes have been more on the intimate side. To be honest I’ve gotten myself into a bit of trouble using Vue lately in that the scenes I’ve been dreaming up have been taking far too long to render.

For this scene I wanted to concentrate on keeping the render time manageable (on Bucephalus even) while still keeping the WOW factor. I hope you think I’ve succeeded with “Strathwood”.

EDIT: I’ve posted a revised version on 2/28. The original will remain in the Pickle Jar if you would like to compare. You will also notice that (by popular demand) I’ve added wallpapers sized to fit the iPhone X.

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Posted on February 19, 2018

Phyllotaxis

Here’s something colorful if you are getting tired of winter greys. This render is the result of my experimenting with Plant Factory to create interesting floral patterns. I rendered the scene using Vue but I think I might try a version with Lightwave so I can have a bit more control over the geometry. Let me know what you think!

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Posted on February 12, 2018

Anima (Happy Valentine’s Day)

It’s been a while (8 years!) since I’ve attempted a Valentine’s Day wallpaper. My rule for them has always been this: Don’t make anything that I wouldn’t use myself. This project was one of those rare blessed instances where I had the finished image in mind before I started working on it. I hope you enjoy it!

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Posted on February 10, 2018

Dapplewood (Winter)

I’d intended to create a winter version of “Dapplewood” before the Christmas holiday but got a bit sidetracked. I hope people are still in the mood for Winter wallpapers in February 🙂

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