Posted on December 15, 2017

Spirit of the Season (Merry Christmas)

Folks have been requesting an update to “Spirit of the Season” from 2002 for quite a few years now. Given that the last few years I’ve focused on lighted trees and cold outdoor scenes, I felt the time was right to create something warm for the holiday. After all, the best part of a snowy night is looking at it from inside a cozy warm house 🙂

I may yet tinker a bit with this scene in the days ahead but probably nothing too major. If I do make major changes the original will go in the Pickle Jar otherwise I will just replace the render in the gallery. I hope you enjoy the update!!

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Posted on December 2, 2017

The Standing Stones

Working with Lightwave (the background), Plant Factory (the foliage) and Vue (for the rendered environment) here. This one isn’t technically a Christmas image but it has some of the hallmarks. Maybe in the Pickle Jar…

I originally intended to have the Stones serve as a portal to another world but I thought the light competed with the sky for focus. I may add a version with the portal open at a later date.

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Posted on November 26, 2017

Cloud Canyon (2017)

It’s a bit hard to believe that it has been 10 years since I originally posted Cloud Canyon in 2007. Seems like a good time to revisit the concept with new technology. Let me know what you think! 🙂

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Posted on November 8, 2017

Remembrance (Remembrance Day)

Shortly after posting my latest Halloween render I was asked by one of my Members if I had ever considered doing a wallpaper for Remembrance Day. We don’t mark the holiday here in the US but after I did a little reading it certainly seemed like a worthy subject. Especially since quite a few of my Members come from Commonwealth nations.

The symbol of Remembrance Day is the common poppy. My rendering isn’t too flashy or overt but I hope I did the subject justice.

Posted on October 30, 2017

Animus (Happy Halloween!)

Happy Halloween! Ever since I started learning The Plant Factory I’ve had the idea to create a “tree character” and it seemed like Halloween was the right time to try it out. The central figure and the “hands” were all created using Plant Factory and the scene was rendered using Vue. Sort of abstract, sort of landscape…if this render isn’t to your liking I hope will check out the rest of my Halloween collection!

I almost didn’t have it ready in time for 10/31 because my original version had some volumetric ground fog that I had to remove in order to shorten the render time. Maybe I will be able to finish that version someday…