Tropic of Aquarius

Posted on December 12, 2023

Experimenting here with VUE’s new render modes for volumetrics.   It was meant to be a simple quick scene but I ended up playing around with different variations a bit more than I expected.   I will probably add at least one of those to the Pickle Jar in the near future. 

I hope you enjoy it!!

A Christmas in Paradise

Posted on November 11, 2023

I usually try to do one or two Christmas themes every year and this year I wanted to try something a little different.  Perhaps inspired by the famous Corona beer commercial I thought it would be fun to light up one of my tropical scenes for the Holidays.   

I hope you enjoy it and have a wonderful holiday wherever you might be in the world!

Stillwater (Winter/Night)

Posted on November 11, 2023

By request I’ve added a nighttime version of “Stillwater (Winter)“.   I have cleared out the snowfall and (after much deliberation) melted the ice here to accentuate the reflections. There’s no campfire this time so it’s fairly dark but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.

Orthohedron

Posted on November 11, 2023

Reimagining one of my old Lightwave favorites from my abstracts collection, “Orthohedron” from 2004.     I used Cinema4D/Redshift for the rendering this time and Plant Factory for the modeling. Added a bit more color to this version.

I hope you enjoy it!

Stillwater (Winter)

Posted on November 11, 2023

I’ve done Autumn and Summer versions of “Stillwater” so I’m sure some of you were anticipating the Winter scene.     I’ve found there’s a pretty short window of time when people are receptive to Winter scenes though so I decided to wait until November to add this one to my gallery.    Oddly enough though I worked on this piece back in August when I needed one more Winter scene for my 2024 Calendar.

Glad I can finally share it with you all. You will find an alternate version without the flying snow and frozen lake in the Pickle Jar.

I hope you enjoy it and the whole Stillwater series.