Posted on April 4, 2012

You may have noticed that things were a bit quiet around DB last week as I stepped away from the computer to rest and recharge my batteries with a little family vacation. We’ve had a pretty rough year so far and this trip (which we’d been planning since last year) really helped.

It’s also nice that spring has completely spring in central Illinois. Coming back to The Brown would have been depressing.

First order of business: I wasn’t able to finish the “Windflower” multiscreen before leaving so I am working on putting that together now. Thanks for being patient multiscreen Members!

After that I am completely open as to what to render next (though I am leaning towards something tropical).

Any requests Members?

Posted on March 3, 2012

Added “Windflower” to the Members Gallery today. It’s a floral experiment (modeled using Xfrog and rendered using Lightwave 11) that I started after seeing a photo online of a Blue Anemone Windflower. The end result didn’t turn out a whole lot like the original flower, but I kept the name.

Still a few issues to work out with this one, but I think it looks nice enough to share as is. I’ve also added a red version in the Pickle Jar.

Your thoughts?

Posted on March 3, 2012

Added “Portals” to the Members Gallery this afternoon. A number of folks have mentioned to me that I should update my ” Login” wallpaper. This piece is in the same spirit as “Login” but also continues an idea I started in “Portal“.

The images I used here, from left to right, are “Extrasolar” (flipped horizontally), “The Beginning of the End“, “The Fisherman“, “Planitia“, “Tropical Moon of Thetis“, and “Phraxis Moon“.

This is my first render using the release version of Lightwave 11. I had to do a special render for the 2048 x 2048 (and 1024 x 1024) versions so all 6 windows would fit on the screen. Dual and triple-screen versions are available.

The idea came to me during a recent long stretch of solo driving. The base inspiration for this piece was the Star Trek original series episode “All Our Yesterdays“.

I honestly didn’t know if I was going to have enough related images to create a “spectrum” effect so that working out was a happy little accident.

Retina iPad Free Sample!

Anyone using the new iPad this morning? I’ve added a free sample from my new “Retina” collection of wallpapers as well as a version for the iPad 1 & 2.

Members have access to over 125 wallpapers for the new iPad and over 340 for the iPad 1 & 2.

Enjoy!

Posted on March 3, 2012

I’ve added a couple of multiscreen renders today. First up, the dual and triple-screen versions of “Red Sky At Morning” are now available in the Members Gallery.

I’ve added a free “Facebook Cover Photo” version here.

I’ve also added the dual and triple-screen versions of “Redfern Forest” to the gallery this morning along with a free version for use as a Facebook Cover photo.

Just FYI: My entire collection of Facebook Covers can be found here.

This one took quite a while to finish on my alternate box while I rendered newer projects on Bucephalus. One of my goals for this year is going to be purchasing a backup renderer approaching the same class as my main machine.

As things are a 24-hour render on my main machine can take nearly a week to finish on my 4-yr old alternate box. I would love to get these multiscreens out sooner!

Posted on March 3, 2012

You may have heard that Apple is releasing a new iPad shortly.

I first heard whispers last July that the new iPad would have a 2048×1536 display and I’ve been rendering my images at 3277 x 2048 ever since. The new model requires wallpaper to be at least 2048 x 2048 so you can get the full resolution whether you are in portrait or landscape mode.

Today I collected together all of my highest resolution renders and created a set of 123 wallpapers designed to show off the shiny new “Retina” display. Most of my newer work has a 2048 x 2048 version available, along with some old favorites.

These wallpapers are available now in my Members Gallery but it will probably be easiest if you grab the entire archive from my downloads page.

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. I hope you enjoy them!