All Good Things

Posted on February 2, 2025

After creating my new version of “Singularity” I knew I wanted to try a scene observing it from a nearby world.   I’d already done something sort of similar with “Samsara” and I didn’t want to replicate that.   Instead I went for a more natural, terrestrial type scene teetering on the verge of annihilation.   Yes, I’m sure a scene like this probably couldn’t exist due to its proximity to the singularity but I hope you will excuse my artistic license (once again).

I found that the blue/red version of my black hole didn’t really work for what I wanted to depict here so I rendered a new version with more uniform coloring.   If I do a darker version I might still use the original.   I’ll post that other version of Singularity in the Pickle Jar shortly after I render a multiscreen version.

Singularity (2025)

Posted on January 1, 2025

I first attempted a black hole way back in 2001 and here I wanted to do an update that was faithful to the original but also followed what the science of what people think these objects actually look like.   The original, you might say, was inspired by singularity featured in the Disney film “The Black Hole” whereas this version was inspired by the one in “Interstellar“.    I hope you enjoy it!

Created and rendered using Blender.

Silver Night

Posted on January 1, 2025

The moonlit companion to “Golden Morning“.    My Rochallor workstation went down over the weekend due to a mystery ailment and I was fortunate to save these renders off of the data drive.   

Was torn between going with a bluish moon and an orange one.   In the end felt the bluish tone made a nice contrast to the sunrise version.  What do you think?? 🤔

Going to try reviving Rochallor with a new boot drive today. Wish me luck!!

Golden Morning

Posted on January 1, 2025

Happy Friday! January is usually the month I stop thinking about creating winter scenes and grow weary of the cold.   The only tonic for it is to create a nice warm tropical scene.   They are like comfort food for me artistically and I hope you don’t mind me returning to the tropics from time to time.

Beacon (Night)

Posted on January 1, 2025

Happy Friday!

I thought it would be fun to create a darker, night version of my updated “Beacon” for those folks who prefer the night-mode desktops.   I still wanted to go with the red and blue theme but have lowered the sunlight angle and intensity dramatically.   Maybe only one of these belongs in the gallery and the other in the Pickle Jar?   What do you think??