Author: Ryan

Posted on October 10, 2010

The Haunted Nebula -- Happy Halloween!I’ve done quite a few different Halloween pictures over the years and I think I’ve covered most of the basic themes (jack-o-lanterns, black cats, ghosts, graveyards, etc). This year I thought it would be fun to try something different.

It all started when I heard about the passing of Benoit Mandelbrot (the father of fractal mathematics) last week. Fractals play a huge part in my work so I wanted to do something as a tribute to the man. Halloween was quickly approaching however and I wanted to do something for the holiday.

I thought it would be fun to combine the themes and created “The Haunted Nebula“, my first fractal Halloween planetscape. Hope you enjoy it and have a happy Halloween!

Posted on October 10, 2010

gotham garden (autumn) I’ve added the autumn installment of my “Gotham Garden” series this evening. Originally I rendered this as a sunset scene but found that the orange sky and the autumn leaves did not contrast enough.

That version will make its way into the Pickle Jar shortly. Now to set about producing the multiscreens asap!

Thanks to everyone who took advantage of my 25% off special (to celebrate my 25,000th Facebook fan). The coupon is now expired, but we’ll see what happens when I reach 30,000…