Author: Ryan
Posted on July 7, 2009
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I was messing around with Twitter last week, wanting to update my Avatar, and I decided to open up Lightwave and render “Fluorescence” in the size I needed. Well, I started playing around with the scene and made a couple of tweaks. One thing lead to another and I ended up doing making quite a few changes. The result is now up on the new images page.
I didn’t change the mushrooms themselves, though I did play around with them in Zbrush. I decided that I liked the original geometry. The ground is new though and I’ve added some volumetric /dof effects which may or may not be controversial 😉
Anyway, I know this image is a favorite of a lot of people and is probably my most well known piece. I don’t take changing it lightly. I hope you all enjoy the updated version, and if you don’t then remember that the previous versions aren’t going anywhere.
- If you missed my post about the new Pay-it-Forward program please read the news post below. I have updated the program so you may now purchase multiple gifts at a time and I’ve added a PayPal payment option. Thanks!
Posted on July 7, 2009
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I’ve added a “Pay it Forward” program to the Members Gallery. It basically allows you to purchase a 1, 2 or 3 years renewal for a complete stranger. The user is picked at random (only users with less than a year remaining are eligible) and an email is sent to them with a notice that their account has been renewed. I’ve even lowered the renewal prices by a few dollars to make things a little more interesting.
No information about the buyer is given to the recipient, and no information about the recipient is given to the buyer (though each is welcome to make a post in my “Pay it Forward” comments thread). So watch your emails folks, you just might be the recipient of a random act of kindness. If so, I hope you will consider paying it forward.
- I currently have two projects going. One is ready to post, but is a reworking of an older image. The other is something new that isn’t quite ready. I’m still trying to decide which to go with first.
Posted on July 7, 2009
- I tweaked them a day or two longer than I thought I would, but the dual and triple screen of “Canopy Creek” are now available. “Enshrouded” is still rendering on my other box and will probably be doing so for at least the next week or so. Sorry about that. Hope this one holds you multi-monitor users for a bit 😉
Posted on July 7, 2009
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Wow. I hit a little rough patch healthwise over the past few weeks. I had to go into surgery 3 times (nothing life threatening), most recently last Friday. I think I am coming out of it now though and I did get a chance last week to do some sitting at the computer and do a little creating. I was going back and forth about entering my project in a contest but in the end I decided it was far more important to post it here than wait until the contest was over. Nothing I could possibly win in any contest could be better than the what I have going with Digital Blasphemy. Let others win the prizes.
My new project is called “Canopy Creek” and it’s up now for your review on the new images page. You could call it a reworking of my “Canopy” wallpaper from 2000 though I chose a different title for this one. Thankfully it only took a few hours to render 😉
I have another project that I am still working on and I hope to have that one up before the end of the week. Be sure to check out my news posts below if you only visit the site when I post new images. Thanks!
Posted on July 7, 2009
- Time for a little update. First off you will note that I have added my “status” to the upper right corner of the page. Upon looking at the items I list you may wonder to yourself: “What do I care what games Ryan is playing on his phone?”. Well, I’m posting that stuff because you may get a better idea where my inspirations come from.
For example, I am pretty positive that “Beginning of the End” was inspired by my reading “Dying of the Light” by George R.R. Martin. By knowing what I am into at the moment I hope you all might have a better insight as to where my ideas come from. If you have comments on the “Staus” section please give them below or follow the link at the bottom of the box itself. - I also wanted to mention that I have finally found a use for the “ryanbliss.com” domain that my Mom purchased for me many years ago. I’m using it as an extended “artist bio” with pages about me, my family, and a brief history of my artwork. It is a work in progress but check it out if you are interested. If you have any feedback feel free to share it below.