Posted on September 9, 2008

• I’ve added dual and triple screen versions of “Green and Gold” to the gallery this morning. I have to say right up front that the “Cloud Bug” that has plauged other multi-screen renders rears its ugly head here as well. The cloud bug, if you didn’t read my post a couple of months ago, is a fault in Vue d’Esprit where the clouds change shape when I change the aspect ratio of the render. Basically, it means it is impossible to get the same clouds in the multi-screen render that I have in the single-screen version. They’ve told me that they are working on fixing this, but at this point I think the fix (if it comes at all) will be a part of Vue 7 rather than an update for Vue 6.

  I’ve added a print version of “Green and Gold” to my Zazzle collection. I’ve also added a couple of new product categories; greeting cards and postcards. So far I’ve only added the top ten images (plus one or two of my personal favs), but if the demand is there I will add more. The greeting cards are blank on the inside. I would have added Christmas images, but I have an exclusive arrangement with a British company that keeps me from marketing my own Christmas cards. I can provide a link to them if anyone is interested.

  I’ve been very pleased reading the comments regarding “Green and Gold” over the past few days. I’m glad most of you seem to have enjoyed it (and that some of you have found a bit of solace in it during troubling times). After 11 years making people happy never gets old.

Posted on September 9, 2008

• I’ve added “Green and Gold” to the gallery this morning. This project was an exercise for me to see if I could use Vue plants, along with the built-in Plant Editor, to create more complex and interesting models. I think it worked out pretty well in this case and I’m looking forward to trying more in the future. I hope you like it.

  You may notice that I have added my “Recent Blog Posts” in a column to the right. I thought it would be better to simply list the recent posts here than make a post on this page whenever I updated the blog.

  A big thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts on my “Politcal Ad” dilemma. I think the consensus is pretty clear.

Posted on September 9, 2008

• I made a post in my blog this morning regarding political banner ads on DB. Check it out here if you are interested.

Posted on September 9, 2008

• I thought it might be fun to join to 21st century and add a blog to DB. Click here to read more if you are interested…

Posted on September 9, 2008

• I’ve added dual and triple screen versions of “Lord of the Forest” to the gallery this afternoon. There were some comments regarding grain in the light beams of the single screen version so I’ve also posted a new version where the beams should look significantly smoother.

  The new version is a scaled down version of the hi-res render I created for a Zazzle print (which is now available if you are interested, along with a mousepad).