Caldera (Night)

Posted on July 7, 2023

Before moving on from “Caldera” on Rochallor I thought it would be fun to attempt a night version with lava overflowing the crater. More of an experiment than anything, it took quite a few days to render on Rochallor but I’m still not 100% satisfied with it.  It may end up in the Pickle Jar but I decided to share it in the gallery first.

I do hope you enjoy it but it’s time to move on 🙂

Oasis (Dawn)

Posted on July 7, 2023

After starting out with a night version of my “Oasis” update I knew I wanted to also do a day version. I was playing around with different atmospheres and found that I really liked this dawn setting. I may yet do one more with a deep blue sky to match the original 1999 version. Created and rendered on Shadowfax.

I hope you enjoy it!

Oasis

Posted on July 7, 2023

The goal here was to update my Oasis theme (started in 1999, updated in 2009) using Gaea and new plant models.  I tried to keep the composition as similar as possible to the earlier versions but hopefully it feels new.   I’ll attempt a day version next.

​​​​​​​Created on my Shadowfax workstation while another project rendered on Rochallor.   Hopefully that one finishes soon!

Caldera

Posted on June 6, 2023

Here’s another fun project I created using Gaea. Again, as with “Galatea“, my goal here was to better learn texturing in Gaea to create a colorful abstract landscape. I haven’t created anything quite like this in a while and I hope you enjoy it!

Sunbeam Rock

Posted on June 6, 2023

Been tweaking this one for a bit too long so it’s time to just let go. Experimenting here with VUE’s sunbeams interacting with objects on the ground. Colors are a bit more muted than my normal work but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.