Posted on August 23, 2015

I recently introduced my boys to the original Star Trek and we’ve been watching them nightly this summer before bedtime. This scene was inspired by the continuing adventures of the Starship Enterprise 🙂

I used Vue d’Esprit’s “Planetary Terrains” twice. The main planet in the sky is a Vue d’Esprit world with the camera pulled way back. The foreground is another spherical terrain, so I can have the sun light peeking over the horizon naturally.

Let me know what you think!

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Posted on August 11, 2015

You never know when inspiration might strike. I’ve been re-reading George R. R. Martin’s “A Clash of Kings” recently. Daenerys Targaryen sees many visions in the “House of the Undying” including one that I thought would make an interesting wallpaper…

“A blue flower grew from a chink in a wall of ice, and filled the air with sweetness…”

Some think the flower symbolizes Jon Snow, and in his very next chapter he meets Ygritte who tells him the story of “The Winter Rose”. Connected? Maybe.

Either way I thought it would make a pretty cool image though and I hope you agree. Let me know what you think!

Posted on August 5, 2015

Here are my first timelapse WIP videos. They are mostly just tests to see what settings to use, etc, but if you are interested I will be happy to make more. Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel to stay up to date.

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Posted on July 29, 2015

I had long had the thought that my “Portals” scene would support one of my ultra-wide Triscreen images. My “Valley of the Stars” render was the first scene where I felt I should give it a try. Let me know what you think!

Posted on July 22, 2015

Added a new version of “Valley of the Stars” tonight. Version 1 was pretty well received but I still had a change or two I wanted to make. This new version adds a small castle on the shore and I’ve smoothed out the water a bit.