Posted on April 26, 2015

I’ve added “Accretion (2015)” to the Members Gallery this morning. As with “Platonics“, this scene was composed in Lightwave starting with a 48:9 frame (as opposed to the 16:10 frame I’ve used for the past 10 years). The single-screen was cropped from the triple-5k render. Here’s what it looks like on Shadowfax…

Work-in-progress #lightwave3d #shadowfax pic.twitter.com/CzDxjUfJr1

— Digital Blasphemy (@dblasphemy) April 27, 2015

I’ve tried to keep the center screen interesting here but I can’t say if I would have designed it this way if I had started with a 16:9 frame. Let me know what you think!

Posted on April 24, 2015

Project Shadowfax was a resounding success. Huge thanks to everyone who donated! Here’s the new page for my primary workstation and I’ve added a new page for “Arion“.

I still have about 100 of the exclusive “Project Shadowfax” thank you cards (not everyone who donated wanted one). They will go to Digital Blasphemy Donors/Patrons on a first-come/first-served basis until they are gone.

 

Posted on April 17, 2015

I created this rather simple (but dense) abstract using Lightwave 11 in order to assess the feasibility of creating my images in a 48:9 aspect ratio from the start (as opposed to starting with a 16:9 frame). I chose “platonic solids” after watching an excellent NOVA special called “The Great Math Mystery” recently.

I’ve also added multi-5K/4K/UHD renders of “Locus” this morning. I hope to have a multi-5K version of “Highland Spring” available before Monday.

Posted on April 8, 2015

I was never 100% happy with my 2014 revisit of “Moonshadow“. That scene was built using a setup I had originally put together for “The Green Flash“, and it took simply too long to render.

This new version was built “from scratch” and does render a bit faster. The jellyfish add considerably to the render time, but I think they improve the foreground greatly. I hope to finally be able to create a multiscreen version of this one. There was little hope for the 2014 version though.

I will keep either the 2014 version of the this new one. Your ratings and comments will decide it!

Posted on April 5, 2015

I’ve long been fascinated with the descriptions of the dragon’s eggs in the world of “The Song of Ice and Fire”. Most of the ones I’ve seen represented IRL have huge scales but the description from the text says they are tiny. I chalked this up to craftspeople maybe not having the ability to create tiny scales. This is not a problem that I have on my computer however.

I created this scene on my mobile workstation while Bucephalus worked rendering another project.

Happy Easter!!

PS: I’m hoping to have Shadowfax ready for duty by early this week!! Huge thanks again to everyone who supported the project. I will be shutting down the fundraiser site shortly.

I still have a good sized stack of Highland Spring thank you postcards (since I had to order 250 extra to get the amount I needed). These will go out to folks who sign up as a Patron, Donor or Sponsor here until they are gone!