Posted on May 17, 2011

The fact that my next revision of “Riverbend” has taken so long to render is one of the reasons I decided to bite the bullet and purchase my new workstation this morning. Here’s a screenshot of my final order but the main specs are thus: Dual six-core Xeon 3.46 GHz, 48 GB Ram, 240 GB SSD (Intel 510), and a single GTX 590 (for now). Believe it or not I saved nearly $6k building from scratch!

Thanks to everyone who helped out by signing up or renewing over the past few months. As always, I couldn’t do any of this without your support. Hopefully this machine will keep me rendering for the next five or six years!

Posted on May 8, 2011

Happy Mother’s Day! Just wanted to mention a few items this morning before getting back to Jessie’s foot massage.

First, a couple of Members have kindly donated Lifetime Memberships to give away to deserving Moms via my Facebook Page. I have added a couple of yearly Memberships so we can have a proper contest. All you need to do to enter is share a story about your Mom (or your own Motherhood experience). The entries with the most “Likes” will be awarded the Memberships (so please help me judge them!). The first was awarded this morning to Katie Duchscherer.

Second, if you are interested in helping me pull the trigger on my new workstation then I hope you will take advatange of my Mother’s Day Sale (25% off all Memberships and Renewals with coupon code LOVEYOUMOM).

Last, but far from least, I have added a new render to the gallery this morning. I call it Riverbend and it is probably about 75% complete. The sunbeams need to be toned down a bit (to differentiate the piece from another in my gallery). Hope you enjoy it! Now back to those feet…

Posted on May 5, 2011

A couple of items to mention. Most importantly, my new project is now rendering and should be ready in a few days. All I will say about it is that it is very lush…

Second, I wanted to mention that I have added a less expensive 30-day option for under $10. If one were to use the Mother’s Day 25% off coupon I am offering until midnight Sunday you could download my entire collection (plus 2 or 3 new ones in the weeks ahead) for under $7.50. Renewals are similarly discounted.

I am offering the sale partly to fund the new workstation I have been eyeing for the past few weeks and your help is greatly appreciated! Please post in the thread below if you have any questions or comments. Thanks for your support!

Posted on April 28, 2011

I’ve added the dual and triple-screen versions of “Tropic of Thetis (Nightfall)” this morning. I had started this one rendering before I added the “glowing foam” to the single-screen version, so that is why the shoreline is dark. The foam was a bit controversial in the single-screen version so maybe the multiscreen would be better without it?

In other news, my next project will be something green…

Posted on April 27, 2011

I added my (currently) highest rated wallpaper to the free gallery this morning. It’s called “Highland Spring” and I rendered it using Vue d’Esprit 8 back in March of last year. It turned out so well the fine folks at E-onsoftware chose to use it for the cover of Vue d’Esprit 9. Not too shabby.

Hope you enjoy it! Check back shortly for the “Tropic of Thetis (Nightfall)” multiscreen…