Posted on December 22, 2009

I’ve accepted an invitation to give a brief talk at Northwestern University’s “Engineering and Science Art Fair” in May 2010. The fair will allow “graduate students in diverse disciplines from mechanical engineering, biochemistry, mathematics, to medicine to submit amateur artwork in different categories and win cash prizes based on student votes”.

My remarks will most likely center around the confluence of science and art, how I’ve applied scientific principles to my artwork, and when to bend science in service of your artwork (which gets at the meaning behind the term “Digital Blasphemy”).

I’ll have more details about where and when in the future. If you are going to be in the Chicago area in May I hope you will think about stopping by to say hello. It would be nice to meet in person some of the people behind the comments.

Posted on December 21, 2009

• I’ve added “Song of the Sky (Yuletide)” to the free samples this morning. You can check out the rest of my Christmas wallpapers, including “The Ride (2009)” here. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and remember to send DB Gift Certificates to everyone on your list 😉

Posted on December 19, 2009

• I’ve added the dual and triple-screen versions of “The Ride (2009)” to the gallery this morning. I had to make some major adjustments to the scene to combat the barrel distortion that Vue adds when you widen the frame. It’s still there but I hope it isn’t too noticable!
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Posted on December 14, 2009

• After the new site went live I fired up Vue d’Esprit 8 and started in on a Christmas wallpaper. It was nice to work on some eye candy after staring at code for a week.

  My (first?) Christmas wallpaper for 2009 is an update to “The Ride”. I did the original way back in ’98 using spiky Bryce 3 terrains for the Trees. I did another version is 2003 using the now defunct (abandonware) “World Builder“.

  This new version uses Vue d’Esprit 8. It’s actually my first render using the new version that came out last month. I haven’t dug too deep into the new features, but I do think the clouds look a lot better with Vue 8 than they did in Vue 7.

  I may want to tweak a thing or two in this one so stop back. See the post from 12/6 if you are wondering where the Members Gallery went!

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Posted on December 11, 2009

• My new Christmas wallpaper is in the latest stage of development. I hope to have it up sometime this weekend (fingers crossed). While it renders I have been doing a bit of clean-up/tweaking to the new site.

  I’ve brought back the “Recent Comments” page so you can see which images have the most recent feedback. I’ve also fixed issue with the early (1997) images displaying a broken 1600 x 1200 link. It’s hard to believe there was a time when I only rendered at 1152 x 864. Now I produce over 33 different resolutions for each project!

  For the non-Member I have brought back the “Multi-Monitor Sample” image and I’ve replaced the old “Cosmogony” with “Tropical Moon”.

  Lastly, I’m putting out the call once more for photos of your multiscreen setups. Snap a pic and upload it directly to the DB Facebook Wall. You can see the ones that have already been posted here. I’d like to collect and host the coolest ones on a page here.

  The comments link below goes to the general thread that I’ve set up to handle feedback regarding the new site layout. Feel free to post if you are still having issues or just want to leave your opinion on the changes.

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