Posted on October 7, 2008

• Added “Niflheim” to the gallery this evening (title explained here). This is the space project that I mentioned setting aside in my “Inspiration” blog post. I was torn on whether or not to come back to it, since being stuck on a project is not very much fun. I’m glad I decided to work it out though. It think it came out rather well and makes a nice addition to my space images. I also like that it is a complete 180 from my previous 3 pieces. I hope you like it too.

  Next up is a multi-screen version and then I’d like to do something a little more seasonal. Either another fall image or perhaps a Halloween theme.

  Speaking of Halloween: I’ve added links to all of my Holiday images (see just below the 1997 gallery link on the left hand side of the page) so it should be a little easier to find the images you want without having to dig through the main galleries.

Posted on October 6, 2008

• Just wanted to chime in a let you guys know that I am finishing up a new render (a space theme) and I hope to have it available sometime in the next few days depending on how long the render takes.

Posted on September 23, 2008

• I’ve added dual and triple screen versions of “Red and Gold” to the gallery this morning.

  I’ve also added a poster version of “Red and Gold” to my Zazzle collection for those of you interested in having a hard copy on your wall.

  Lastly, for those of you who have wondered where I get my ideas from, I made a blog post recently which addresses this oft-asked question.

Posted on September 21, 2008

• By popular request, I’ve added an autumn colored version of “Green and Gold” (titled “Red and Gold”) to the gallery this morning. Normally, I would probably have something like this in the Pickle Jar but I think this one deserves a place in the gallery.

  Technically, one of the advantages of composing the tree out of many seperate tree objects is that I am able to vary the leaf colors. This is something that I haven’t been able to do before using single objects (you could use different colors but they would be evenly mixed throughout the tree).

  I should have a multi-screen render up soon and then move on to other projects.

Posted on September 18, 2008

• I’ve added dual and triple screen versions of “Green and Gold” to the gallery this morning. I have to say right up front that the “Cloud Bug” that has plauged other multi-screen renders rears its ugly head here as well. The cloud bug, if you didn’t read my post a couple of months ago, is a fault in Vue d’Esprit where the clouds change shape when I change the aspect ratio of the render. Basically, it means it is impossible to get the same clouds in the multi-screen render that I have in the single-screen version. They’ve told me that they are working on fixing this, but at this point I think the fix (if it comes at all) will be a part of Vue 7 rather than an update for Vue 6.

  I’ve added a print version of “Green and Gold” to my Zazzle collection. I’ve also added a couple of new product categories; greeting cards and postcards. So far I’ve only added the top ten images (plus one or two of my personal favs), but if the demand is there I will add more. The greeting cards are blank on the inside. I would have added Christmas images, but I have an exclusive arrangement with a British company that keeps me from marketing my own Christmas cards. I can provide a link to them if anyone is interested.

  I’ve been very pleased reading the comments regarding “Green and Gold” over the past few days. I’m glad most of you seem to have enjoyed it (and that some of you have found a bit of solace in it during troubling times). After 11 years making people happy never gets old.