Digital Blasphemy | 3D Wallpaper

Posted on August 6, 2002

Added a new abstract, entitled “Neuron“, to the gallery today.
A few of you have asked me how to get the Dual-Monitor images to fill both of your screens. I don’t run a dual-head setup myself (yet) but I have heard that you need to set the image to “tile” in order for it to look right. Hope this helps!

Posted on August 3, 2002

I’ve posted an updated verion of “Homeworld” on the new images page. The changes aren’t too radical. I’ve added a few mountains in the distance and I’ve toned down the bright reflection off the distant Earth. I’ve also adjusted the Sun’s angle so more of the Earth is lit up. Thursday’s render is still available in the Pickle Jar.
I’ve made a couple of changes to the gallery pages. First, you will now find a link to the appropriate PNG file (if available) next to each image. Only the images available at 1600 x 1200 have PNG files. In case you are wondering, the PNGs are in Zip files because not all browsers can load PNGs. Most newer browsers can handle them, but I think it alleviates much confusion by offering them as zips.

Second, I’ve given my dual-monitor wallpapers a page of their own. As you can see, I haven’t done very many of these. I have added 3 new ones since yesterday (Homeworld, Dark Matter, and the old El Dios Del Fuego). If you have a favorite wallpaper that you think would work nicely as a dual-head screen, please drop me a line and let me know. I would like to do more of these.

Posted on August 1, 2002

I added “Homeworld” to the gallery today. Technically this could be a considered an update of “Campfires 2002”, because I used the same Earth model (you didn’t think I was going to shelve it after one use did you?). It’s also an update to “Far From Home“, though I’ve chosen not to use the same title.

I have a lot of ideas for things I could add to this image. I know from experience, however, that no matter what I add there will be folks who will ask if they can have just a “simple version”. That’s why I’m posting this first. I hope you like it.
Have a look at Phil Lesh’s website. Yes, they have my permission to use the background. I think some of my old “Dead Head” friends from High School and College would probably get a kick out of this. What a long strange trip it’s been!

Posted on July 29, 2002

Reaction to yesterday’s scaling back of the User Gallery has been, for the most part, sympathetic. I haven’t deleted the all the UG data yet, in fact I still have all the submissions going back for the past couple of years. I’m just trying to decide what to do with it.

Some folks have suggested that I make the User Gallery members only. Unfortunately I don’t think that would be right. I think it would be inappropriate for me to charge money for access to something which is freely available on the the Net. I don’t think the artists who have submitted their work thus far would appreciate such a move, and I would rather offer my works exclusively in the members gallery. As I said before, I’m still trying to decide what to do with all of the extra submissions.

Now I think I am going to get back to work on some new wallpapers. I just received my copy of Ozone 3D 2.0 in the mail (still awaiting my registration code), and I bought an interesting SubSurface Scattering plugin over the weekend that I’m dying to learn.

Posted on July 28, 2002

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