Posted on January 6, 2018

Passageway

My first render of 2018 was built using trees that evolved from both “The Standing Stones” and “Animus“. It also contains plants that foreshadows my next render. I guess it has a foot in the past and a foot in the future. Truly a passageway 🙂

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Posted on December 30, 2017

VR!

If you’ve enjoyed my 360 Panoramas you might be interested to know that Santa brought me an Oculus Rift VR system for Christmas. I’ve been having a lot of fun these past few days rendering 3D panoramic versions of certain scenes and this morning I’ve added some to the gallery. 360 VR versions of “Standing Stones” and “Minimal Surfaces” are new. I’ve also added new 3D versions of “Pyre“, “Beginnings“, and “Axonal“. More to come! Members can download the 4K panoramic and 4K panoramic 3D versions (where available) from my gallery pages (they are also available a la carte to non-Members). You don’t need a headset to view the 360 panoramas. You can view them in your browser (albeit in 2D) here.

Guess I was a good boy this year. A post shared by Ryan Bliss (@dblasphemy) on Dec 25, 2017 at 7:33pm PST

On the Oculus Rift they are viewable using the 360 Photos app (be aware you will need a Xbox controller to navigate the menus for some reason). Put the images in your “Pictures/OculusPhotos” directory.

If someone has instructions for viewing on the Vive, PSVR, Gear VR, etc I would love to hear them!

Posted on December 22, 2017

Snowglobe (Merry Christmas)

Here’s a “bonus” Christmas wallpaper for my faithful Members. Yes it is definitely a companion piece to “Spirit of the Season” (from the same “house” even). There’s even a little “easter egg” callback to another of my early Christmas renders if you look closely 🙂

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On behalf of Jessica, Ian and Jason: Thank you so much for supporting my work this year!! If you have enjoyed my renders and would like to show a little extra love over the holidays please consider…

• Lifetime Members can become Lifetime Supporters (ongoing)
• Anyone can become a one-time Patron
• Tips (any amount) are always appreciated 🙂
• Pick up a print from my Gift Shop (Signed Prints Are Available Too!!)

Happy Holidays!!

Posted on December 15, 2017

Spirit of the Season (Merry Christmas)

Folks have been requesting an update to “Spirit of the Season” from 2002 for quite a few years now. Given that the last few years I’ve focused on lighted trees and cold outdoor scenes, I felt the time was right to create something warm for the holiday. After all, the best part of a snowy night is looking at it from inside a cozy warm house 🙂

I may yet tinker a bit with this scene in the days ahead but probably nothing too major. If I do make major changes the original will go in the Pickle Jar otherwise I will just replace the render in the gallery. I hope you enjoy the update!!

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Posted on December 2, 2017

The Standing Stones

Working with Lightwave (the background), Plant Factory (the foliage) and Vue (for the rendered environment) here. This one isn’t technically a Christmas image but it has some of the hallmarks. Maybe in the Pickle Jar…

I originally intended to have the Stones serve as a portal to another world but I thought the light competed with the sky for focus. I may add a version with the portal open at a later date.

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