Posted on November 26, 2017

Cloud Canyon (2017)

It’s a bit hard to believe that it has been 10 years since I originally posted Cloud Canyon in 2007. Seems like a good time to revisit the concept with new technology. Let me know what you think! 🙂

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Posted on November 8, 2017

Remembrance (Remembrance Day)

Shortly after posting my latest Halloween render I was asked by one of my Members if I had ever considered doing a wallpaper for Remembrance Day. We don’t mark the holiday here in the US but after I did a little reading it certainly seemed like a worthy subject. Especially since quite a few of my Members come from Commonwealth nations.

The symbol of Remembrance Day is the common poppy. My rendering isn’t too flashy or overt but I hope I did the subject justice.

Posted on October 30, 2017

Animus (Happy Halloween!)

Happy Halloween! Ever since I started learning The Plant Factory I’ve had the idea to create a “tree character” and it seemed like Halloween was the right time to try it out. The central figure and the “hands” were all created using Plant Factory and the scene was rendered using Vue. Sort of abstract, sort of landscape…if this render isn’t to your liking I hope will check out the rest of my Halloween collection!

I almost didn’t have it ready in time for 10/31 because my original version had some volumetric ground fog that I had to remove in order to shorten the render time. Maybe I will be able to finish that version someday…

Posted on October 23, 2017

Electric Dahlia

A few years ago we journeyed back to San Diego with the kids and visited Balboa Park one day. There happened to be a dahlia exhibition and contest going on and I was simply amazed at the diversity, beauty and complexity of this type of flower. I resolved to model one someday and here it is (with my own spin of course). One last flower before winter sets in for 2017. I modeled the blooms and set up the UVs in Plant Factory and finished the texturing in Lightwave.

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Posted on October 18, 2017

Peace in the Valley

Jessie and I recently watched Ken Burns’ and Lynn Novik’s excellent “Vietnam War” documentary on PBS. It was a gut-wrenching series and more than a little bit surreal to think how I wouldn’t have Jess by my side if not for the war.

Throughout the series I was struck by the incredible beauty of the Vietnamese countryside. It was that ethereal beauty which inspired this latest render, “Peace in the Valley”.

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