Posted on July 25, 2017

Anvil

Growing up on the flat Illinois prairie I developed a healthy fascination with cumulonimbus clouds. I often imagined that they were mountains in the distance, or that they concealed giants. They were definitely the tallest structures to be seen in a world of distant horizons.

This piece continues my exploration of how to create these clouds using Vue d’Esprit. I was going for a sunset look here, with the clouds lit from a low angle. Hope you enjoy it!

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Posted on July 18, 2017

Taranis

I used Vue’s “planetary mode” to create a world completely enshrouded with clouds. Inspired by the incredible images sent back from low Earth orbit of the International Space Station.

“Taranis”, by the way, was the Celtic god of thunder.

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Posted on July 10, 2017

Of All Places (2017)

I recently asked my fans on Facebook which of my “classic” images they would most like to see redone using my modern tools. I received over 100 replies but would you believe not a single one of them requested I revisit “Of All Places” from 2007? Regardless, I was trying out a new method for creating rocky structures using Zbrush and the revision sort of happened naturally.

This scene departs from the original a bit in that it is set more in a rocky ravine than a dark cave. I rendered the original using Lightwave but used Vue for this scene. I hope you like the update!

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Posted on June 26, 2017

Dapplewood (Night)

I thought it would be fun to turn the lights down on my Dapplewood scene and add some fireflies (something I haven’t done since “Summerwood” over 12 years ago). I hope you enjoy it!

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Posted on June 23, 2017

Dapplewood

This render was an exercise in creating trees with multiple trunks using Plant Factory and placing them in a “volumetric” Vue environment. Or just creating something nice and lush for your desktop 🙂

The project went through a couple of different revisions as a I tweaked the size of the leaves to allow more (or less) light to penetrate the canopy. I may or may not add those versions to the Pickle Jar. I really prefer this one. Hope you agree!

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