Posted on February 15, 2017

Serenity

Inspired by “Monet’s Pond” in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. I added the lotus (petals modeled in Lightwave, model assembled in Plant Factory) to give the piece a central focus.

Posted on February 9, 2017

Exobotany

This one started out as a revisit of “Planitia” (which turns 10 years old this year!) using some of my custom-designed Plant Factory models. The plants used some of the techniques I learned creating “Dreams of Avarice“.

It took an unholy long time to render on Shadowfax due to the all the SSS and refractive globes. Somewhere about 2/3rds of the way through the render it occurred to me that perhaps the bottom of the screen was a bit on the busy side, but I let it finish rather than start over.

Let me know what you think!

Posted on February 1, 2017

First off, happy Birthday to my lovely and talented wife Jessica!! You don’t hear much from her, but trust me when I say that this gallery would not still be here without her hard work. I love you baby!

True North

This piece is a “side-project” that I started in the middle of working on something else. I was working on a new sci-fi project and decided that an unused element would work nicely as an aurora. The scene was designed and rendered on my old Bucephalus workstation.

Signed Metal Prints

Just FYI, I’ve added metal as an option for my signed prints. We purchased one of my metal prints as a Christmas gift this year for some good friends of ours and were blown away by the results. They are a bit smaller than the wrapped canvases (max 30″ wide) but they are easy to hang and absolutely stunning.

Posted on January 25, 2017

A couple of new renders to post today.

Hyperborea

I will admit that this one is framed specifically for my own particular vertical triple-screen setup. I hope it looks great on yours. This one took quite a long time to render on “Bucephalus” due to the volumetric fog. For that reason I don’t have a multiscreen ready right now.

Unfortunately when I saved this scene file Vue 2016 messed up a lot of the texture maps and it will be quite a chore to reset them all. I will do it someday though I promise!! Let me know what you think!!

Cynosure

I haven’t worked with Apophysis (a “2D” fractal “flame” generator) in quite a while so I decided to boot it up on Asfaloth while two particularly lengthy renders were finishing on my desktop workstations. I was particularly interested in the new “3D” features of the program and trying to emulate some of the incredible floral flame renders I’ve seen online.

This render doesn’t quite look floral yet, but I think it looks interesting enough to share in my gallery while I keep learning. Let me know what you think!

Posted on January 17, 2017

Minimal Surfaces (Variations)

By popular request I’ve added a few different colored variations of “Minimal Surfaces” to the Pickle Jar…

Which is your favorite?