Posted on September 16, 2016

The Turning

I modeled these trees using The Plant Factory as an exercise in varying the hue of the foliage on each individual model. After all, an Autumn tree is rarely all one color.

I’ve used various tricks to replicate that effect in the past but this is the first time I’ve been able to create single model with multiple different colored leaves. This should lead to ever more realistic Autumn landscapes in the future 🙂

I should have a few Pickle Jar versions to upload in the next few days but I will let this render stand alone for the time being. I hope you enjoy it!!

Posted on September 13, 2016

Archive (Minor)

Unfortunately I wasn’t entirely pleased with how the colors came out in “Archive“. That scene took around 60 hours to render on Shadowfax so a revision is going to have to wait.

“Archive (Minor)”, however, is a much simpler, quicker rendering variant that I put together on “Arion” yesterday while I pondered whether or not to post the 60hr render. It only took 8 hours to render and has a very different vibe.

I decided to post both. Let me know what you think!

I also have a new Autumn landscape coming soon so stay tuned!

Posted on September 12, 2016

Archive

I apologize for getting a bit side-tracked with all of the 360 panoramas. For my latest render I tried creating it as a 360 panorama from the start. This render uses Lightwave’s “dielectric” glass shader to create a “stained glass” effect.

Unfortunately it takes nearly 3 days to render on “Shadowfax” so some optimizations will have to be made going forward.

Posted on August 30, 2016

360 Panoramas!

What started as a fun diversion on my Facebook page has turned into a possible push into the VR world for me. Hope to have more to report on that front soon. For now I’ve rendered 6 360 panoramas that you can check out right here on DB (without having to visit Facebook).

Let the pages load fully and then drag about with your mouse/finger to look around.

Any requests?

Posted on August 19, 2016

The Fire Within

I guess I wasn’t quite done with my cave itch when I posted “Bones of the Earth“. I had the idea here to create a scene lit from below by lava. The snow came relatively near the end but I think it makes a nice contrast.

I may still have an edit or two in store for this one, but I thought it looked interesting enough to share as is. Hope you enjoy it!