Hypogeum

Posted on November 26, 2024

I’ve wanted to get back into working with Plant Factory for a while and recently took the opportunity open it back up.   The goal here was to create a luminous, abstract type scene with a fairly detailed central focus contrasting with a minimal environment.   Sometimes my scenes can get a little busy with too many details and I wanted to get away from that here.   I took advantage of Gaea2 for the surrounding environment and I’m looking forward to learning more of its many new features in 2025!

Hope you guys don’t mind all the purple images I’ve been making lately! 💜

Land’s End (Night)

Posted on November 15, 2024

Happy Friday!

As promised last time here’s a night version of “Land’s End“.   The natural indentation in the foreground cliff presented me with the opportunity to add some contrasting light to the scene and I very much like how this one turned out.   I hope you like it too!

Land’s End

Posted on November 13, 2024

More practice here incorporating photo-scanned objects into my VUE workflow.   The rest of the world has been using these types of 3D assets for years so it’s time I got with the program.     With “Coda” the goal was an intimate, small scene.   Here I’m trying to create something massive and epic.   I hope you enjoy it!

Already working on a night version 🌛

Coda (Winter)

Posted on November 9, 2024

When I started the working on a Winter version of “Coda” I attacked the daytime version first.   It wasn’t clicking for me so I switched to working on a night version and discovered the atmospheric settings that finally brought the daytime scene together for me.   I’m glad you guys have enjoyed this scene!   It was definitely fun to learn some new techniques.

I may revisit it once more (possibly for Spring or Summer) but right now I’m ready to move on to new vistas.

Coda (Winter/Night)

Posted on November 7, 2024

I mentioned when I first posted “Coda” that I wanted to attempt a winter version of the scene.      I also wanted to do a night version of the scene and I felt like that would work better during Winter with the snow all lit up by the moonlight (which falls from a much higher angle in Winter vs Summer).   Still, illuminating these night scenes without artificial light is always tricky and I went through many variations before arriving at one that I liked.   I hope you like it too!   

Still working on a day version with falling snow…