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The Gardener (v2)

Posted on January 10, 2026

The Gardener

I went back to the drawing board and did a second render of “The Gardener” with a few changes to the lighting. In the first version (now in the Pickle Jar) I used a spot light to illuminate the tree.  In the new version I’ve changed the scene so I could use a sun light filtering through an opening above.   The light looks less conical and, hopefully, more like my original renders from the early 2000s.   The new lighting also provides more of the diffuse green light reflected from the tree into the mist (an effect which is not possible with VUE).

Moving on to something new now 🙂

The Gardener (2026)

Posted on January 6, 2026

The Gardener (V1)

“The Gardener” is a theme I’ve explored quite a bit in my 25+ years of rendering.   The first version was created in 2000 using World Builder.   I revisited the theme using Lightwave in 2002.   In 2004 I took the theme to outer space with “Atrium” and went a little crazy in that direction in 2012.    As I’ve been learning Blender recently I thought it would fun to revisit the scene once more using these new tools but take things back to their roots (pun intended).

One major difference between the original versions and this is the addition of columns.    I chose to add them primarily because nowadays I am committed to creating ultrawide and multiscreen versions of my work whereas in the early 2000s I only worked with the 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio.    Otherwise things are very similar to the early version but with upgraded textures, geometry and lighting.   I hope you all enjoy my first render of 2026!

Repose

Posted on December 22, 2025

Repose

One last winter render for 2025. I thought it would be interesting to do a winter counterpoint version of “Reawakening” attempting to capture the quiet mood of the forest after a snowfall.   Where the spring version is busy with new life, this scene is about the world at rest.     This duality of the seasons has always fascinated me and I’m glad I live in a part of the world where I can experience it every year.   Rendered using VUE.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday!!

EDIT 12/23: I’ve posted a new version that dials back the snow on the tree trunks a bit. It did look a little fake 🙂

Tannenbaum Color Variants

Posted on December 17, 2025

Festive
All Blue
Golden
Spectra

Quite a few folks requested an all blue version of “Tannenbaum” but I decided to go a step further and render a number of different color variations. There’s a blue version, a “golden” version, and a “festive” version with multicolored lights. I also decided to try something different using geometry nodes to vary the light color in a gradient based on the height of the tree.   Took a bit more time than the others to learn but a worthwhile exercise I feel 🙂

I also re-rendered the original because I discovered a render error in my first version. Sorry about that!

They are all available in the gallery now and I have a poll (below) for you guys to choose which one is the best. I will feature that one and put the rest in the Pickle Jar.

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Tannenbaum

Posted on December 8, 2025

Tannenbaum

As many of you know I’ve been trying to learn Blender these past few months.   I knew the snow covered pines that I used in “Morning Mist (Winter)” would work nicely in a Christmas scene so I thought a good first attempt would be to recreate one of my favorite holiday scenes from way back:  “Blue Christmas“.  Blender allowed me to do some things that I hadn’t thought possible before, like string actual 3D lights on the tree instead of scattering glowing balls.   The render engine allowed me to light the scene primarily using the Christmas lights themselves rather than fake it with hidden light sources.  Overall I learned a great deal and am excited about doing more Holiday projects using Blender.

Towards the end of the process I decided to add some different colored lights to my foreground trees.   After that it was no longer really “Blue Christmas” anymore and I had to choose a new name (from the original German version of “O Christmas Tree”).   

There are still some tweaks I feel like I could make but I also thought it was in a good place to share with you all. So much to learn 🙂

I hope you enjoy the scene and have a wonderful Holiday season!

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