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Category Archives: 100 Days, 100 Renders
100 Days, 100 Renders— Day 59
This image was inspired by me not being able to get the music out of my head.
I had some trouble getting exactly the right look for the cube. It seemed to be either/or in regards to having each side having a definite color versus flaring to near-white at the middle.
100 Days, 100 Renders— Day 58
So, what is the Klingon word for “bait,” anyway?
It was overshadowed by later developments in the show, but Deep Space Nine had a bit of backstory about a history of conflict between the Cardassians and Klingons, including a “incident” in a certain nebula that lasted for 18 years.
The cloaking effect on the Birds of Prey was done with the smudge tool in Photoshop, which is probably not the best way to achieve that effect.
100 Days, 100 Renders— Day 57
One of those images that includes a positively desperate amount of bloom and grain to salvage it.
Also, I need higher-resolution explosion photography. These years-old sample images aren’t cutting it anymore. Though in this day and age, it’s probably almost easier for me to just switch to pure-3D fire effects.
100 Days, 100 Renders— Day 56
I wanted to do something with Voyager’s adorable stubby little legs. Hiding behind an asteroid seems like a good enough use.
100 Days, 100 Renders— Day 55
A shot from the Babylon 5 episode “Messages From Earth” (which, oddly enough, focused on messages from Mars and Jupiter). The cloud background is from a recent flight I went on. I don’t know why everyone doesn’t pick the window seat.
100 Days, 100 Renders— Day 54
One from the archives today. This is actually a frame from a roughed-out animation I’ve put on the shelf, an opening credits sequence for the “Seekers” novel series. This version is notably unpolished in lighting and scene setup (one thing I wanted to definitely add were TOS-style Travel Pods buzzing around, based on some unused John Eaves designs for Star Trek ’09).
100 Days, 100— Day 53
This image was based on an aircraft photo I saw on-line last week. And now, actually following the giant watermark, I don’t think I’ll be hurting for inspiration for a while.
100 Days, 100 Renders— Day 52
Another portrait-oriented image, and my first in a while using only video-game assets. Oddly enough, textures designed for a 480i CRT more than a decade and a half ago may not hold up in 5K HDR renders.
100 Days, 100 Renders— Day 51
This feels like one of those renders that every Babylon 5 3D fan-artist has made, but I don’t think I ever have. Or if I did, it was in the Ray Dream Studio days.