Spellaxe

So, my computer crashed a while back and I haven't installed Bryce until now. But I have some good ideas that I'm gonna use to create more epic pictures. Hopefully, Windows 7 will be more efficient with the CPU, so that I don't have to wait for as long until my pictures are fully rendered.

I recently came across the TiR option in Bryce 6 (Total Internal Reflection) that allows for far better control of how light handles in a scene. I also recently made the decision to go from standard anti-aliasing to a much greater amount of rays sent into the picture from the camera to allow higher quality pictures. True, this increases the rendering time by an exponential factor, but it makes for better pictures and far more realistic light.

I recently added a new deviation to my portfolio and it taught me a valuable lesson...
"Thou shalt not render volume objects when in a hurry!". They're a real -pain- to render correctly in bryce because they handle light a different way than regular objects with textures. While this is not exactly a difficult conclusion to reach, it's still irritating to realize you're increasing the render time by 1000% just because you added a nice cloud.

I guess this frustration comes to those using regular pencils and brushes too. I've painted a few things in my life (none of the any good) and among the things I've found hardest is to paint human bodies... I guess that's my "volume-object" with a pencil

So, my birthday party is coming up. I'm currently test-rendering a scene that involves the starship One I posted here on deviant art earlier (do check my gallery if you so like).

Hopefully the scene will be as good as I envision it, but who knows? Perhaps I'll have to redo it or it might even be better than I envision it. I'll post it as soon as it's ready, but meanwhile I render it fully, I'm gonna go and clean the house. a lot of stuff to do, a lot of stuff to buy... Ice cream for the win!