http://site.jacobcharlesdietz.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:25:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I added a new piece to the gallery today called Terra Macchina. It's a view of the probable cities of the future where entire worlds are turned into city planets of conrete and steel with slivers of sky between the masive block structures. Check it out» http://site.jacobcharlesdietz.com/archives/terra-macchina I added a new piece to the gallery today called The Lost Ones. I actually completed this one several weeks back, but am just now getting around to posting it up... It's not exactly a happy piece by any stretch, but perhaps worth a look nonetheless. Check it out» http://site.jacobcharlesdietz.com/archives/the-lost-ones My piece titled Dystopia Intergalactic Starport is the current featured cover art for issue #584 of the SCI FI Channel's SCI FI Weekly publication. The piece will be on the cover for the week and after that it will reside in the cover archives along with some really killer sci-fi ... http://site.jacobcharlesdietz.com/archives/sci-fi-weekly-cover-2 My piece titled The Swimming Hole was featured on E-on software's homepage as today's picture of the day. This piece was created using their flagship software product, Vue 6 infinite and maximizes the applications killer light engine. You can check it out on their site by clicking here or view ... http://site.jacobcharlesdietz.com/archives/e-on-picture-of-the-day-the-swimming-hole I added a new piece to the galeries today. Titled Atmosphere Generator, this is a much brighter and more cheery piece than those I normally might come up with, but with an asset like that, you definitely want the lights on ;)  Check it out> http://site.jacobcharlesdietz.com/archives/atmosphere-generator Stanley Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) Special-effects wizard Stan Winston, who won Oscars for his work in Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Jurassic Park, died Sunday at his home in Malibu, California. He was 62. Most recently, Stan Winston Studio devised the suits featured in Iron Man. ... http://site.jacobcharlesdietz.com/archives/farewell-stan-winston I added another new piece to the gallery today. The piece is titled Gearhead and it's a simple snapshot of guy and his machine in the garage. Check it out> http://site.jacobcharlesdietz.com/archives/gearhead I added a new piece to the gallery today titled The Swimming Hole. While it is the typical depressing Dystopian future that I usually portray is very much a part of this one, the piece is slightly brighter with a pretty young girl dangling her feat in the water of ... http://site.jacobcharlesdietz.com/archives/the-swimming-hole I added a new piece to the galleries this morning and a new gallery as this one kicks off Gallery 4.0. The piece is titled Return to Base and is a Star Wars composition I've had kicking around since the early Bryce days. After coming across it on one of ... http://site.jacobcharlesdietz.com/archives/return-to-base Ok, so this really isn't an update, more of a usage note, as I realized I left out a simple step for users of the Vue version to get the best results from these materials. Due to the way the window regions of the Dystopia City Blocks are mapped, you ... http://site.jacobcharlesdietz.com/archives/update-city-at-night-lights-for-vue