Photoshop magic enchants some beloved old raytraces. Check this out!

Work continues apace on the this blog, which has needed a facelift for a very, very long time. I'm also tackling the challenge of The Lost Songs, which has been in limbo for about as long as the conclusion o the Game of Thrones book series! And if I do say so myself, I've got a raft of better reasons for letting the story slide into limbo than George R.R. Martin has! Read the backstory behind what happened to The Lost Songs, and why -- and what's coming next for this project -- right here. 

And to prove it, let me show you these:

Leon Greatsword: 2023 repaint...

Leon and Iphigenia: the 2023 re

These are the 2023/24 repaints of the old images from 2012. Wow. What a difference. This is purely Photoshop magic; nothing has been re-rendered, but everything can be repainted -- and, of course, the illustrations for the remainder of this story will come into the world looking like this. In fact, it's worth taking a look at the old and the new, side by side. The one that needed the least work was the Lux Render; the old raytraces, however, dated from a time when I could barely turn on shadows without making the computer crash! Ah, those were the days...

So ... bear with me while I get this project into shape, and then ... let's have this finished, as outlined in the post I referred you back to above!

In other news ... work continues on the photo blog, travel blog and so forth. And also on the art galley site. I'll reiterate: if there is anything on the old site you want to keep, grab it now, because when it's gone, it's gone. 

Recent goodies ... painting happily. Cyberpunk hero, fire warrior, nectromancer, misty mountains ... what more could you want?

No, I haven't died! Not yet. Not quite. But there have been times when it seemed a viable alternative: Covid. Again. Added to which -- you try having or or three huge migraines every week, and see what happens to your equilibrium! Too many problems to solve, not enough answers. Now it's a heatwave ... argh. Aus in the springtime -- fun, fun.

But yes, I've been busy. Am still working on the new website ... it's going to take a bunch more work, but I'm getting there. One of the best things was getting to lash up a bunch of faux covers for the free reads section. Reminds me of how much I used to love doing book covers!

 

...there's a bunch more, but those will give you an idea of where my imagination is at the moment. Lots of good reading, all of it free, and more to come. 

Otherwise, not much is happening on the artistic front. Covid knocks the packing out of you -- I;m still trying to recover, and am working an a fraction the pace I want to. As a friend of mine used to say, "Survive and Succeed." But the survival part comes first!