I started the candle last year for a holiday image, but didn't finish in time. I almost forgot about it.

It looks like a pattern, but is actually is a 3d scene. It started as a logo design, but I am always drawn to symmetrical patterns.

On the edge of the giant mushroom plateau, watching the moon rise. Got all the way to uploading this before noticing one of the mushrooms didn't light up. I had to remake 1/3 of the image.

This one has been sitting unfinished for a year, because the gray blast wave didn't like mixing with the fire, and kept crashing the computer. I figured out it would render once per loading of the image, only crashing the second attempt. So I reloaded after each test render, which let me finish.

Normally I don't do images with alternate versions, but I liked both version of this one too much to drop one. A link to the other is on the wallpaper page, above the image.

I re-rendered this one 9 times before finally getting the effect I was looking for. All between 2 and 17 hours each, I feel I may be getting too critical.

Busy, busy. It took me a week to get this image online. I need a guiding light to lead me through my workload.

Can you capture stars in a net, or is it just a metaphor?

Someone has been here before, or are they here now? The rocks surrounding the formation are reminiscent of a crowd gathering for some ancient ceremony.