Concept Renderings
This scene originally began as a lighting experiment for other models but became much more. These are two conceptual renderings of Enler’s homeworld of Praesepe Prime from my novels. Both are the same model taken from different perspectives, one day side, one night side.
For those interested in the technical side of things; all textures in this scene (with the exception of the cloud layer and star background) are procedurally generated. This includes the ocean, land, surface lighting on the night side, atmosphere, planetary rings, and several other surfaces. I would actually like to improve on these textures, but that will have to wait until I have more processing power at my disposal. The current surface already uses about a dozen fractals to produce the land, and adding more will drastically increase the amount of memory required to render the image at a decent resolution. That said I have several other renderings of this scene in the post processing stage, so expect more images like these. Along with this scene, I also have several more renderings of the CAESAR that will be posted soon.
Short Book 2 Update
Editing continues on Book 2. It is still too early to estimate a release date, but I will try to maintain my goal of releasing the first teasers within the next four weeks. Book 2 is longer than book one and has multiple converging plot lines, so maintaining continuity is a priority. This has made the editing process proceed a bit slower than Book 1, but I do not want to sacrifice quality in an effort to rush it to release.
