Some Favorite Projects of Mine...
Includes Finished Works, Weekend Challenge Entries, and more
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Anchorless
(weekend challenge entry; "afloat" was the contest theme)
Arcade
(weekend challenge entry; "game on" was the contest theme)
Architect
(weekend challenge entry; "architecture" was the contest theme)
Ascension Dream
(weekend challenge entry) (2011)
Another Girl with a Pearl Earring
(a 3D rendition inspired by Vermeer's famous painting) (2004)
The Appetent Apertures
(weekend challenge entry; "camera" theme) (2010)
Artificial Ignorance
(Blender + Yafray render passes composite test) (2005)
As the Others Fly Away
(2009)
Astrobiology
(2009)
Astrobiology (2)
(continuation of the "Astrobiology" render series) (2009)
Astrobiology (3)
(2009)
Astrobiology (4)
(2009)
At the Intersection of Science and Religion
(2012)
The Atlas Assumption
(taking the world on one's shoulders; part of my "Reflections" series)
Attuned
(from my "Common Objects Uncommonly" series) (2011)
Audio
(weekend challenge; "audio" theme) (2009)
Auroral
(weekend challenge entry; "shining" was the contest theme)
Bamboo, Panda
(weekend challenge entry; "juxtaposition" was the contest theme)
Barrier Language
(2007)
Bella Donna
(3d sculpture) (2007)
Best.Day.Ever.
(weekend challenge entry; "What could possibly go wrong?" theme) (2011)
Beyond the Speed of Light
(weekend challenge entry; "going beyond the laws of physics" was the interpreted contest theme)
Beyond the World You Know
(weekend challenge entry; "out of this world" was the contest theme)
Beyond Your Self
Blender of Potentials
(weekend challenge entry; "RobertT" was the contest theme)
Blossom
(2004)
Blues Guitarist
(weekend challenge entry; "blue" was the contest theme)
Box Thinks Outside Itself
Branching Out
(robotic bird; combination of organic-technical elements with sculpted details on tree) (2007)
Brainstorm
Bubble Universes
(weekend challenge entry; "bubbles" theme) (2011)
Butterfly Effect
(2011)
Butterfly of Becomings
Call Eye Do Scope
(2009)
Cancelling the Noise
(weekend challenge entry; "noise" was the contest theme)
The Candle's Wish: To Be a Chandelier, Which Yearned to Glow Brighter Yet, Like the Sun
(from my "Illuminations" and "Common Objects Uncommonly" series) (2009)
Cardinal
(weekend challenge entry; "vibrant contrast" was the contest theme)
Center Cannot Hold
(weekend challenge entry; image inspired by stars and W.B. Yeats' "The Second Coming" poem) (2011)
Chess Computer: Check
(part of my "Algorithmic" series) (2008)
The Chess Players
(2010)
Circles, Infinity, Perfection, History...
(from my "Symbologies" series) (2009)
Circumlocution
(2012)
Clay, Wheel, Thought, Hands, Vase
(2008)
Coalescence
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Cocoon
(2009)
Coda
(2007) (part of my "Music" series)
Concept Race Car
(Blender + GIMP) (2006)
Copernican Revolutions
(weekend challenge entry; "great discoveries and great minds" was the contest theme)
Cosmic Questions
(2007)
Daedalus
(from my "Mythologies" series) (2010)
Dao De Dawn
(weekend challenge, "Yin Yang" theme) (2007)
A Day in the Mind of a Roll of Tape
(from my "Common Objects Uncommonly" series) (2009)
Deep Sea Lights
(weekend challenge entry; "low light situation" was the contest theme)
Deliciosa
(2009)
Desiderata
(from my "Installments" series) (2010)
Do Office Chairs Dream of Open Spaces?
(2007)
Dolphins
(2004)
Doors Being Key
(weekend challenge entry; "door" was the contest theme)
Dragon
(weekend challenge entry; "mythical creature" was the contest theme; post-challenge finalized render)
Dramatis Personae
("the masks of the drama"; from my "Theatrical" series) (2008)
A Dream of Love's Awakening
(2006)
Drum Solo
Dyscontent (When All You Want Is More and Less)
(part of my "Reflections" series) (2007)
Easter Bunny
(2011)
Effervescent
(2004)
Efflorescence
(weekend challenge entry; "flowers" was the contest theme; inspired partly from a song on
my Florescence album)
Eightfold
(2010)
The Emperor's New Vision
(2006)
The Enigmatist
(part of my "Reflections" series) (2007)
Enlightenment
(from my "Reflections" series) (2009)
Enrico's Paradox
(2007)
The Entrance or the Exit
(2006)
The Ephemeral Aesthetics of Snowflakes
Esoterica
(weekend challenge entry; "Arcane" theme) (2009)
Eternal Peace
(displacement of volumetric lighting test) (2007)
Etude of Progressions
(a finalized scene that began as one of my
"10 Cube Challenge" entries) (2008)
Even as Water Bottles Think Nothing of Reincarnation
(from my "Common Objects Uncommonly" series) (2009)
Everything
(weekend challenge entry; "mystery" was the contest theme)
Exoplanet with Variegated Geology - Closeup of the Planet
(part of a weekend challenge entry; "exceptionally colorful" was the contest theme; post-challenge HD render
Exoplanetary System
(2009)
Extricate
(weekend challenge entry; "break free" was the contest theme)
Eyes to the Skies
(Easter Island head sculpture) (2007)
F1.07
(Blender F1 Challenge entry) (2007)
F1 2008
(entry for yearly Blender F1 challenge; nontraditional/NPR stylistic 3D render created entirely in Blender, no external post-processing) (2008)
Faith Moves Mountains
(weekend challenge entry; "strength" was the contest theme; image inspired by the Biblical passage in
Matthew 17:1-20.)
Fashion
(weekend challenge entry; "clothes / clothing" was the contest theme)
Fear Not Winning Through Peace
(weekend challenge entry; "dreadnought" was the contest theme; this image draws upon the dual meaning of this word (literal/etymological: "fear not") and the more sci-fi/comic book/robotic nature of the word)
Feeling Beautiful
(from my "Reflections" series) (2009)
Filigree
(2005)
Fireflower
(2007)
First Sip (Your Greatest Moment as a Straw)
(from my "Common Objects Uncommonly" series) (2010)
Flame-Resistant Moth
(weekend challenge entry; "genetically modified organism (GMO)" was the contest theme)
FlamencoBot
(Multiple character poses in one large image). (2005)
Flight of the Phoenix
(Weekend Challenge) (2005)
Floribundus
(2004)
Flowers Yet to Be Defined
(weekend challenge entry; "undiscovered plants" was the contest theme)
The Fractal Dimension of Love
(weekend challenge entry; "Everlasting Love" theme) (2009)
Fractaleatory
(weekend challenge entry) (2011)
Fresh Coat
(2005)
Fountain
(2009)
The Fountain
(weekend challenge entry) (2011)
The Frantic, Fleeting Life of a Snowflake
(weekend challenge; "icy waste" theme) (2007)
Garden Beyond the Gate
(weekend challenge entry; "gate" was the contest theme; post-challenge finalized render)
Gather Ye Roses
(inspired by Robert Herrick's famous poem) (2006)
Genetic Engineering, or A Scientist Plays God
(weekend challenge entry; "Classic Role Playing Game" was the contest theme)
Giraffes
(weekend challenge, "at the zoo" theme) (2006)
Going Digital Because It's Just So Fashionable
(2006)
The Good Troll
(weekend challenge entry; "trolls" was the contest theme; post-challenge finalized render)
Grace's Dream
(2006)
The Great Sea Race Begins
(2006)
Guardian Angel
(2005)
Guitar Solo
(2007)
Haiku
(2007)
Hamlet Reflecting
(2005)
Help Desk
(weekend challenge entry; "to give life to an inanimate object" was the contest theme)
Here
(weekend challenge entry) (2011)
Hoot
(2005)
The House You Always Meant to Build
(from my "Installments" series) (2010)
How Do Mirrors See Themselves%3f
(weekend challenge entry) (2011)
Humanizing the Machine
(weekend challenge entry; "What could go wrong?" was the contest theme)
Hummingbird
(2011)
Hurricane Season
(from my "Nature" series) (2008)
If You Could Only See Yourself
'I Wish I, Too, Was Beautiful,' Thought the Flower Foolishly
(weekend challenge; "crazy flowers" theme) (2008)
Impossible Odds
(Weekend Challenge) (2004)
Impressionistic Brush in a Cubist Universe
(project continued/finalized after weekend challenge, "imagination" theme) (2008)
Indoctrination
(2007)
Inseparable
(2005)
Inspiriting
(weekend challenge entry) (2011)
Intervals (Between Silence and the Notes)
(weekend challenge entry; "space" was the contest theme)
Intolerance
(from my "Illuminations" and "Common Objects Uncommonly" series) (2008)
Interdiscipinarity
(2012)
Japanese Garden
(Weekend Challenge) (2004)
Jazz, Man
(expressionistic jazz trumpeter in 3D; from my "Music" series) (2007)
Jimmy and the Cave
(2D vector toon work done in Blender 3D, no post-processing; for a weekend challenge: "into the unknown" theme) (2006)
King of Olde
(continued development of Petrified King model) (2005)
Lady of the Lake
(2005)
The Last Affirmation
(weekend challenge entry) (2011)
Lecture on Ancient Earth Space Exploration
(weekend challenge entry) (2011)
Let Your Heart Overflow with Love
(Valentine's Day motif) (2011)
Let Freedom Ring
(weekend challenge entry; "your country in a nutshell" was the contest theme; entry inspired by the Liberty Bell)
Lethe, River of Forgetfulness
(weekend challenge entry; "river" was the contest theme; entry inspired by the famous river from Greek Mythology)
Let There Be Light
![Let There Be Light [Monochromatic Version]](previews3/LetThereBeLight-monochromatic-byrjt2015.jpg)
(inspired by the Biblical book of
Genesis)
Let There Be Peace on Earth
Letting Machines Do All the Thinking
(initially a weekend challenge entry; "bad idea" was the contest theme; post-challenge final render)
Life Cycles
(from my "Nature" series) (2009)
Life Is Not a Game
(Blender + Yafray Renderer). (2005)
Lifeline
(2010)
Light Flows into Eyes
(2010)
Like a Fish Out of Water Out of a Fish
(2007)
Listen
(2005)
Listen (v2)
(2005)
Listen (v3)
(2005)
Literary Critic
(2009)
Looking Up
(a meditation on hope, faith, and continuation of my "Reflections" series) (2009)
Losing Track of Time
Lost Languages
(2010)
The Lotuses of Loving
LOVE COM PUTES
(2005)
Lucid Dreamer
(2004)
Making a Splash
(2008)
Mandalagape
(visual meditation on selfless/spiritual/unconditional love: mandala + agape)
Many Worlds Theory
(weekend challenge entry; "parallel universe" was the contest theme)
Mechamends - Skyrevival Unit
(part of an environmentally-minded mecha series) (2007)
Mechanicalion
(weekend challenge, "mechanimal" theme) (2006)
Mechanicalion
(Version 2) (2006)
Mechanicalion
(Version 3) (2006)
Merlin Speaks of Destiny
(weekend challenge entry; "legendary" theme) (2008)
Metaverse Junction
(weekend challenge; "portal" theme) (2009)
Microcosm
(2007)
Miracle
(2005)
A Modern Grail Quest
(2009)
The Modern Labyrinth
(2009)
Monomythical: The Leaving, Initiation, and Return of a Hero
(weekend challenge entry; "hero" was the contest theme)
Moore's Law
More Than Pixels
(from my "Reflections" series) (2007)
Moth Dream: Beyond the Light
(weekend challenge entry; "insects" was the contest theme)
Mountain of Many Paths
(2010)
Moving the Shaker
(my first creation in
DTP Blender) (2006)
Mr. T.V. Wonders Why No One Watches Him Anymore
(Elysiun Weekend Challenge) (2005)
Music of the Spheres
(weekend challenge entry; "harmony" was the contest theme)
Neuroplasticity
(weekend challenge entry; "plastic" was the contest theme)
The New Narcissus
(2005)
The New Narcissus (alt ver.)
alternate render (2005)
Not an Island
(weekend challenge entry; "solitude" was the contest theme; inspiration drawn from John Donne's "No Man is an Island" devotional text - with my interpretation focusing on the aspect of this concept that we are never truly alone or apart but rather connected and part of something greater)
Not Listening
(A Biblical meditation - Matthew 13:13 - in a modern context. From my "Common Objects Uncommonly" series) (2010)
Nthward Not Upward
(weekend challenge entry; "Looking Up" theme; entry partly inspired by the classic
Flatland and ideas of multiple dimensions) (2012)
Nudedescendingadimension
(2004)
Obfuscatour
(2008)
Ocean of Truth
(weekend challenge entry; "ocean" was the contest theme; image inspired by a quote attributed to Sir Isaac Newton: "I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.")
October's Offerings
(2007)
Old Becomes New Again
(weekend challenge, "old" theme) (2006)
Old Man Winter Statue
(3D sculpture using new Blender sculpt mode) (2006)
Old Space Toys
(weekend challenge entry; "retro rocket" theme) (2010)
Old Windmill
(2005)
One of the Many Advantages of Being Different
(from my "Common Objects Uncommonly" series) (2009)
Ornithology
(from my "Nature" series) (2009)
Outside the Cave of Unknowing
(2007)
Overclocking
(weekend challenge entry; "hot" was the contest theme)
Overzealot
(2007)
Pandora
(weekend challenge; "Out of Control" theme) (2007)
Paradiso / Inferno
(weekend challenge entry) (2011)
Paso Doble Dance
(weekend challenge; "black and red" theme) (2009)
Passionswirl
(contines my "Inseparable" series) (2009)
Peacock
(2009)
Penelope at the Window
(inspired by
The Odyssey; image from my "Mythologies" series) (2011)
Penguins
(2005)
Persistence of Blender
(weekend challenge entry) (2004)
The Pessimist and the Optimist
(2007)
Philosophia and Her Problems
(2007)
Phoenix
(from my "Mythologies" series) (2009)
Picture Frame
(2007)
The Pointless Search for the Point
(a literal and figurative title; part of my "Common Objects Uncommonly" series) (2010)
Prayer for the Prayerless
- Partly inspired by a recent 2D sketch I did for a CGTalk Daily Sketch Group session (2006)
Primavera's Egg
(weekend challenge entry; "fancy egg" theme) (2009)
The Problem with Literal Interpretations
(from my "Common Objects Uncommonly" series) (2010)
Prodigal Mind
(2008)
Prometheus
(2006)
The Promise or Pitfall of a Mind Too Open
(from my "Reflections" series) (2012)
The Protector
(weekend challenge entry) (2011)
Putting All the Pieces Together
(2012)
Q E D
The Radiance of Stars Is within You
Recycling
(weekend challenge entry; "going green" was the contest theme)
Ref the Reference Rabbit
(library character) (2010)
Return
(weekend challenge entry; "something old, something new" was the contest theme)
Rejuvenescence
(weekend challenge entry; "forever young" was the contest theme)
Roller Coaster
(weekend challenge entry) (2011)
Rosary
(technical note: no raytracing) (2009)
Row Your Boat
(weekend challenge entry; "nursery rhyme" was the contest theme)
Sanctuary
(2004)
Sanctum
(2009)
Sangreal
(weekend challenge entry; "Medieval" was the contest theme; text comes from the Project Gutenberg etext of
Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (Vol 2.) about King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, and their quests for Holy Grail - the "Sangreal")
Search for Answers
(weekend challenge, "when things go bad" theme) (2007)
See the Light
(2003)
Seekers
(2010)
Self-generated
(exploring portrayals and perceptions of selves; my entry for Blender Artists Weekend Challenge # 373, "self-portraits" theme) (2010)
Self Made Man
(2006)
Shell Dweller
(2006)
Ship, Water, Bottle, Beach
(weekend challenge entry; "ship in a bottle" was the contest theme)
Sight Seeing
(abstract) (2009)
Silas
(Rendered using Yafray) (2005)
Simpler Days
(weekend challenge entry; "Childhood" was the contest theme)
Sir John Falstaff
(2006)
Sisyphus
(from my "Mythologies" series) (2009)
Skater
(2004)
The Snowman Who Longed to Touch the Sun
(2009)
Solstices
(from my "Seasons" series) (2009)
Some Wait for Stairs; Others Grab a Ladder
(weekend challenge entry) (2011)
The Space Age
(weekend challenge entry; "Soviet technology" was the contest theme; a stylistic interpretation of the Sputnik satellites)
The Speed of Light
(weekend challenge entry; "speed theme") (2012)
Sprig Leaves to Find His Family Tree
(weekend challenge entry, "ancestry" theme) 2007
Stages of a Life
(2010)
Steampunk Captain
(2009)
Steelworks
(2004)
Studying Shakespeare
(2011)
Sunrays
(2005)
Superpowers
(weekend challenge entry; "superpowers" was the contest theme)
Survival Strategy
(weekend challenge; "strategy" theme) (2009)
Taking a Leap of Faith
(2007)
A Tale of the Raven and the Lights
(weekend challenge entry; "folklore" was the contest theme; image inspired by Native American tales of the Raven's quest for light)
Tantallust
Inspired partly by the myth of Tantalus (2006)
Technology or Magic (Clarke's Third Law)
(weekend challenge entry; "magic" was the contest theme; abstract interpretation inspired by the last of the
Three Laws of Arthur C. Clarke)
Temper
(weekend challenge entry; "fire and ice" was the contest theme)
Ten Cubes Challenge
A collection of 50 images I submitted for an interesting and informal challenge at Blender Artists. (2008)
Theology
Tiger
(my first project using Blender's new hair system; Blender internal render) (2007)
Time Has No Meaning Here
(2011)
Time Past
(weekend challenge entry; "antique" was the contest theme)
Time-space
(2006)
Time, Through a Flower's Eye
(from my "Nature" series) (2009)
A Time to Dance
(2008)
Timeless After Times
(weekend challenge entry; "infinity inspired by Escher" was the contest theme)
To Understand More about the Universe
(weekend challenge entry; "I would like" was the contest theme)
Trees of Trees
(weekend challenge entry) (2012)
Trigonometry
Trinity
Turning the Compass
(weekend challenge entry; "round" was the contest theme)
Unfillable
(weekend challenge entry; "too much" was the contest theme)
Unlearning to Learn
(2007)
Vert-You-0
(weekend challenge entry; "virtual reality" was the contest theme)
Victory at Felistopia
(Blender Artists Super Challenge 200, "look what the cat dragged in" theme) (2006)
Viewers Are the Exhibition
(2006)
Violin Minus Silence
(weekend challenge entry; "something's missing" theme) (2012)
Vitreous
(weekend challenge; "glassworks" theme) (2008)
Washaway
(2005)
The Wave-Particle Duality of Light
(weekend challenge entry) (2007)
Way of the Chicken Fists
(weekend challenge; "Kung Fu Chicken" theme) (2008)
Weightlessly Waiting for Light
(weekend challenge entry; "lighweight" was the contest theme)
What Do You Hope to See?
(2010)
What Do You Hope to See?
(alternate color version) (2010)
What Leaves When Autumn Leaves
(from my "Seasons" series) (2009)
What the Lesson Cannot Teach
(2004)
Wheel
(weekend challenge entry; "my next life" was the contest theme)
When Gears Stop Turning
(weekend challenge entry; "rust" was the contest theme)
The Wind Chimes
(from my "Nature" series) (2008)
Winter's Givings
(2007)
Winterglyphic
(from my "Seasons" series) (2009)
Wintertime
(2004)
The Wonders of Learning
(weekend challenge entry; "happy school memories" was the contest theme)
Wooden Puppet
(One of a series of models developed for the CGTalk Modeling Challenge: 30 Models in 30 Days) (2006)
Woodworks
(weekend challenge; "woodwork" theme) (2008)
Workbench
(2004)
YAW GNORW
("Wrong Way"; an exercise in "Precisionism" in the spirt of Demuth's The Figure 5 in Gold) (2010)
You Get the Point
(2005)
Your Computer Is Not Future Proof
(from my "Algorithmic" series) (2008)
Your Slightest Gesture Felt throughout the Universe
(2008; new rendition 2012)
Zen
(2011)
More images yet (including wireframes and other details) are often posted at
BlenderArtists.org (formerly Elysiun.com) and
CGtalk.com under the username of RobertT.
This page is updated periodically as images are transferred to the main gallery and new ones are posted here temporarily, so check back from time to time.
Thank you for your interest in my work,
Robert
All Images Copyright © Robert J. Tiess
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(weekend challenge entry; "magic" was the contest theme; abstract interpretation inspired by the last of the Three Laws of Arthur C. Clarke)
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