Posted on January 14, 2004

• I’m busy working on a new wallpaper (hope to have it up in the next couple of days), but I wanted to take time out and mention to everyone that today is the fifth birthday of the members gallery. The first members (many of whom are still around today) signed up on January 14, 1999. I just wanted to thank them, and you all, for helping to make the members gallery a success. I”ve added over 300 wallpapers to the gallery since it started five years ago, most of which would not have been made without your support. Thanks everyone! I hope to see you back in in 2009 (and beyond).

Posted on January 9, 2004

• I’ve added the widescreen version of “Atrium”. I’ve also added a widescreen version of “The Ride 2003” without Santa for those of you who requested it. Both renders are in the widescreen gallery.
• Some of you have asked why I always show picures of Jessie and Ian, but never any of myself. Two reasons: I am always the one taking the pictures and Jessie is a lot prettier than me. She took a decent one yesterday though (forgive our messy hair), so here you go.

Posted on January 7, 2004

• I was suggested to me yesterday that I should remove the flowers on the outer rings of the “Atrium” and replace them with water. I tried it out last night and decided that I do like it better this way. The render is now up on the new images page. I think I’m going to move onto something else now so I hope everyone is as satisfied as can be with this one. I’ll have a widescreen version up sometime tomorrow. Thanks for all the feedback!

  Rus Foster, who runs the DB Update mailing list, will be moving the list to a new server. As far as I can tell, you will need to resubscribe to the list if you want to receieve email notification when I post a new or updated image. You can find out more about the list here. Thanks Rus!

Posted on January 6, 2004

• After reading some of your feedback regarding “Atrium”, I decided to make a few changes. Unfortunately this image is rather slow to work on because the renders take so long (over 18 hours for the 1600 x 1200 render). Anyway, the updated version is now available on the New Images page, while the first version remains available in the Pickle Jar.

Posted on January 1, 2004

• Happy New Year everyone! 2003 was a pretty big year for me and I’m really looking forward to seeing what develops in 2004. I hope you all had a good time last evening and are ready to start fresh with a new calendar.

  I mentioned last time that I was working on a new wallpaper. I wanted to have it ready yesterday, but some last minute tweaks held it back to today. The new wallpaper is called “Atrium” and it is up now on the new images page for your review. I hope you like it!