Posted on February 3, 2002

• Thanks to everyone who wished Jessie a happy birthday. I think it helps her to know that there are real people on the other end of my work. She has a lot of emails to go through, but she’s told me that she will reply to every one. Yesterday we went to Disneyland and had a great time.

  When I wasn’t helping Jessie celebrate her big day, I was working on a new wallpaper which I have just posted. It’s called “Hallowgrove” and you’ll find it on the new images page. I’m sure some of you were wondering if I was only going to do glowing “blobs” from now on. Fear not. I like to do abstracts from time to time. Hope you like this latest render!

Posted on February 1, 2002

• After I’ve worked on a project for a while, I’ll come to a point where I wonder to myself if it’s ready to post. The test is pretty simple. I show it to Jessie and if she goes “Ooooo!” then I’ll post it. If she goes “Mmmmmm”, then I go back to the drawing board. She’s my editor, my best friend, and the love of my life.

  Today is her birthday and I just wanted you all to know what she means to me. You probably wouldn’t be reading this right now if it weren’t for her.

  If any of you want to say “Happy Birthday” you do so here. Thanks!

Posted on January 30, 2002

• Just FYI, it looks like DB is going to be the “Free Download of the Day” on TechTV’s “The ScreenSavers” (thanks Megan!). The show is on at 7 pm (Eastern & Pacific if you are interested.

Posted on January 28, 2002

• Most of the feedback on “Issuance” was positive, but not all. One nice lady scolded me for posting a picture of “glowing spaghetti”. Still, I enjoyed making my luminous pasta so I decided to stay with the genre for my next render. It’s up now on the new images page and it’s called “Something Blue”. I hope you like it!
• I’ve added a “double-wide” render of “Issuance” to the Picklejar. Sometime soon I plan on adapting more of my work to dual-monitor format. Some are better suited for conversion than others, so I won’t be able to do them all. Specifically, works where the “main element” is centered (like “Something Blue”) do not work well. If you have some favorites that you think would work well split across two monitors, please drop me a line.

Posted on January 23, 2002

• Added “Issuance” to the gallery this evening. Don’t ask me what it is supposed to represent, because I don’t really know. I like the colors though, and I think it looks nice on my desktop. This one is for Thomas from Denmark.

• A lot of people have been writing asking if I can make wallpapers based on the Lord of the Rings. Unfortunately, the answer is no. From what I understand, only a handful of artists are specially licensed to depict Middle-Earth. They are each approved by Tolkein’s family, and I am not one of them. So copyright prevents me from doing any LOTR (or Star Wars, or Cowboy Bebop, etc) wallpapers.

  Even if I could though, I don’t think I would. I prefer that my work tell its own story, rather than borrow resonance from another source.