Posted on February 11, 2002

• Yesterday was pretty scary. We live north of San Diego, just south of Fallbrook, where yesterday a wildfire burned thousands of acres and destroyed quite a few homes. The fires were about 10 or 15 miles away from us to the north so we weren’t in any immediate danger, but it was quite a sight (a great column of smoke rose over 30,000 feet into the sky). We live in an area that could burn just as easily, so I’m more than a little bit freaked out.

  Anyway, I just wanted to post here and mention that I am working on a new wallpaper. It should be up at the earliest tonight and in a day or two at the latest. I’ll also have an improved (IMO) render of “Hallowgrove”.

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.