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.

Posted on January 19, 2002

• Thanks for the feedback. It didn’t take me long to figure out that “Court” was a little too dark and shadowy, so I kicked up the lighting a little and rendered it again. You’ll find it on the new images page, with the yesterday’s render now residing in the Picklejar.

Posted on January 18, 2002

• I’ve just posted my latest render, “Court of the Azure Dragon“. Watching this one render has kindled thoughts of upgrading my workstation. My dual 1 gHz doesn’t seem as fast as it once did.

  Normally I would use this space to ask you for feedback on my latest render. It turns out I always like feedback on my latest renders, so instead of always inquiring about it here I’ve decided to add a simple “Send Comments” mailto link to each work on the new images page.

Posted on January 11, 2002

• I’ve added a new render of “Sunflower“. The first render is still available in the Picklejar if you want to compare.

Posted on January 10, 2002

• Did I say it would take a couple of days? Make that three. I still want to do another render or two, but I’d like to get a little feedback first. With that in mind I present my latest render, entitled “Sunflower“. I’m sure it’s not entirely scientifically correct, but given the title of my gallery you cannot expect everything to perfectly mirror reality. Like I said, comments appreciated.
• While back home for the holidays my family and I had lunch at a local Vietnamese restaurant. My step-dad snapped a picture of us at our table and I’ve posted it for you. From left to right are my mother, my big brother Eric, Jessie, and myself. No reason for posting this other than to share with you a bit of the wonderful time I had back home.