Posted on October 13, 2011

I’ve been working on an update to my “Castle Dracula” project for the past 4 or 5 days and it is finally ready to share with my Members. Fog and firelight sure do take a long time to render!

As you can see, it is a pretty radical change from the first version. Perhaps it is a bit over-the-top now but I was sort of going for that to be honest. I know when you make this many changes there are bound to be a sizable number of folks who do not approve. I will be satisfied if you enjoy even one of the versions available.

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I also wanted to mention that back in April 2010 I was asked by my rep at Zazzle to sign a release so that my “Last Light of the Sun” print could be “featured” in the upcoming prequel of “The Thing”.

Well, the film comes out this weekend and I am tempted to see it if only to find out if they ever used the print. If you are planning on seeing “The Thing” this weekend perhaps you could post here if you spot the print in the background somewhere.

Here’s the wallpaper (newly available in the free gallery) so you know what to look for.

Thanks!!

Posted on October 5, 2011

I know Halloween is still a few weeks off but I don’t like to wait until the last minute. This year I thought it would be fun to do my own version of “Castle Dracula“.

It’s still a bit in the early stages so I’d love some feedback.

I hope you enjoy it!

Posted on September 30, 2011

I’ve added the dual and triple-screen versions of “First Blush” to the Members Gallery this afternoon.

The multiscreens for the very red V.2 is available in the Pickle Jar.

You may notice that the color pattern on version 4 is a bit different than the single screen version. Since I used Photoshop to create the effect in #4 it would be difficult (though not impossible) to replicate exactly. I chose instead to create a new distribution. Hope you like it!

I also wanted to mention that Rush Frisby, author of the popular “Flickr Wallpaper Rotator”, has written a Windows utility to update your desktop with my latest artwork. You can use Windows Task Scheduler to run the EXE file whenever you want to check for new images, or run it manually. Thanks Rush!!

Lastly regarding the new link menu: If the drop-down menus are not dropping for you please his “F5” or “CTRL+R” to reload the page. Thanks!

Posted on September 28, 2011

Playing around with the navigation on DB today. I’ve removed the link column I’ve been using for the past five or six years in favor of a “navbar” at the top. Nothing too radical but I think it opens things up a bit.

You can view the old navigation here for comparison.

Let me know what you think!

Posted on September 26, 2011

Added a couple of new revisions of “First Blush” that I came up with this morning. I employed a little post-render trickery for these. Since my 3D software doesn’t let you vary the leaf color on a “per tree” basis I rendered a green tree, a yellow tree and a more muted red tree and selectively layered them in Photoshop.

Which do you prefer? The other versions can be found here.