Posted on August 13, 2009

• After receiving the umpteenth email regarding the “Fireflies” Firefox Persona (“is this stolen?”) earlier this week, I decided that it would be a good idea if “MaDonna” just transferred the Persona to my fledgling account. I wrote her(?) and asked if she could do it.

  She wrote me back saying she would just remove the Persona, but this was not a good option. It had become the number 3 theme popularity wise and the link she had added to the description was bringing me some nice traffic to my Free Gallery.

  I was sorry to see the link go but happy I would not be receiving any more emails regarding the manner. Then, somehow, the staff of the Mozilla project stepped in and said they would move the file to my gallery (popularity intact). Sweet! The move was made last evening.

  To celebrate I’ve renamed the Persona back to “Summerwood” and added “Autumnwood“, “Winterwood“, and “Springwood” versions. Big thanks to the folks at Mozilla Labs!

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Posted on August 11, 2009

• I’ve added an updated dual and triple screen renders for “Fluorescence (2009)”. I’ve removed the DOF for these and brightened the background illumination so it should all blend together better. On to new projects now.

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Posted on August 8, 2009

• I’ve posted my “final” version of “Fluorescence (2009)” in the gallery this afternoon. I know some of you would probably rather I move on (and I am working on other projects simulaneously) but I really want to get this one right. I will be doing a revised multi-screen as well so I have removed those links ffor the time being.

  I have also added a version with a white background to the Pickle Jar. I was getting a lot of requests for red, green, etc but those people can easily do themselves by shifting the hue of the blue image. I thought it made sense to post a color variation that only I could create.

  What do you guys think? Should the white version have a place in the gallery (as with the day/night scenes)?

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Posted on August 7, 2009

• A couple of items to mention this morning. On the wallpaper front, I’m stirring a number of different pots at the moment. I have two new Vue d’Esprit projects going and I am putting the finishing touches on the “final” version of Fluorescence (2009). “Enshrouded” multi-screen is still rendering on my quad-core box and shows no sign of being finished any time in the near future. Sorry guys, I guess I made it a little too complex.

  I recently upgraded Jessie’s (and the kids’) 5 year old computer to one of those all in one touchscreen models. It’s pretty nifty. The machine runs at 1366 x 768, as does my little laptop. Setting it up I discovered, to my horror, that Firefox is not as good as IE at scaling down my 1920 x 1080 images to fit the screen (I did some quick comparisons here).

  To rectify the situation I have added 1366 x 768 as a resolution option for all of my most recent work (some 175 images). You should see the new download option next to the thumbnails. Or you can download them all at once in Zip file.

  Stay tuned!

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Posted on August 3, 2009

• Took a little break this weekend. Jessie took the kids to Arkansas to visit her family and I drove up to my 90s hometown Iowa City for a couple days of hanging out with old friends. I feel much refreshed. Jessie and the boys return this evening (I’m ready) and all is well.

  I’ve added the dual and triple screen versions of “Fluorescence (2009)” to the gallery this morning. I played around with a number of different configurations when designing this one and I hope you guys enjoy what I finally settled on. It seemed a waste not to put anything in the extra frame(s).