Posted on September 17, 2007

• I’ve added a poster version of “Circumpolar” to my Zazzle collection. If you have any comments or suggestions on images you would like to see as posters, please feel free to leave a comment below.

Posted on September 15, 2007

• I’ve added dual and triple-screen versions of “The Shrouded Desert” to the gallery this morning.

Posted on September 13, 2007

• I got the distinct impression, from both reading the comments and looking at the ratings, that “The Shrouded Desert” was not a favorite. Ok, they can’t all be winners I guess. Still, I didn’t want to leave it as is so I went back and changed it up a little and rendered a new version. The camera angle has changed, as has the atmosphere. I’ve removed a lot of the extra peaks and I’ve added some vegetation to help with the sense of scale. All in all, I like this one better than the original (which will go to the Pickle Jar). I hope you agree!
• Thanks for all the kind birthday wishes! My Mom watched the kids so Jessie and I could go into Chicago and spend the day. It was a great birthday!

Posted on September 10, 2007

• I mentioned last week that I was working on a new project and I wanted to have it ready to go before my birthday. It’s up now with four hours to spare. The new wallpaper is called “The Shrouded Desert” and you will find it on the New Images page. This project was another exercise for me to learn more about using Zbrush to create different landforms. Hopefully I am getting better at it.

  I’m going to spend tomorrow enjoying my birthday (my 36th) and get busy on a multi-screen version ASAP.

Posted on September 6, 2007

• It’s been a while since I posted so I thought you all might like a status report. Last week I decided to take a few days off to work on some non-art related projects and rest my brain a little. I started back in on another project this week but it’s not quite ready yet (I have a render completed but it’s not gallery-worthy yet). I’m going to be working on it through the weekend though and hope to have it early next week (hopefully before my birthday Tuesday) if not sooner.

• A couple of months ago I was looking for some new music to listen to while working and I came upon a band called “State Radio”. The more songs I listened to the more I liked them and now they rank as one of my favorite bands around.

  Why am I telling you this? I was just looking at their website and it looks like they are giving away free downloads of all their previous albums (to celebrate their upcoming release). Wish I had known they were going to do this before I bought them on iTunes. Oh well. If you only download one, I recommend “Us Against The Crown”. Enjoy!