Posted on July 19, 2007

• I had hoped to be posting a new wallpaper this morning, but I just wasn’t happy with the latest render. Since adding the ratings and comments I guess I have wanted to hold onto my work until it is as close to as perfect as possible. I hope you guys will continue to be patient as I am trying to learn some new software/techniques that I think will pay off big time in the future. I will keep working on the new wallpaper today and hope to have a render done by tomorrow or Saturday.

• While I was waiting for this latest (failed) render to complete, I set about converting my wallpapers for use on the trendy new iPhone (I’ve gotten a great many emails about this) I’ve added iPhone versions of the 2007, 2006 and 2005 wallpapers (look for the “iPhone” link in the resolution choices). The links say “iPhone” in the galleries, but they should work on any device with a 320 x 480 screen. I’ll post zip files as soon as they are all up (I haven’t decided how far back in my collection I will go).

  You may have already made your own conversions, but I would ask that you have a look at these. I tried to do an interesting crop on each and they are all sourced from lossless originals.

  I don’t have an iPhone to test them on (and won’t until it supports 64-bit Windows) so if you have any comments on the iPhone versions please feel free to send them directly to me.

Posted on July 17, 2007

• This new wallpaper is taking me a little longer than I had anticipated. After about a weeks worth of work I basically scrapped most of it and started over yesterday. I’m happy with what I have now though and when the render is complete (either sometime tonight or early tomorrow) I hope to have it up for you.

Posted on July 14, 2007

• A quick update today. I’ve been trying to learn a new piece of software (called Zbrush) and the process has been slow going. It’s quite different from the 3D apps that I amused to.

  I do have a project in the works though and it is in the middle of a pretty long render. I estimate another 24-36 hours before it’s finished.

• I’ve mirrored your comments on the free site so everyone can now read them. The comments on the free site are refreshed hourly. Only members can post though.
• Lastly, I’d like to mention that the galleries should be a little bit easier to navigate now. I’ve increased the number of images on each page so there should be a lot less clicking through the categories.

Posted on July 8, 2007

• I’ve added dual and triple-screen versions of “Tropical Moon”.

Posted on July 6, 2007

• I’ve gone back and made a few changes to my new “Tropical Moon”. The planet rings are more distinct now and I think the clouds look better (less like fog). Some of you asked that the foreground be lightened, but I really want the foreground to be silhouette. In fact, this version may be a shade darker than the first.

  Anyway, it’s now up on the New Images page while the original version resides in the Pickle Jar.

• Some folks have written me regarding wallpapers for the iPhone. My phone is slowly falling apart so I was in the ATT store the other day looking for a replacement. I played around with an iPhone and it looks like a cool little gadget. I couldn’t figure out how to download an image from the web and use it as wallpaper, but I hear it is possible to do so.

  I’ll be happy to post some iPhone wallpapers once I figure out what size (and orientation) they need to be. I must say though, that it is tough keeping up with all the gadgets and screen sizes out there!