Posted on January 7, 2004

• I was suggested to me yesterday that I should remove the flowers on the outer rings of the “Atrium” and replace them with water. I tried it out last night and decided that I do like it better this way. The render is now up on the new images page. I think I’m going to move onto something else now so I hope everyone is as satisfied as can be with this one. I’ll have a widescreen version up sometime tomorrow. Thanks for all the feedback!

  Rus Foster, who runs the DB Update mailing list, will be moving the list to a new server. As far as I can tell, you will need to resubscribe to the list if you want to receieve email notification when I post a new or updated image. You can find out more about the list here. Thanks Rus!

Posted on January 6, 2004

• After reading some of your feedback regarding “Atrium”, I decided to make a few changes. Unfortunately this image is rather slow to work on because the renders take so long (over 18 hours for the 1600 x 1200 render). Anyway, the updated version is now available on the New Images page, while the first version remains available in the Pickle Jar.

Posted on January 1, 2004

• Happy New Year everyone! 2003 was a pretty big year for me and I’m really looking forward to seeing what develops in 2004. I hope you all had a good time last evening and are ready to start fresh with a new calendar.

  I mentioned last time that I was working on a new wallpaper. I wanted to have it ready yesterday, but some last minute tweaks held it back to today. The new wallpaper is called “Atrium” and it is up now on the new images page for your review. I hope you like it!

Posted on December 29, 2003

• I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. Ours was nice. We missed being with our parents and extended family this year, but we enjoyed our first Christmas with Ian nonetheless. His favorite present was a beautiful snowglobe from my Mom. My favorites were two books: “The Complete Far Side Collection“, also from my Mom, and The Smithsonian’s “Earth“, which Jessie gave me.

  I took a few days off to relax and hang out with Jessie and Ian, but yesterday I started working on a new wallpaper. I hope to have it ready before Thursday so I can retire the Christmas images and start off the new year fresh. Stay tuned!

Posted on December 20, 2003

• I’ve made one last, very minor, revision to “Boughs of Holly” and I’ve posted a widescreen version.
• I took this photo of Ian to use on our family Christmas cards this year. I thought it would be nice to share with you all. Happy Holidays from all of us here at DB!