Among the things I did this week that did not involve talking or reading about race: the fractal gallery over at tears-of-gold has been given an update and facelift. I'm pleased with the result, and the new style will be easier to keep updated -- every new set of ten fractals gets a new page and a link on the main page, and that is all.

The next site component that needs attention would be the e-cards, and I'm hoping to get to those this weekend. They do work, and do actually see a fair amount of use, but their style matches the old gallery instead of the new one, and I need to update the underlying software.

Then I need to tackle the main pages. That, I am not looking forward to. At least I will not be bored, or something.

I'm playing with background colors a bit, and happy with what I achieved on this one.

This one is for Paul, who loves sailboats.

Quite literally, because it took hours to get the gradient and light source the way I wanted them.

... Devourer of Worlds.

... Stop laughing. You'll hurt her feelings, and you don't want her to come over here, do you?

Also, completely different:



The Bremen Town Musicians. This title probably only makes sense if you had the same Collier's Junior Classics encyclopedia set I had as a child: the illustration for that story was very similar in feel to this. Cock atop cat atop dog atop old grey donkey, all set to frighten the wits out of those horrid old robbers.

No, I don't know why I'm awake, either.

... that'll do. :)

I'm not *quite* satisfied with this one -- the focus doesn't live up to the promise I saw in the raw fractal. But I think I've gotten as close as I'm going to get for now. I really need to experiment with matting, I think -- this is not the first time I've had this problem.

First new one in quite awhile. I toyed with the gradient on this a lot, trying to make it different from others I'd done before, but nothing else looked quite right, and eventually I conceded and put it back.

... you know you're in a good place when your manager *asks* about your hobbies and encourages you to use company-issued equipment to carry on with them. So, this is the first fractal done entirely on the new laptop.

I just ordered silk samples from ColorTextiles.com, and I'm eyeing this printer fairly seriously. Back when I deferred the silk scarves idea, it was because the cost of the printer, the ink, and of course the silk, was too much for me to be able to swing it. If the silk from this company is good enough, and the printer capable of good quality printing on silk ... that idea is going to be resurrected. Better late than never, or something, yes?

This one's taken half the day, but I do think I'm pleased with it.

I am also pleased with my psych visit; I am officially not depressed this month either, and have not been written a prescription. Any visit that ends with me staying off the meds is a good one.

Second version:



I've upped the sample density and added a bit of light.

Not sure what it is that appeals to me about this one; when I figure it out, I'll play with it some more, try to narrow down the right location. In the meantime, it'll stand on its own.

"seahorse" version:

Just because I still have it open and am still playing around.

Distilled




I need to find a space other than DeviantArt. I am not all that comfy with their user agreement now, but haven't found anything better, either. So I guess I know what I'll be doing this next while. As for the piece -- expect changes to that too, heh. I like the fact that the "bones" show so clearly, but need to tweak the colouring.