I’ve been a Fanatics book club member for years, so when they sent me a letter about their new online shop I checked it out. They gave a R50 voucher for first purchase so I ordered the Avatar soundtrack cd. At checkout there was an error. Two days later the money went off my credit card, but there is no order on my profile. I sent them a message, I called their office, then I sent them a long e-mail, and to all of that I have had no response. In my opinion, they are either THIEVES, or their client service sucks!

Just looked at their site again, and they have “no products to display” and I am unable to log in. It’s a mess…

I’ve been working the last 3 days on a new website for Zazen Studio. I’ve been staying in the Studio while working on the site and it’s been a great experience.

Go see the website for photos of the Studio. It offers beautiful and tranquil accommodation in the Gauteng area. Close to Sandton, Randburg and Fourways, you easily forget that you’re staying in the middle of a large city.

Vue render of my favourite old wizard. I’ve been playing with and extending my skills with Vue the last few months – it’s getting easier to get the look I want.

Full view here.

In other news – I won a challenge at RedBubble with my “Golden Dragon” fractal. See the entries here.

And I’ve sold two mounted prints of other fractal images (This and this). It’s ironic that I get recognition for randomly-generated fractals but the 3D renders that I struggle with for days are completely ignored. Ah well.

We’re having a drought while the rest of the country is getting more rain than they want or can handle. Strange. It’s raining less than 100km away but not here. Not since last year.

Been a while since I posted. Can’t be bothered most days. Anyway, the picture today is a Vue render with a bit of postwork in Photoshop and Picasa.

In other news, the new year has finally started, work is still a bit slow but I’m hoping it will pick up soon. It’s a beautiful January on the mountain – we’ve had quite a bit of rain so everything is lush and green. The days are not too hot and the night air is like champagne. I love January on the mountain!

Vue render, no postwork.

Full view here.

If you’re observant you may notice that this picture and the previous one is of the exact same spot – I just changed the atmosphere, added water, removed the maize

Been a busy week, worked in the shop every day from 9am to 5:30pm. And cutting stuff evenings. I feel like I need a holiday!

Vue render, no postwork.

Full view here.

I stumbled home exhausted from work … and made this. Took two evenings, in fact. Going to get some sleep now.

Been playing. Poser render, postwork in Photoshop.

Full view here.

Had a great day with Ricardo and friends Nico and Mariska at the Lowveld Botanical Gardens today. It’s been a cold rainy week and today was just glorious sunshine – of course I look a bit lobsterish at the moment but it was worth it. Lovely weather, beautiful scenery – the waterfall was spectacular! And some really nice people.

Vue render with a tiny bit of Photoshop postwork. It’s been ages since I had the time to even consider working on a pic – finally stole a few minutes today and completed this one.

Full view here.

Been very busy with cutting work and shop work etc etc. And it’s finally summer – we’ve had 2 days of sunshine in a row! And it’s rather hot. Although they’re predicting SNOW over the Drakensberg this weekend. SNOW, in the midst of summer. Strange.

Just to be funny I created a fan page for Leo Graphic Design on Facebook – I’ll post images of the goodies I cut there – that way I can promote my cutting work without cluttering my personal blog with it. As if this blog can’t do with some clutter!

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I keep forgetting to post my images here when they’re done. This one is a Vue render of some Poser figures postworked with Dogwaffle and Photoshop.

Full view here.

Been rather busy with cutting work and shop work and a personal life (finally). Things to do and places to go, what a concept.