
It's June 30th and IMVU just released IMVU 2.0, the first major enhancement to its UI since it started as a tiny start-up 5 years ago. This is my third year working with IMVU and I continue to fill their catalog with virtual themed environments.
Creating Environments that Tell Stories
Back in April I had the pleasure of being the subject of a two part article on my contributions to Disney, on the Disney & More Blog. Having to go back through those old sketches I learned two things. One, the quality of those old reproductions are pretty bad, and Two, I don't have all that many prints from those days. Although I have a lot more Disney work I have done since, I am unable to show any of it. I really need to work on more public projects. You can find the articles here: Part One and Part Two

Best of all, I built a little gallery space in the front of the shop to display the work of local artists. Our friend Gemma graciously volunteered her work for the virtual gallery. I like the idea of an artist having a show open in cyberspace that allows you to purchase original paintings and prints in the real world.
You can see and purchase Gemma's paintings at RedBubble.
I have been playing with painting tiles off and on for the past few years. I like the idea of transferring something as loose as a pen & ink sketch to a surface as permanent as a tile. This is a series of tiles inspired by some of the buildings found at the now departed Northern Renaissance Pleasure Faire, when it was located in the Blackpoint Forest in Novato, CA. I have fond memories of my years working for the Faire and can easily recall many of the structures that were icons of that yearly event. Sadly, the property is now home to a handful of Mac-mansions and a private golf course, but the ghosts of many of these buildings are still there.
I intend the tiles to be viewed in one linear row, so the eye can follow the Faire from the front ticket gate back to the Ale Stand at the “End of the World”. I have many more to do, but thought I would preview a few of the ones I have completed so far.

The water it soon came in, it did,