I am back from an involuntary hiatus. A friend, his wife, and I bought and remodeled a building, starting a couple small businesses in two of the storefronts. If that sounds like a major time killer, it was. (Is)

Ever stare at your desktop icons and think this looks like hieroglyphics? Well here you go!

My PC updated to Windows 10, and it seemed to go flawlessly until trying to run the scripts to setup this image. Permissions were easy to fix, but an unused mysterious missing font turned out to be the thorn in the watermarking script.

A bright star lights the desert below. I really like the wider versions of this one.

Due to bad weather I had to rush out a day early for a week long trip, catching a ferry instead of a plane. This image was supposed to be online before I left, and it got left behind. But I'm back now, and have it uploaded.

This is based on an image I did as a concept for card backs for a game. It would have had a silhouette of a group of creepy minions however.

Thanks to Royce for helping name the image, his suggestion had the most thumbs up. (1)
Now post links about VisualParadox.com all over the internet, or I shall blot out the sun.

I really like the simulated depth of field in this. (the blur that increases the further it is from the camera.)

This started as an experiment with steam. Part of my Onyx Table series.
This is a remake of the 1999 original. So it would work better with wider formats, I added a reflection in the back as well as modeling a better cup.