Well we all know what I do this time of year

Yes well, here comes Christmas, that time of year where everyone seems to end up using it more as an excuse to shop than it is to actually appreciate the true meaning.

But then, we also have the wonders of Cardiff Winter Wonderland which I missed out taking pictures of last year.
Alas that’s not what I’m talking about.

I’m talking about my traditional yearly Christmas digital art piece. Each year I try to find a theme or subject  and centre an art piece around it. Oh and there is the added challenge that I have not produced a piece of digital art all year! (minus the fact that 2008′s piece was late and got released in January) but pretty much a year.

So tomorrow I shall be building the art piece from scratch, (last years one appears to have been lost somehow from the galleries) but, since it will take four or five days to build, let alone it’s rendering time, you have an opportunity to make your own suggestions and push your own influence into the end result. Don’t worry, there are already bits of er… ‘you lot’ in the concept already.

So there are two, yes two promises I have for you here.

1: You will see pictures from Cardiff’s winter wonderland (though I am not promising when!)
2: You will see a Christmas digital art piece as per usual before the end of 2009

However there is another thing to come out of the woodwork, because of course December 31st marks the end of a decade, or at least the end of the 00′s. Yes indeed it has been ten years. Ten years of some of the most defining moments in our history, 9/11, The Iraq War.. you get the idea. However I intend doing a picture for this. Not sure if it’s going to be digital, photographic or a landscape. So I’m asking for your suggestions or ideas as to what I can do / photograph / make to mark this, so

3:You will see something created to mark the entry into a new decade

So three things, (more than my usual for december) and I am really looking forward to hear your ideas and suggestions. But for those of you that read this and then never respond, for once, say hi at least?