Working For Norhing

In order to combat the feeling of utter uselessness that being unemployed can throw at ya' now and again when you're least expecting it, I volunteered to do some freelance (and by that I just mean for free) graphics work for my friend. His website has been getting super-mega-hits because he's the bomb (or, his web domain has survived 5 years of web time-wear; we presume this is a feat the search engine overlords are impressed with). So, I used the 3ds Max software to create a glitzier logo for his front page. Here is one of the first cuts that was thrown away: