Chris Foss and Roger Dean are what got me going in SF and Fantasy works (pen and ink) way back. Bryce 2 and Poser started me into the 3d as a more accurate way to express my images and gave me much better colour. I think the preponderance of SF and Fantasy imagery is due to the well I can't just take a picture so... factor. (True for me anyway)

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