Back when I used to post, I was all over the place genre-wise but towards the end I turned to a sort of "portrait purism" where I would try to set up a scene as simply as possible and eke the maximum effect out of that.  The Perfect One Spot Render was my holy grail at the time.

Now I think about that and laugh.  Talk about silly and pretentious.  But I made some purdy, and utterly meaningless, pictures, while learning a lot about now outdated technology.  Bonus.

Render and tweak, render and tweak... now that I think about it I guess my process hasn't changed much. I think that the process is my motivation.  I get a big charge out of making a tiny change that makes "the" difference to me.  I've never been a great artist, but I have been an okay technician who occasionally made an image that worked.

There is always room to learn.

But thinking further, my favorite images have always been satirical, though.  I enjoyed the bait & switch, trying to catch people off guard to make them laugh.

-A

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