Forum: Bryce


Subject: Rochr's Bryce pic on front cover of 3D World Magazine

AgentSmith opened this issue on Jan 27, 2003 ยท 30 posts


AgentSmith posted Mon, 27 January 2003 at 7:36 PM

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=297813&Start=1&Sectionid=0&Form.Search=rochr&Form.Cr

Seriously, if ANY of you guys/girls get your Bryce pics even INSIDE some magazine, tell us, at least so we can be envious...much less on the front cover. Check out 3D World's Magazine cover (#34) http://www.3dworldmag.com Clickable link is to the pic, "The Timerider" in his gallery. Congrats Rochr.

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Flak posted Mon, 27 January 2003 at 8:16 PM

Congratz rochr. Always nice to see peoples successes :)

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Incarnadine posted Mon, 27 January 2003 at 8:17 PM

Indeed, very well deserved!

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ICMgraphics posted Mon, 27 January 2003 at 9:22 PM

Congrats Rochr!! Talented and deserving. Always loved that piece too. Way to go!!


MadDog31 posted Mon, 27 January 2003 at 9:52 PM

What's it take to get pics in magazines? MadDog31


Doublecrash posted Mon, 27 January 2003 at 10:04 PM

My congrats, Rochr, because that image is awesome. It's also the spotted image in the BryceLobby main gallery. And it really deserves it. Stefano


e-artistree posted Mon, 27 January 2003 at 11:35 PM

Congratulations, Rochr!! Way to go .... it is such a wonderful image! LynnDee


GROINGRINDER posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 12:41 AM

Woohooo! Congratulations! Five stars, three cheers and two thumbs up! Stand tall and be proud!


AgentSmith posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 1:04 AM

MadDog31, as far as 3D World Magazing goes, they "ideally" want pics that are rendered out at least at 3,000 pixels wide or high. Files under 3mb can be e-mailed, anything bigger has to go by normal mail on a cd. Pick up the mag or go to their website for more details. They exhibit around 10-15 submitted pics every month. I assume they just liked Rochr's enough to put it on the cover.(?) The other big 3D Magazine called "Computer Arts" also accepts and prints submissions monthly. http://www.computerarts.co.uk/ AgentSmith

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Zhann posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 1:11 AM

Congrats Rochr! love the color scheme in the gallery pic, I'm going to have to visit the gallery more often...:)

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bikermouse posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 2:24 AM

Rochr, I'm not envious as I realize that this is the product of many years of developing your artistic talents and a lot of hard work. Congradulations and keep it up!! - TJ


airflamesred posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 2:58 AM

3D world arn't big fans of bryce (tuts are always for L.W and max)- so it just goes to show.


AgentSmith posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 3:37 AM

It's not what tool you have but what you do with your tool. (no puns intended, you sicko's) ;o

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Quest posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 4:32 AM

Congratulations Rochr, well deserved! Great image! I knew I had seen it somewhere, just couldn't place it.


tjohn posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 6:28 AM

Congratulations Rochr! I haven't gotten my subscription copy of 3D World yet, but always look forward to it.

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pidjy posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 7:03 AM

Rochr Rocks!.. I't not really a surprise as I consider Rochr as one of the best bryce artist I know(with a few other people), Keep up the good work man! and shout it loud "BRYCE RULES!!!!!!!!"


lsstrout posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 12:22 PM

Rochr! You were holding out on us! That is a terrific pic, I'm glad you made the cover. I'm envious, but only of the time and dedication you've been able to put into building your skills. I usually manage to get sidetracked. Congrats again on making the cover. Lin


tuttle posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 12:23 PM

Good job, Rudy, if you're reading this. As previously mentioned, it's very difficult to get any work noticed in Bryce as there's a lot of elitism and bias towards it by those that can afford 10K's-worth of Max & Maya, so getting a Bryce pic published is doubly well done. I've never dared submit anything to a magazine, it's too scary. The first Bryce images I saw in that mag were by Roobol and James Lee, so you're keeping good company!


Rochr posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 12:32 PM

Ehrmm...Thank you, thank you! :) The timerider seems to be a popular guy these days... :) I really have Ta Kimble from Renderosity Team to thank for this! Shes the one who sent the pic to 3D World! Trust me, i was equally surprised, that they wanted the pic for the mag. Ive always thought of it, as one for high-enders. Kinda fun, having a Bryce pic as a cover, considering that many of the people reading the magazine, refer to Bryce as a "playground" app. :) And i also want to add, that you guys have a big hand in this! If it werent for all the support youve given me, this piece wouldnt even exist! And yeah, Bryce still rules!!! ...but we all know that already, right? :) Thanx again! Rudy

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RobertJ posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 2:33 PM

And a well deserved congratulations from my hand. A very good example to show the snobs that with so-called low-end software high-end results can be achieved. A good carpenter never blames his tools.

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madmax_br5 posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 3:43 PM

Way to go man! Hehe...it almost makes you want to put a big fat text on the cover that says "THIS PIC WAS MADE IN BRYCE!!!!" HAHAHA


tjohn posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 4:05 PM

Makes me think of a few conversations with non-Brycing friends of mine..."So you just run the program and it makes the pictures for you?" ME: No, you know I'm an artist, you've known me since Elementary School, Bryce is just one of several programs I use to create digital artwork with, it's just instead of a brush I use programs to create the art with. Digital art is like model-making, photography, sculpture, brushwork all rolled into one. And the room doesn't fill up with canvases. "So...you just point the virtual camera at something and push the button?" Yeah, sure, whatever. "I think the pictures you make that way are cool." Thanks. It really isn't about the tool, it's about the artist. Bryce just happens to be one of my very favorite tools. It does deserve a little more respect. (Poser gets dissed in the letters columns of 3D World Mag, as well as Bryce. Not in the articles in the magazine though, as a rule. The editors of the magazine know that most of their readers are likely to be users of Bryce, Vue, Poser, etc., not high-end programs like Maya. But since Maya and others are some of their regular advertisers, and the articles are written by some very High-end artists, they do dwell on those programs in the tutorials. But they do a good job of printing mainly tuts that can be applied by the reader to just about any comparable program. I've applied the essence of tutorials to Bryce many times with...IMHO...good results.) Tjohn

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy


tuttle posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 4:23 PM

I think the "problem" I had with Bryce when I first started with it (way back last year!) was I was afraid to do anything with the finished product. Therefore I was limited by the software, and it showed. But now I'm looking on it more as a tool to get the basics down with, and the result is that I'm liking my images more. To be honest, I look back on the stuff I did a few months ago and cringe. I was just reading some stuff on Jim Burns, my favourite sci-fi artist. You look at his pictures - the incredible characters and staggeringly realistic faces he paints - and then read that he admits he has "no natural talent" for drawing people. Instead, he gathers together huge stacks of magazines and photos and uses them as references! So it's good enough for Jim Burns, it's good enough for me.


tjohn posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 4:38 PM

tuttle: I agree with you about Jim Burns. I just purchased a collection of his art called "Lightship" not long ago. Excellent work.

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy


tuttle posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 4:55 PM

Yes, I have Lightship - a very dog-eared version I bought when I was a student (wow, that was a long time ago!)


Erlik posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 7:07 PM

If you're interested, there's a book called Fantasy Art of the New Millenium about SF illustrations. Just took it out of the library. It's a couple of years old, but it does feature Burns. And some other SF illustrators, like Lee, Howe or Rick Berry, my favourite. (http://www.braid.com/ or http://www.papereye.com/). Rochr, of course, congratulations, but I still like "The Artifact" more. :-)

-- erlik


Rayraz posted Wed, 29 January 2003 at 5:31 AM

What! You made the Cover of 3DWorld!! Congratulations!! I am sooooo jealous of you right not 8) The image is really great, I can see why the people at 3DWorld liked it.

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Rayraz posted Wed, 29 January 2003 at 5:35 AM

not = now (gives a whole other sound to the sentence doesn't it?) Damn SP's....

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pmoores posted Fri, 31 January 2003 at 12:33 PM

Excellent image, and as theyve said... getting a bryce image past the high end app snobs onto a cover is doubly impressive. Getting anything better then "why what pretty things youve made 'considering your using crayons' impression i get from them sometimes", is a great. Im sure you bet out many 10k program renders to get there, but then youve always been able to get a special feel in all your pictures, regardless of the base software used.



kromekat posted Fri, 31 January 2003 at 5:04 PM

Doh! - didn't see this when I posted my tribute! - well, big congrats again Rudy! - it's a buzz, and will certainly help bring your name to the fore, and you may be amazed at the interest it generates from elsewhere! - I was! ;) - - And yeah! - Jim Burns is one of THE illustrators that inspired me to do what I do now! - Lightship (one of my college favoutites too) is great, but also check out Transluminal - he is another traditional artist (with immense technical skills) who is/has moved over to digital now!

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