"Death on Two Legs" This has been a crummy week for me...I've had everything from a stomach virus to an abcessed molar. I made this image during my spare time this week, and I realized that my mood dictates the type of image I make most of the time. I make happy images when I'm happy, angry images when I'm angry. I suppose everyone does this to some extent, but for me there isn't a point in the creation process where I sit down and say to myself, "I'm sad, so I'm going to make a sad image." It only occurs to me after the image is finished. Has anyone else noticed this happening in their own artwork? Is the outcome a natural product of your mood, or is the mood of the image a conscious process? 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

Nice work, is he from the T1 series before liquid metal?

Cool image, love the claws! Only in so far as to whether I do artwork at all.

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wut skeleton is that? the squarish spines make me think its poser's default skeleton, but that one doesnt hav teeth..

Yeah, TJOHN, I'm totally with you on my mood dictating what I make or want to work on. For a while, and now and again, I was making "dark" images. Dark in color and in mood. Still working on a series that I call "Dark Industrial" which are old, rusted, broken down buildings and industrial sites. Was just working on one last night when I got home from work, at 4:30 AM.

Because I like to blow $%&# up.

Don't fear the night.  Fear what hunts at night.

Ahh, lost that material, best fire mat for bryce though, anyone have a link to Clay's Fire mat, not the blue one though.

antevark: Good eye. It is the Poser skeleton, but the head is a freebie Poser prop called Gothic Skull by Royloo, available in the Free Stuff here. Just do a search for "skull" in Free Stuff.

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

BTW: The skull has a fang morph (I should have used it here, LOL), and the mouth opens. It makes a great substitute for the Poser skeleton skull.

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

thx! been lookin for somthin w/ teeth =)

Mood definitely reflects what I create. Fortunately, I usually sit on an image a few days and prudence wins out and I delete the image -- on occasion, though, I like the image, but decide I'd rather keep it private. As I improve, I may revise some of these early images and post them... angst vs. quality, that old chestnut.

Looks good, don't want to run into this guy. Mood might affect the beginnings of my pictures but they take so long, the mood has changed by then. Once in a while I get lucky with a quickly done picture but thats rare.

What a great image tjohn, reminds me of the Terminator when he walks out of the gas truck blast except his was a metallic frame instead of bone. Yeah, I think most people go through phases which tend to evolve around their moods. Like Pablo Picassos blue period.; Picasso found blue particularly appropriate for his subject matter because it is a color associated with melancholy. Encarta

i just saw terminator again a few weeks ago... i thought the graphics were good the first time i saw it, but now my friend was wonderin y i wuz laffin thru the whole thing =)

tjohn, just lovee evrything, the fire especially...Terminator 3 due out, can't wait...:>

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As to your question, my work doesn't seem to reflect my mood for some reason. Looking at your image up there, I'd say that molar was giving you lots of problems. Lol. But no, my mood doesn't so much reflect the subject matter as much as it affects the speed at which I work. I find that if I'm on a downer, taking walks on high bridges or sitting on window sills over five stories up, I sit at the computer less, giving an image a much shorter creation time. Also, I work in shorter spurts when things like the Shuttle disaster occur. I also watch the news heavily, taking care to catch all I can concerning the world situation. My mind being occupied thusly, my 3D work tends to take a back seat for a spell. Walt "Mike"

Is it a sort of "Portrait of Dorian Grey," type affair, puting all your ills into the image and taking them away from yourself? If so I should think it is pretty effective from the state poor old skelly is in. BTW tjohn I thought you were going to stay well, oh life can be so cruel at times. My mood can effect the direction my work takes, but I've usually got 3-4 ideas on the go all the time so a glum picture can take on a happy feel and the other way round. If I start an image when I'm really down though you can bet it will be an absolute disaster. Catlin