I graduated from college in 1980 with a fine arts background in painting. I've sold many paintings and etchings and even mixed media drawings throughout my college days in the late 70's and through out the 80's. I started doing digital art in the early 90's. Now I only do digital artwork for CD's and various illustration jobs on my own. I do promo & production animations and medical illustrations for my job at WABC-TV for a living.
When I graduated I wasn't sure what type of professional (career) art I was going to aspire to. I spent a lot of time moving around from different production art studios until I decide to make a change and get a job at a TV station doing news graphics and animations. That's when computers were really developing and breaking new grounds. I started working at CBS here in NYC on the overnight shift for a few years. I then took what I had learned and moved over to WABC-TV. I am very fortunate here because we get to learn and excel with some of the best software out there in the digital world today. So at this stage of my life I have in the last 15 years found what I believe to be the best way to express my personal art outside of traditional painting. I work in many different applications. The 3d application I always use for modeling and scene layout is Cinema 4d 9. I also use Modo from Luxology. As much as I love to model and create a scene in a 3d program, I always finish up in After Effects applying any special effects that I need to composite and then in Photoshop with any final touch ups and color adjustments.
Comments (20)
Odessey
Excellent textures!
Claywoman
Beautiful artwork I love the pov and very interesting character too! Great imagination!
ericfarris
Magnific as always and congrats for Halloween contest!!! SO EXCELLENT!!!!
kenwas
Excellent piece.
Mondwin
Marvellous artwork!!!!Superb image!!bravo!V:DDD
raymondsalter
Great painting and textureing.
mia_
interesting style you have, a bit too dark for my taste, but excellent
dvitola
I love the textures. Great job!
madluko
You have brought all these elements together very well.I would like to know. Is he pulling the ropes or are they pulling him?
Perry6
Stunning Work! Your colors and textures are Fantastic! When I first saw this, I knew you'd be in the winner's circle! Congrats!
velasquez
Great fantasy, great color, excellent work.
chrysler
whow...
HazyHairs
Beautiful work!!
nootz
Very impressive and very interesting... would you elaborate on the theme a little?
vbarreto
Splendid lighting and tones.
Brooklynjd
This is amazing! My first comment, had to tell you. Amazing!
e-brink
Very nice work! Great composition and textures!
stealthman
Great concept! Love it!
deadsomething
amazing :) reminds me of "paranoia" (a mod for Half-Life)
M2A
Title fits so well your image. The concept is really good and the execution truly amazing. I love the nuances and tones adjustments you made. Precise and expertly done. C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S ! !