"What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable. Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better." - Andre Gide
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BIO
I am not Vile! Back in the really old days I used to log on to a BBS with that handle and have never really changed it. Every time I join some online community it still sticks and I have been here at Renderosity since 12/16/1999.
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I am not an artist! Well at least not in the traditional sense at least. Both my Mother and Sister are terrific analog artists but I just never got into the whole paints, canvas and brushes thing. Not that I was terribly bad at it I was just never as good as I wanted to be. I am a perfectionist! Computer art really appealed to me for this reason, my favorite button became the UNDO! I love the way I can save an image and comeback to it at another time and add more or erase mistakes. Or create something so, possibly temporary as a digital image and yet have it be as effective as a masters painting!
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I am too technical! My art does not reflect my moods or expressions most the time but more of my technical abilities (I am working on this though). I mainly use Photoshop, Bryce, (occasionally Poser) and a digital camera.
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I am not my Past! I first started digital art in 1991 with a program called SPASH on a Leading Technologies 286PC. I used to sketch out an image in pencil or pen and then try to recreate it Pixel by frustrating Pixel. I created some amazing images (in my mind they were) of Dinosaurs, Comic characters and Sci-fi. All but one were lost in a computer meltdown, the one that survived I can t seem to recall off of a floppy disk either.
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I am not Brycer! By 1997 I had an Intel Pentium 133 which my Uncle loaned me I believe it had 64MB of Ram and a 1GB hard Drive. And then I met Bryce2 and many a night was spent trying to get that thing to render silly little mountains or spheres all of which as I look back on and think a 4 year old could do better! But I had to learn, I had to render!
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I am not a Master! I think there are few Digital masters out there and they know who they are! I try as hard as I can to copy or pay homage to their accomplishments. I think, that I and others have made Bryce do things it was never intended or dreamed of being able to do. I now see people doing stuff I had not even dreamed of.
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One final thought! I Say Let me never be whole! I Say May I never be satisfied! I Say Deliver me from Japanese Robots! I Say Deliver me from lame Poser Art! I Say Deliver me from bad skin and Perfect Smiles! I Say you don't have to give in and through down your hand!
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And I Say Evolve!
Comments (15)
brittmccary
Wow! What an excellent comeback! Congratulations with a new home and a computer too! :) I hope this will be one of many more! And a very happy new year to you too! Best, Britt
erosiaart
lovely work! like the mat on the bowl.. transcluscent (spelling?) not so sure i like the mat on the cherry... cross between a maraschino cherry and an actual one..makes them look unreal.. unless u meant them to be that. (send me an email killing me for that statement..;-) )
Vile
They are supposed to be Maraschino cherries! :P I actually tried a look like bing cherries and for one I don't like those kind and two it just didn't POP for me so I went with this. And I love maraschino cherries right out of the jar with the cherry sauce and that is how they look to me :)
Swade
Darn nice render mate.... the mat on those cherries is very much maraschino looking. Nice work!
drawbridgep
Cool! Look like cherries to me.
RodsArt
Nice work...glad to have you back Vile!
Incarnadine
Very well done!
Ang25
Beautiful bowl of cherries (the only kind I like are Maraschino). It has the look and feel of a painting in a museum, excellent work!
Donar883
Very impressive POA I can see the juice at the bottom of the bowl. Looks like a photograph. Great !
Stoner
Damn good image (sorry for my language)!
marcfx
Very nice artwork. well done
draculaz
This render blows me away. EXCELLENT!
GreyPixel
YUM! I love cherries!
gonedigital
Excellent! I love the textures and the bright red color. Nice...
LiviaCH
OMG!! This is sure no photograph?? ;) Wow! Looks so real!! Superb!! I am speachless...