Yearning for the ability to create in a 3dimensional field was a difficult period of trial and error in a bid to locate the software that would speak the volumes she needed to create. BIONeedless to say that many programs were tried and the majority were unsuccessful. Almost at the end of her quest along came Vue d'Esprit.
Never had she felt so much at one with the world as she did with this one application. Her mind was writing the volumes as the render's portrayed the essence of life she experienced.
The turning point came for her in September 2001 when Renderosity held a Vue 4 Contest. Her image entitled "The Pilgrimage" won first prize ~ a copy of the newly released Vue d'Esprit 4. This was the first time she had ever won a CGI contest, and she finally felt worthy of being called an Artist.
From that point on, her world began to change. She met an amazing array of personalities online, some destined to become her mentors, some her peers, and others friends or fellow artists that would become perpetual sources of inspiration, consistently giving her the desire to achieve to higher levels in her personal work.
Having the opportunity to learn from some of the greats in the industry; at first through Renderosity and then through her work and friendship with RuntimeDNA & TeamDNA, she discovered programs like Poser and Photoshop and was able to integrate her beloved Vue to achieve the maximum joy possible in her graphics.
In her current capacity as forum moderator ~ the Creator's Box and 2D 3D Software forums at Animotions and the Vue forum at RuntimeDNA, her personal aim of sharing the knowledge she has acquired is maintaining her ethos that Art is learning as much as possible along life's path ~ be it Canvas or Computer Graphics the result is still the same. Art is 4 Life!
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Thank you to all of the people I have met along the way. I will always be indebted to you for your friendship, your guidance and your artwork!
I look forward to continuing my journey through life ~ learning and sharing through ART.
Comments (24)
Char
Cool! We both posted the images with the Hatchling at the same time :) Great image. I really like the background and the morphs you did on the dragon.
chewy1
lovely image , I'v been looking for a good Dragon for a while so I can recreate a scene from the Hobbit with Smaug the Magnificent. It would be nice to see it in some different poses , maybe flying - TOP WORK :O)
neftis
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I love it! You are so talented sweetie! Bravo je suis si fiere de toi!:)
wgreenlee1
great pic but(here comes the but)think about maybe grey and more transparent,this white fog is drowning out you well done render,but looks like you had fun,welldone!!!!!!
Kageboshi
Wow, MUCH better than the hatchling! Now THIS is a dragon!! Great job Rose!
futuramik
OH YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wicked baby great pose on him too. I love that dragon too!
kromekat
Wow! - thtas lovely work Beck! - I agree, the norph work looks great!!
fozzibear
Yeah rosey, amazing image, you did a brilliant job on the dragon too!!!!!!!!!
bloodsong
outstanding job, rose. :)
cebarre
Magnifique image... encore un tres beau travail ! (in french !) :)))
jemma
WOW sis u really outdone ureself this time gr8 image! Im in love with the misty appearance of the ground. The pose is very convincing, i especially like the face.... :-0 Nice 1
Curio
very cool!
bonbon
i love the dragon's color and the setting is fabulous.I think you captured the essence of the movie in your image =] hugs
WiNC
Very bloody nice hon - this is one of your best pieces ever - but hey - I like Dragons and fantasy :) HUGS!!
Wizzard
beautiful work my love.... tis gorgeous 8 ) you make me so proud 1447
Dejah
WOW WOW WOW!.This is one awesome dragon, excellent work SR, I love it!
crushr
Outstanding, lovely work hun.:)
Taura Noxx
great dragon, I love his face, well done :)
Im4Angels
oooooo, sharp pic, Rose. Very nicely done
tesign
Nice work Beck!
BCEmcke
Randy Quaid and Sean Connery! Two of my favs and i love this movie and i tell you something Beck this is better than the movie ;-) very well done
Kiernnan
Artistic License? Now this is a real dragon. Wow Sacred Rose. You are too awesome an artist. Very Very good image.
jeweldragon
well i fell off my chair when i saw this this to me is breathtaking as i love dragons,love the pose and everything about this one:)
RaysOfLight
whoaaa, very nice i've always had a thing for dragons, especially the evil ones this one looks pretty evil (even though Draco was the good dragon in dragonheart heheh)