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 (16)
futuramik
obviously that dragon knows eating the wrong mushroom can lead to all sorts of trouble LOL!
bonbon
your artwork is so good... i love this, it has such a sad emotion to it, as if you can hear the little guy sadly crying
fozzibear
So glad he didnt get eaten, as for the pic, you really should do more like this, you certainly have a gift for it, its a brilliant image.
neftis
heheh Au revoir petit dragon!! Meilleure chance la prochaine fois!:) very beautiful image!
kromekat
Beck! - this is magnificent!! - the lighting, texture use and depth to the scene are excellent! - as fozz says, more like this, your skills go from strength to strength!!
racin-jason
Beck - I can but only echo the above 5 bang-on comments, but will add that this presents story telling at it's epic best. There's a depth and stunning realism to this gorgeous render that many 3D artists only dream of achieving - yet as realistic as it appears - the true feeling of the surrealistic fantasy has not been lost or beaten into oblivion. Wish your ratings were in operation, because you would get a well deserved 10 with a ka-zillion +'s. Keep these coming young lady - let the thrills of your imagination never cease.
Heart'Song
Oooo, Rose! What a beautiful finale to the story.
Wizzard
tis a beautiful and sanguine render my love.... you just keep getting bettre and bettre.. I'm so very proud of you and your talent 8 ) 1447
Mandie
aww it's beautiful matey ... when you sent me the url I thought it was going to be a dragon with a fry-pan lol
Dejah
Aaahh...I'm so glad he made it. Maybe they even became friends..:-). Wonderful feeling, magnificent trees, altogether a great image!
Xena
And here I was expecting to see a half eaten mushie LOL Fantastic image girly. The textures are awesome.
koncz
A very beautiful picture Beck, you are a very impressive style and you know what i like this. "Happy new year to you, and my best wishes of your health,hope that's better this year for you".:)
BCEmcke
I am not sure how this fella managed that but let me show him some respect gets up and applauses hey mushroome let us see more of you! ;-) perfect just perfect
Taura Noxx
the texturing is fantastic, beautiful scene :)
Im4Angels
Aww, how sweet, Nicely done, Rose
OpenMindDesign
This is truly lovely.....poignant I think is the right word....yes moving indeed! and incidentally it made me think of the secret of Mana for some reason...lol