Who is 'Markal'?
Markal is Mark Edwards who lives in Mississippi – originally from Indianapolis, Indiana. I retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2003 after 23 years and decided to stay here in the warm gulf coast south along with my wife, two daughters and three grandchildren.
How long have you been rendering/doing computer graphics?
My last five years in the Air Force I designed and developed computer-based training. We used PhotoShop, Flash and even wrote code in HTML, so I guess I started in the late 90’s. My terragen work began in 2003.
Do you have traditional art experience?
No real art experience just the standard art classes in high school and college.
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What are you currently working on?
I’m working on a collaboration with a Bryce artist…he is making a ship for one of my space landscape images. Learning Terragen 2 and possibly Vue may be in the works soon.
What software/equipment do you use and why?
Software used is Terragen .9.43, PaintShopPro 7 and LunarCell. I use an outdated Dell Pentium 4, 1.4GHZ, running Windows XP. I was going to upgrade but, this very large screen HDTV deal fell into my lap so I had to upgrade my other love…. watching Blue-Ray movies…first. Hopefully I’ll upgrade to a quad 4 before the end of the year.
What do you think your best piece of work is and why?
One of my latest favorites is Rigel III. The foreground is a stone BMP overlay I applied in Terragen…. the shading and shadows were in-line with the sun angle and it worked very well. The only post work was the LunarCell moons and I think they also add a realistic touch. It still amazes me how computer graphics can make an imaginary place look so real and believable.
Why do you like to work with 3D software?
It’s a fun hobby for me and when I focus on the work it carries me away from the hustle and worries of this world.Â
Who/what inspires you?
All the wonderful artists here at ReRo are great inspirations. National Geographic Magazine, NASA and all the space missions has also influenced and inspired me. Of course our creator….Almighty God….the greatest artist of all.
How has this online community (Renderosity) enhanced your work, relationships, and learning?
Not only comments but also other artists sharing their files have helped me grow artistically by leaps and bounds.
Parting Comments / Advice to other Artists?
I try to focus on what I love. I have a passion for Space Art so 99% of my work is Space art. Some may think I need to branch out and explore other areas but I say branch out to what….something I don’t love? Go with what you love and your rewards will be many.
Comments (73)
9841007
Sugar,Honey,Ice,Tea, that is HOT! Love IT!:D
Gunglejim
That looks so cool!!! I think the use of those overlays are very effective in this image and well applied. Excellent job as is the whole image.
abreojos
That is pretty amazing. Excellent work!!!
kanzler
Wow! The overlays and anything else looks so outstanding! Excellent!
AdamWright
Wow! Awesome work! A fantastic scene!
BenBischop
Djeeee, Super Cool...amazing work...!
emailandthings
Awesome as well as creative. For a moment I thought it was Bryce, but nah.. Kudos to you!
me109
This one is really Outstanding! Terrain and Surfacing belong to the best i have ever seen! Have you thought about a series called "Human Artifacts"? ;o)
lior
I know exactly where is Ashkelon(Israel).You render is near the reality.שלום
NightmareHero
Beautiful terrain, thank you for sharing it with us.
Maori
SUPER COOL WORK !!!! Love your Sci fi renders!! Excellent work!!!
Ironclad
The Texturing & lighting on this are exellent. The layer of fog is bleended in perfectly & the image its self is ballanced out very well. Brilliant render job on this one.
bkhook
Damn Mark.. you're really turning me on with this series... it's so ancient.. so alien .. yet.. it illicits familiarity. What's up with that? V
fredric_lpn
Superbe!;o
jrsaldana
beautiful job..excellent my friend....please send if you can to my Gmail. adress....take care amigo
wholehog
Well, that worked out pretty darn good, didn't it! Excellent job on the image overlays...the terrain features are very well done too! Fabulous work!!
smiles95
That's pretty dang cool. Nice texture/surfaces.
ctchicken
very nice
Foxfire66
I have GOT to learn to do THAT Stuff!! AWSOME Render. I don't like just lookin. When I see something THIS Cool, I want to learn how to DO it! Incredible render.
Morgana61
Splendida immagine...wonderful!
cajomi
awesome image
choronr
Like pre-Mayan culture ...magnificent creativity!
MaydaMason
i'm speakless!!!! the textures you've used there adds an incredible scifi feeling!!! orange atmo and big sun are a good choice! very original!
LutzB
The best of your 'City series' so far...! :)
Darthmagus
Impressive work! Bravo!
hillrunner
Maybe your best render... everything fits !
Coppens
Superb work of the imagination!
Laerrus
Excellent work. Very nice terrain work.
azrabella
This is a MASTERPIECE. Very near perfect. Congrats to you... it reminds me of Slav's "Cybercities" in the Mojo gallery. I never thought I'd see this kind of work in Terragen.
shantay
Exceptional and creative use of Terragen!V