A Tiger for Mea (Photoshop) www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php
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I have been drawing since I was 11, some 33 years ago.
My 6th grade teacher, Mr. Knoss, was a great artist and I greatly admired his illustrations. He encouraged me to pursue my artistic interests at a crucial time in my development.
My High School art teacher "Vern", was also a great influence. He always challenged me to try different things.
I was lucky that my parents were very supportive of my interest in art. I studied at The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (1986-1990). Where I was humbled by many great artists that were far more talented than I. There it was that I rounded out my fine art skills, and then chose to major in Media Arts. Studied film, video and sound. Learned all the skills needed to shoot, direct, edit those mediums.
While pursuing a Media Arts major, I discovered computer graphics, still in it's infancy. This is where I came to an Epiphany. Here was a new medium, that incorporated everything I had previously learned into one new medium. Not only that, but it had new dimensions, interactivity, feedback, randomness, AI. I was hooked.
The next 17 years I learned and grew with the industry. Learning everything from how to create and manipulate digital imagery and create animations, to interface design and interactive authoring. My day job is an Information Architect, a fancy term for software interface design.
A few years back, my wife and I hit on some difficult times (As many people do) and it was during a very dark time in our lives that I discovered what became Renderosity, Initially I posted work, merely as a way to get myself back into the discipline of making new art.
I was delighted to find a world-wide community of talented artists, exchanging ideas and art!! I was thrilled! I have learned so much from you, and your art has brightened up my world. I am lucky to have made some great friends here, and I aim to do tributes to all of you!
Somanyartistssolittletime! ; )
I use this gallery as an online journal, and put all of my "Brain-droppings" here, over 400 images.
To see "The best" of my work, you can use the portals on my gallery page or go to my website:
www.abrainteractive.com
Comments (46)
kimariehere
WOW THAT IS SOO SPECTACULAR you annimation has really brought it to life Eric!!..awesome !! i see and upside down dianasoar or dragon in it hehehe ... he is the one causeing all the commotion!!... brillant !! luv this .. now i am partially blind from starring at it!!
killerpumpkins
Very cool! KP
classyladytwo
Fantastic animation
robotalk
Powerful ! mysterious! Electric !
helix3d
Wow. That is really cool. We've been having a few THUNDER storms here in Salt Lake recently. I love 'em.
idiot_sphinx
Cool switch off. I thought I saw a ghost in this image ...LOL... Excellent !!
wizardangel1
--Scary weather ==Nice work too !! Yeah ,we get monstercell blow outs ,hail has the roofers very busy,,,when we are lucky,rain--not often.Tornado ally. I once seen a tree get hit and the whole thing shimmered briefly in the night..awsome. I've gave up on the garden ,,tomatoes boil on the vine,flowers,,gone..bummer.
BBarbs
Cool animation !! Really gives you the feeling of actually seeing it. Very beautiful work !!!!
triple7
THAT IS ALLSOME
chimera46
awesome lightning animaiton, well done!
jocko500
You caught them just right . super looking
cindyx
Hey, we just had a big thunderstorm... and there's another one on my monitor!! Excellent work!
jjean21
Awesome ani and I love the rainbow that seems to show up between flashes even if it's not supposed to be there. Storms can be so beautiful.
Hopalong
One two three....pretty close, were you? BABABABOOOMCRACKBOOMZIZZZZZROOMBLEBOOOMRUMBLE.....smell the ozone....
Svarg
The anim is great! What I wonder is how you managed to catch the lightning.
jif3d
an ernest display of mother nature, I'm suprised your dogs didn't freak-out and shoot through ! Tally-ho
Richardphotos
first time I seen an animation of this manner and it rocks!!!
lemonjim
ya got me to thinking (again). way cool application of your skills!
Forevernyt
I love storms! Great job!
mollymaye
Interesting shot. Even more interesting post work. I like it. The colors are really great.
Digimon
Thanks Mollymaye, but there is no postwork, aside from the gif conversion, which reduces the colors from millions to under 200. Hence the noisy pixelated pattern. Tomorrow I will post the uncompressed version.
SSoffia
A M A I Z I N G WWWWWWWWWOOOWWWWWWWWWWW ! ! ! ! ! ! !
skiwillgee
Wow, Eric. To me God is the greatest artist. You were able to capture and convey some of His casual work.
evinrude
Cool!
kenwas
Nicely done. Most effective/
Lorraine
very cool!....running to get my umbrella...
unstrung65
........a PLEASURE to view -- I absolutely LOVE thunderstorms - but I live in an area ( Toronto ) where such storms avoid the city like the plague ( heat islands or something ) ---- wish it had sound --- nice job !!!
Burpee
Same here Eric...we rarely get rain. You got 2 inches and we got a drizzle....my yard is dying. Rain north of us, rain, power outages and flooding south of us but none for us. When the clouds from the west hit near Lake Michigan, they split and go north and south. We are right at that split point and rarely receive rain. OOPSSS...sorry, feeling pretty damn sad about this subject. Forgot to tell you what a cool animation you did. Especially like that it is a photograph. I gotta learn to do animations...too cool :)
oscilis
Great idea and animation. Can you add sound?
Angelsinger
"To me God is the greatest artist. You were able to capture and convey some of His casual work." -- I couldn't have said it better. Thank you for sharing this amazing storm, and in animated form! What an awesome idea!