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 (47)
oscilis
Waaaaargh!
squeelydan
Whoa !! reminds me of the last time I drank too much , the whole room did this. Very cool and trippy , excellent animation !!
Hopalong
Merry Christmas, my dear Doctor--brilliant as usual and most especially in regard to your various and sundry excursions into animated black and white.
Richardphotos
too dang early for this or anytime as far as it goes!!!what an eye twister!!
Valerie-Ducom
wowwwww, my eyes !!!!!!!!!!! excellent dynamism my friend, you're a champion of dynamic!!! good day and hugs ;)
hewee
Ok I think I can see to type now and say wow that sure was something.
evinrude
Trippy. I like it. You owe me one retina.
skiwillgee
Eye strain? what about the brain cell explosions! This is what you are best at. The military could use you in perfecting brain control techniques (what a scarey thought)
TwoPynts
LOL! You really should have put a bigger warning on this one: May cause imbalanced individuals to become even more imbalanced! Hahah! Looks like we were on a similar wavelenght today. Great eye twisting animation...a forest of bone crunching candy canes. =] BTW, your thumb is brilliant!
2Loose2Trek
Oh cripes! It's early ... I was ready for coffee. Now I won't need any. :-) Excellent animation!
zoren
I am amazed with this one, it is wild!!!!!
jif3d
A cocktail of eyeballs for starter's then this TRIP...is this the 60's all over again...now where's that electric kool-aid got to ? LMOA @ Kort warning, hehehe Cheers
lemonjim
gee, that's really hard to watch, my eyeballs are all twisty now!
Jennyfnf
Yikes! Eyeball overdrive. Can't follow that.hehe You were right to post the Meerkats and I understand why you felt you should.
Forevernyt
Must....obey....the candycanes..... You're funny.
chimera46
ohh so dizzy, so awesome!
Denger
"Whoa -- now that's hard to do! It's making me dizzy..." -- The Nine-year-old
Excellent animation, Digimon!
BBarbs
Oh WOW. You have animated Escher ! lol. Amazing animation.....altho I have to say that I could not look at it for very long. Fabulous idea and quite unique work. Love it !!!!
robotalk
That is astounding !! an animation of great imagination and clever dexterity ! mind boggle of the year !!!!!!!!!
pnv2ro
Help i am Hypnotized :)Great animation.Bravo!!!
Svarg
( ....hmm. The last thing I remember was going to look at Eric's latest. Then waking up here on the floor with a knot on my head and . . . my Eyes hurt?! Better get up and see what's moving on my monitor. Oooohh . . . . ) thud.
Cosme..D..Churruca
Superb ! I will try it with my mother in law !
drivereightrules
A MAZE ing!!! OOOOOO GREAT!!! LOVE it. Thank you.
mamabobbijo
This would be an incredible screensaver! Thanks for sahring
leechie
Unusually Different, like it
helix3d
Oh my gosh! My oculars are truly blended!!! Stare long enough and I will either become hip-mo-tized or motion sick (or both). Always look forward to your creations.
wizardangel1
Well it's a good thing it's in B/W !!! i don't think I could watch it in colors !!! HOLY COW DIGIMON drag that cool stuff out !!!
Burpee
Looks like that contraption made back in the early 1800s by Prof. Dragalong. It was called the 'barbershop pole singer eradicator'. It could be used wherever a barber shop quartet would pop up and start to sing. Just bring in the handy dandy BPSE and you could wipe them out in one swipe. Nothing left but those twirly bow-ties :)
Margana
Oh my!My eyes are bugging now,lol.Just imagine looking at this if you had a hangover....yipes! Okay...attempting to recover my equilibrium,lol.I can't even fathom working on this image.How did you do that without your eyeballs going bonkers?You must have wonderful balance or something....And here I was,thinking your weren't all too 'balanced',lol.Guess I was wrong.I'm the imbalanced one!Have a lovely day,my friend.Yup!It's almost Friday!!!-M :^)
violet
!+%$!#&%!.....crawls back in chair....feel dizzzzy...LOL..well done...but not so fun to look at....LOL..