Me.BIOI used to be a medical technologist (member of the A.S.C.P. and all that) -- my background was mostly in hematology, immunology and clinical chemistry. While working at American Red Cross (merging all three of those together) I went to Loyola of Los Angeles law school. Now I'm an attorney in private practice (although I still keep my medical technologist's license current and I still do research from time to time).
I am allergic to cats and live with 16 of them - most of whom are handicapped (maimed by people or cars ... in one case just plain mad as a hatter). And two dogs too. So, a lot of my photos and other artwork are of them.
I've had no artistic training, none in photography either. I'm just a wannabe when it comes to art, but I'm working hard to improve and I have hope of attending art school someday.
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Comments (23)
Star4mation
Super image Ricky. Excellent use of light thru the stained glass :)
fairyfreak
Aaaaw bless. A really excellent image. Fantastic lighting ;-)
sackrat
Outstanding ! Nice clean crisp render.
vilian
Love the stained glass window and the light that goes through it ! Uhm... Can I join them to hear the story too ? Pretty please ? Love the mood here :)
Svarg
Oh, this is sweet! Nothing here to "have at"! Great job! (But I'd still like to see something with the pirate!)
bpclarke
Very cute. I really like these. Well done. Bunny
Flak
Stain glass lighting looks quite good :) To improve a bit of realism, maybe put a small bevel on the windowsill edge and maybe reduce the bump map scale on the window sill. I like what you've done for a theme - good stuff :)
blonderella
simply beautiful work! this series of images with the house mouse are so enjoyable, thankyou!!
omac2
Fun and original image, i would say maybe reduce the lighting a bit. Try to concentrate the light on the little mouses more. :)
rickymaveety
The window sill is just a Bryce cube, so it's a little hard to bevel effectively, however, maybe I can model something. I can certainly rachet the bump down a hair. I'll see what some small spots might add to the lighting of the mousies ... Thanks for the comments.
wawadave
nice!!!
mboncher
You know, I figured out what it is I really like about this picture. It has a certain charm and warmth to it, but you really managed to infuse a good heart into the picture regardless of any critical aspects I've mentioned in forum. It makes me happy, and that's good art IMHO.
BillyGoat
Oh that is ADORABLE! (Ms) BillyGoat
kierab
Great work.
tjohn
Super-nice!
rickymaveety
Thanks for the comments everyone. I decided to rework the piece a bit, and focus in on my mice. I hope you all still like it.
pauljs75
It's cute. I'd add two more lights. Something to fill in the shadows a bit, that way the main light can be turned down as well and seem less harsh. A quick read of "photography lighting" on the internet should give some real world ideas that can be applied to render scenes. Background texture could use some more resolution, it's pixelated and has quite a few artifacts. Might need to import it into a 2D program, scale it up, and paint over at a higher res for use in your render if low-res is all you have on hand for it. Dragon's mouth should also match outside mats if it is supposed to be a sculpture.
rickymaveety
The dragon is a blue glass sculpture with gold tipping. So, the claws and mouth, wingtips etc are gold. There is also a gold filigree on the base. The image for the window should be large enough (it's almost 3000x3000), however, I am going to re render it with less reflection and specularity. I'm adding a few more lights (there are already about 6 in the scene), and will repost when it finishes rendering (which should be sometime tomorrow).
TrekkieGrrrl
This is really nice! Cute and cuddly!
Jaeger
I love it! Great texture on the glass and the book.
rickymaveety
Well, I reworked it with help from all of your comments. Whew ... lots to do and it turned into a 24 hour render.
tom271
I saw the three in the forum and it was the third I liked... the lighting was best... great job ricky....
danamo
A heartwarming little piece!