As an artist, I do four things; Oils on Canvas (Social Commentary), Drawings of National Parks, Photography of Birds and California Native Plants and 2D/3D Digital.
Since most here will be interest in digital work, I'll talk about that. I started in the digital world with a TI-99/4a computer in the early 1980's and immediately started creating art and animation with a very limited graphic range in hexadecimal code (16 colors, 256 shapes). I eventually became a published artist for Asgard Software and a year later when out on my own to form “Notung Software” which became on of the most popular TI Software companies. In 2010, I was inducted in the TI-99/4a Hall of Fame.
After making my switch to the PC, I started with Sketcher (the precursor to Painter) and even owned Fractal Design's "Poser 1". I didn't start seriously playing with Poser until Version 3 came around. With the advent of Poser 4, I began by creating textures and started a career as a digital artist, selling my work through Zygote, Vista, DAZ3D, Hivewire3D and Renderosity.
I really didn’t find my nitch in the 3D world until I partnered with BL Render to do the Songbird ReMix Series in 2003. The following year, I came into my own blending my love and knowledge of birds with a strong environmental theme "Threatened, Endangered, Extinct". That set, designed specifically to raise awareness about threatened species and why they're going extinct, became a template for all my work.
Since then I’ve steadily worked on improving my skills with Painter and Modo, and of course, producing more 3D birds and other flora and fauna with a strong environmental message. Today, the Songbird Remix birds have appeared in films such as ”I am Legend”, in Audubon literature and advertising, Duncraft (bird product & seed) advertising, in the museum presentations (such as the National Wildlife Research Center of Saudi Arabia) and even billboards and bus benches for the Omaha Reads promotions.
Besides being a Renderosity Vendor, I work at home as a freelance artist/photographer and also volunteer/lecture at the Theodore Payne Foundation (a Foundation that focuses a native plant awareness) and at Audubon California.
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Comments (13)
shaigirl
LOL! Instant laugh the moment I saw it!! Thanks!
Brandwyn
hehehe too funny! Merry Christmas!
meselfr
hehe excellent work... :)
rockets
Poor little gingerbread man...wonderful image, but poor little gingerbread guys!
Artformz2
Oh No! Hehe funny holiday work.
JOELGLAINE
"No-no, not the gum-drop buttons! Nooooooooooooooo!" LOLZ Shades of Shrek! Great job!
kierab
LOL, good one! Happy Holidays!
chimera46
LOL, great concept and execution, well done!
PointLady
Ken, first, have a happy Xmas. Love this image, very cute and funny, well at least the pigeons had a good time at the expense of the poor little gingerbread men. Hope the last one escaped. Jan
veng3nce
merry christmas ... great image with good clean fun!;p
amanda_a42
Very sweet!!! :-) Merry Christmas my friend, and a happy new year 2007!
tizjezzme
this is SO CUTE!! I hope you are having a wonderful christmas and Hope you have a fantastic 2007!
Digital_Mischief
Again, an amusing scene. It looks the gingerbread guy is trying to make a break for it.