Greetings: Thanks for visiting my page here at Renderosity. My real name is Clayton. I am Canadian, living in Southern Ontario. I suppose you could describe me as a middle aged man, not at all wealthy and working as a "sort of" public servant in computer support. Putting those three factors together you could also conclude that I'm too stupid to get a real job.
I will also say that I am old enough to remember the line, "Danger is my business", when I was half my current size (vertically) and sat down on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons. Hands up all those who can remember that. And while were on the subject of old, obscure cartoons, hands up those who watched Rocket Robin Hood. But those shortcomings have been balanced by the fact that I still have all my hair. AND, except for the occasional errant strand, it's still its original colour - BONUS! Take that, all you "Mr. Perfect"s out there who got all the girls in university.
My work is largely done with Poser. With Poser, I've noticed that I have a habit of diving into projects without fully realizing the overall complexities of the tasks which I create for myself. Hence the avatar I use which also symbolizes my 'chosen' profession rather well. Still, I hope you enjoy some of my images here.
In addition to Poser, I have also posted a number of digital photographs. For the most part these images are of the streetcars (electric trolleys, trams or light rail) that operate in the City of Toronto - near to where I live. Toronto has a long history of streetcar operation and is one of the few North American cities that has retained and developed its streetcar network into the present day. Unlike many other cities that are now having to rebuild their networks.
I have adopted the handle 'KatesFriend' for my work here at Renderosity. The reason is mostly due to the fact that 'Katie' was the first Poser character with which I worked. Well that, and the name Clayton appeared to be already in use here.
I discovered Poser quite by accident. A friend gave me a copy of Poser 6 for my birthday. At the time I had no experience with 3D image rendering and no interest. I also had no computer suitable to implement the package. A 100MHz Pentium 1 with 16MB of RAM and a 36kbaud internal modem running Windows 95, USED to be cutting edge Buster. So, the box sat on the shelf for a while (months) until I could install it on a computer capable of running it. Well. I had to BUY the computer first, then install the software. Then, I was hooked.
I have also provided a couple of small contributions to the Free Stuff section. My favourite is the Glowy Orb: 101 uses. It can be the thruster glow for an Eagle transport from Moonbase Alpha. A sparkly light bulb on a Christmas tree. Or just a shiney mystical ball for your cat to play with. Remember, the Glowy Orb is your friend.
Glowy Orb My thanks to the various tutorial authors that showed me how to create this useful material. PS. I should point out that Eagles were never actually depicted with glowing thrusters on Space: 1999. Nor did they ever fly in front of stars or planets when depicted in full flight. Saves a lot on production costs that way. But they were still pretty cool space ships.
Comments (24)
Danceswithroos
ehat is one cool looking planet mate. Fantastic work!!!
Foxfire66
That's really Cool! I really like how you have made the land masses have Height you can really see! Neat job! Don't look like your planet is gonna be around long though...judging by that Sun about to go Nova!!! :-)
1010
Way cool, what a terrific image!
flaviok
belissimo efeito,aplausos
Burpee
You had me fooled. I thought I was looking at Bryce. Awesome planet and exciting image...wonderful!
huenersh
Fantastic work! Turned out perfectly!
msebonyluv
Beautiful scene!!
bluetoad
Excellent
rainbows
A beutiful work, love the colours. Excellent in every way.
RyverMyst
Cool, and interesting what you did here.
2Loose2Trek
Very nicely done image!
chimera46
Gha, gorgeous image, I hope you'll let us in on your tips and tricks some day!
TheAnimaGemini
Gorgeous work. Looks amazing. Love the rich colors. Excellent.
drifterlee
Looks like outerspace or from the Hubble telescope. Cool!
pops
WOW-brilliant work
brubright
Awesome. I love space stuff. Super Work!
watifeye
Wonderful space scene and colours. Excellent!
jocko500
cool looking
Deane
Great Poser work and excellent depth and texture mapping. First class work!
su_liam
This is sweet. I never even considered doing a space picture in Poser. Maybe I should start up that freebie version I got on my drive somewhere.
NefariousDrO
Nice planet. Looks like it'd be a nice place to settle down.
lior
So stunning image!5+!
sandwood12
Nicely done work
npauling
An excellent experiment with really great colouring for this image. Lovely work.