Bios
I began my computing life on a commodore vic20 and I started playing with 3d ray tracing programs in 1984 on an Amiga 500. In these days I run on Windows7 64-bit with an i7 and 12 gigs of ram and 1.7 gig 295 GPU video card. My programs of choice for 3D is Poser7 Pro, Carrara 7 Pro, Vue6.5 infinite, Lightwave 8.5, Modo 401, Z-Brush 4, 3D Coat3.5 . For the 2D stuff CS2, Painter 10, Particle illusions, Apophysis206_3Dhack . So as you can see I have a huge arsenal of programs to get the job done. One thing I do believe in is being able to model and customise your own stuff, and creating your own textures, if you can't then you are at the mercy of other people’s thoughts. I never stand on the one spot for long I’m constantly developing different technique and styles from 2D to 3D I want to learn it all, and my best advice to people is knowledge is you best weapon, in being a better artist. If you have to pay for good tutorials do it, live on the forums this is the best free source you can get, and never give up.
Screen Name
Where did the name Midnight_stories come from? Well I grew up reading comics like eerie and creepy I love the darker things, and evil fascinates me. I wanted to produce comic like those, ones that made you think. So I named myself Midnight_stories.
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Devil Dog Studios
I was member of Devil Dog Studios, it all started with Christopher Haigood (AKA) mestophales , contacting me about doing morphs for the Manitou and one thing led to another. They needed someone who could do morphs and rigging, I may have stretched the truth a bit about the rigging, but don’t tell Brent.  They gave me the Creech to rig from scratch, and it was sink or swim stuff for me. It was a 2-3 week deadline and I had to learn quick there was no help out there, I quit a few times but the guys kept telling me you can do it. We got there in the end and the Creech ended up being one of the best  figures in Poser 8, well I guess that a matter of opinion. We’ve all moved on from those days but still stay in contact and continue to work on projects together. I have a lot to thank DevilDogStudios for and they helped me to become what I am today.
These Days
These days I have my own store and do this full time, I’ve streamlined character development from a month into a week ,sometimes days. I have a big base mesh library thanks to mestophales and Vlk. I’ve been doing more modelling than rigging lately so I hope the quality is lifting. So that’s about it. If anyone wants to throw ideas at me feel free to contact me here or at my web site.
Well thanks for looking and I'll see you on the edge, when the time comes.
All the best !!!!
From the mind on the other side
Midnight.
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Comments (13)
jwebster45206
Must have taken forever to render all those dragons. Definitely dig the perspective on the bottom left. Glad to hear your brother is better, and glad to see a new page!
Mondwin
Awesome image dear Friend!!!bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx
RBlue
Clever use of resources. Either lots of polygons or lots of PS layers! I use an inking method in my graphic novel (recent gallery entries) that seems to work quite well. Experimented with multiple approaches as well. Have other styles waiting in the wings. If you're interested I can divulge the workflow employed. Let me know. By the way, like JWebster says, good your brother is better.
Gog
Excellent work as always!
spm91g
Great work!!
dcatwell
Fantastic images!
thip
Aaaahh, finally the saga continues. That image with the dragons gathering 'round to listen to David is outta this world, m'man! David's sidekick is as usual waaay behind the curve, but then again, most of us would be if we'd gone into a cave with a commando buddy and came out somewhere in hell with a demigod buddy. Keep'em coming, maestro!
MajinBoo
Nice to know your brother is doing better. It's great to see you posting and so far I'm loving this page. I'm glad you're picking up where you left off with this one.
ubald
Very nice page, midnight your work is looking Great!,CHEERs,.
midnight_stories
Just a little secret on how I do this. Each dragon is rendered separately it’s the same dragon just with different poses. They are all on different layers. Then I throw it into particle illusions for the special effects with the glow. Then put David on the top layer and use the eraser on the edges to give the appearance of him being inside the glow. I’ll have to do a tutorial one day. Thanks for the comments.
markon
Excellent work
McAfee2000
very cool work I love all the dragons - sweet
Jean-Luc_Ajrarn
Masterful! :)