Who is 'Markal'?
Markal is Mark Edwards who lives in Mississippi – originally from Indianapolis, Indiana. I retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2003 after 23 years and decided to stay here in the warm gulf coast south along with my wife, two daughters and three grandchildren.
How long have you been rendering/doing computer graphics?
My last five years in the Air Force I designed and developed computer-based training. We used PhotoShop, Flash and even wrote code in HTML, so I guess I started in the late 90’s. My terragen work began in 2003.
Do you have traditional art experience?
No real art experience just the standard art classes in high school and college.
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What are you currently working on?
I’m working on a collaboration with a Bryce artist…he is making a ship for one of my space landscape images. Learning Terragen 2 and possibly Vue may be in the works soon.
What software/equipment do you use and why?
Software used is Terragen .9.43, PaintShopPro 7 and LunarCell. I use an outdated Dell Pentium 4, 1.4GHZ, running Windows XP. I was going to upgrade but, this very large screen HDTV deal fell into my lap so I had to upgrade my other love…. watching Blue-Ray movies…first. Hopefully I’ll upgrade to a quad 4 before the end of the year.
What do you think your best piece of work is and why?
One of my latest favorites is Rigel III. The foreground is a stone BMP overlay I applied in Terragen…. the shading and shadows were in-line with the sun angle and it worked very well. The only post work was the LunarCell moons and I think they also add a realistic touch. It still amazes me how computer graphics can make an imaginary place look so real and believable.
Why do you like to work with 3D software?
It’s a fun hobby for me and when I focus on the work it carries me away from the hustle and worries of this world.Â
Who/what inspires you?
All the wonderful artists here at ReRo are great inspirations. National Geographic Magazine, NASA and all the space missions has also influenced and inspired me. Of course our creator….Almighty God….the greatest artist of all.
How has this online community (Renderosity) enhanced your work, relationships, and learning?
Not only comments but also other artists sharing their files have helped me grow artistically by leaps and bounds.
Parting Comments / Advice to other Artists?
I try to focus on what I love. I have a passion for Space Art so 99% of my work is Space art. Some may think I need to branch out and explore other areas but I say branch out to what….something I don’t love? Go with what you love and your rewards will be many.
Comments (38)
aquablue
Exellent mountains rocks and tower !
RGUS
Oh wow.. man this is so cool.. a scene from which a complete movie could be made from!
Kattey
Magnificent!
Skyback
Remarkable work!
artgum
Oh, way to go Mark- fantastic surface work and terrain!
kanzler
Superb render and postwork Markal. Excellent lighting!
PapaSkip
Very beautiful! Great terrain!
chrispoole
Wonderful.
myquad
Incredible!!!
fractalinda
Awesome terrain and surface work! So excellent!
Plantagenaut
grail...
mamabobbijo
Amazing sky. Teriffic building, great POV! The lighting puts it over the top!
3Dsmacker
This is extremely good work. Its book cover quality. +5
Despo
Exellent
Thelby
Beautiful Castlizing!!!
christianfly
Very great idea and excellent work on it.
Petra-S
Fantastic landscaps, super light...wie aus einem Märchen entsprungen..sehr schön!
athesdan
great !
inkydigit
top notch stuff!!excellent!!
RodolfoCiminelli
Awesome and very impressive realization in their all aspects.....!!!!
Savage_dragon
You always amaze me. Not only is this gorgeous, but even the depth & lighting are stunning! Thanks for sharing your beautiful work. ")
Bleurelatif
Very good !!!
azrabella
You've gone and outdone yourself again - truly wonderful work - and all set in your famous world. Very impressive.
Fahrenheit451
Fabulous work Mark!
KatesFriend
And the Moon stands guardian over it. Wonderful.
Haroon
Tough work - wonderful result!
doneydonydone
hahahaha - not been here in a while and your still makin better images with 0.9 than some people could with a digi camera/Terragen2 or Vue 6 -- hope everything is great with you mark!!!
Kosmicman
very interesting!
Patapon
Always your superb atmospheres...
sandpiper6
Pure magic!