Ă‚Â "What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable. Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better." - Andre Gide
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BIO
I am not Vile! Back in the really old days I used to log on to a BBS with that handle and have never really changed it. Every time I join some online community it still sticks and I have been here at Renderosity since 12/16/1999.
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I am not an artist! Well at least not in the traditional sense at least. Both my Mother and Sister are terrific analog artists but I just never got into the whole paints, canvas and brushes thing. Not that I was terribly bad at it I was just never as good as I wanted to be. I am a perfectionist! Computer art really appealed to me for this reason, my favorite button became the UNDO! I love the way I can save an image and comeback to it at another time and add more or erase mistakes. Or create something so, possibly temporary as a digital image and yet have it be as effective as a masters painting!
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I am too technical! My art does not reflect my moods or expressions most the time but more of my technical abilities (I am working on this though). I mainly use Photoshop, Bryce, (occasionally Poser) and a digital camera.
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I am not my Past! I first started digital art in 1991 with a program called SPASH on a Leading Technologies 286PC. I used to sketch out an image in pencil or pen and then try to recreate it Pixel by frustrating Pixel. I created some amazing images (in my mind they were) of Dinosaurs, Comic characters and Sci-fi. All but one were lost in a computer meltdown, the one that survived I can t seem to recall off of a floppy disk either.
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I am not Brycer! By 1997 I had an Intel Pentium 133 which my Uncle loaned me I believe it had 64MB of Ram and a 1GB hard Drive. And then I met Bryce2 and many a night was spent trying to get that thing to render silly little mountains or spheres all of which as I look back on and think a 4 year old could do better! But I had to learn, I had to render!
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I am not a Master! I think there are few Digital masters out there and they know who they are! I try as hard as I can to copy or pay homage to their accomplishments. I think, that I and others have made Bryce do things it was never intended or dreamed of being able to do. I now see people doing stuff I had not even dreamed of.
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One final thought! I Say Let me never be whole! I Say May I never be satisfied! I Say Deliver me from Japanese Robots! I Say Deliver me from lame Poser Art! I Say Deliver me from bad skin and Perfect Smiles! I Say you don't have to give in and through down your hand!
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And I Say Evolve!
Comments (25)
Vile
If you liked this image please check out the rest of my gallery, most my images are not this simple.
AnnieD
I love it.. :D
skiwillgee
Your image is an excellent example of HDRI lighting. Well done.
erosiaart
gorgeous.. well done. what surgery??? hope you better..
Crimmy
I like the glass images too and this looks very cool.
Thelby
NIce work on this, Very Realistic!!!!
Vile
nothing major no worries! Thanks for the comments
eryt
Nothing wrong with this beauty! recover soon and well...!!!
pnv2ro
WOW this is top work.Superb!!!!!!!!!!!
mikekoh
Cool image, I call this a circle of mastery work. The placement of the crystal balls are indeed tedious and you got them in the right angle with the right amount of shadow. And the reflection on the skull head is amazing result. Hope you recovery well fast. With million of love from Singapore. Piperon Out ...
ThomasMacCallum
it looks amazing, worth the render time I reckon
LiviaCH
Wow! Simple? I like it very much!!
crag_dolomite
its a good image
liltawen
Great caustics and shadows.
thebasstard
Excellent image! I know how slow Bryce 6 is, but I like the results, so it´s worth waiting, even if my stuff is a bit strange. :)
Incarnadine
looks good to me.
LovelyPoetess
Ohhhh very nice! Sorta makes me want to take up the study of Phrenology...
Vile
I have a very lumpy head I wonder what that says about me other then I am klutz!
flaviok
Magnifica,Belissima obra, aplausos (5)
Whimsical
Fantastic image, love the mats and lighting! :-))
Mondwin
Wonderful and splendid done..bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx
tjohn
A crystal skull?? Don't you know those things come with a curse? Or don't you read the tabloids? :^) Cool work.
kanzler
Wow!Absolute stuning render!
wawadave
grate!!!
BillyVX
Stunning one! 5*