My name is Skip and I'm 61 years old. I live with my wife and granddaughter in Maryland, USA very near the Maryland/Delaware border surrounded by farmland. Beautiful and peaceful .. can't ask for more. We have 3 Maine Coon cats (Jessie, Gordon & Tia), 1 rescued cat (Artemis) and a beautiful little Sheltie named Sassy. I've been interested in art and images for as long as I can remember. The images, colors, the stories behind them have always fascinated me. Of course I'm one of those people who can't draw a straight line with a ruler. That has always frustrated me. Then about 10 years ago I came across an online group that made name tags using a program called Paint Shop Pro. Using images by others I began to create tags and letters but that just made me want to do my own images even more. Then I came across Bryce and through Bryce I found Poser and then Vue. I was hooked. For the first time I can actually make my own images. The more I learn the more I realize I've only just scratched the surface of this wonderful world of art. Finding Renderosity was amazing. All these people creating art, providing ideas and help and such amazing images! Awesome images! Hopefully I'm learning and my art is getting better. A whole new world is opening up and I love it.  ÂÂ
I'm a voracious reader. I read every day any time I have a few minutes available. I read for fun and because I love strong character driven stories. I read Science Fiction, Paranormal, Westerns, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery and pretty much everything in between. About the only things I don't read are biographies, history, reality. Reality is highly over rated and I much prefer fiction. (*S*)
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Comments (28)
Jordanholmes
Looks like its coming along nicely. Good job, def worth a mini-brag... ;-)
PapaSkip
A bit of a break from my usual stuff. I really haven't figured ZBrush out yet but I couldn't resist playing with one of their tutorials on line. This still needs a great deal of work (not fishing here just honest comment). This program is AWESOME and so much fun to use. Thanks for looking and for those who have commented on my other images I REALLY appreciate that. Thank you! Skip
Darkwish
EXT work!
aliwonder
Looks great, got some excellant detail going there
AGentleMuse
Marvelous!!! (I've played in it but am totally useless so far!!)
Vaizaado
I like it, so far, but i think the sword's grip is too short for both hands. Makes it a one-handed variant of a katana/wakizashi. Nonetheless, this has some great potential, and I agree, Z-Brush is Amazing! Cheers!
Trollmac
Great so far, but if your aiming for a katana, I'd lengthen the handle, and lessen the curve of the blade.
Nexus_Mind
Nice katana Pap....keep good work
MedicineBird
Excellent Work...
Syltermermaid
Fantastic work!!! I still stuck on the beginning with my z-brush!!! I have just no time to learn it better!! Great work!!! Hugs Ute
Kath13
NICE WORK!
witchdidi
Good work! I love the thickness of the blade. Though like was said above the short handle makes it look like a cross between a dagger & a sword. (Don't know that much about weapons so feel free to ignore me! :D)
shahlaa
It looks fantastic...love the detail of the handle, will be looking forward to seeing the finished image!
alltheoriginalnames
Very cool, looks great so far man. I gotta cough up the dough and pick up z-brush, people are making some really cool stuff with it
Kartika
Excellent work!
MoxieGraphix
This looks really cool. Can't wait to see it when it's done!
criss
Great model!
onebaretree
Excellent work! Fabulous model!! :-)
ragouc
Nice model, good render.
GOLDILOCKSUK
Hey I couldn't do that I think you are clever :) Cathy xoxoxo
drifterlee
Awesome! Is Zbrush hard to learn?
ledwolorz
Excellent work.
Zazou
Excellent work !! Be waiting for your second post :)
ccbig
Awesome render! A well tooled sword!
DRAKELOT
Awesome model and ZB work !!!!
MirageBay
This is really a nice model! Hope you sell it;)
Digimon
Great modeling! Especially like the work on the guard!
DukeNukem2005
Wery beautiful and wery good artwork!