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 I use an outdated Dell Pentium 4, 1.4GHZ, running Windows XP.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.ÂÂ
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.
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Comments (26)
Kattey
Red is very hard color and I especially like that image because here is so many of different reds which are not blurred together.
kanzler
I like this colors and the stars!
geirla
Excellent image! Good work on the red color.
OrphanedSoul
Wow So very gorgeous!
efron_241
extreme !!! This is soooo great !!
artgum
Very cool fire effect.
janedj
This is Gorgeous!!!Hugs Jane
Petra-S
super composition!
Daramski
Awesome scene and effects, it looks brilliant! excellent project:)
DeathTwister
Oh Fracking awesome my friend
shingleboot
Awesome image!
choronr
Steamy; absolutely steamy!!
faroutsider
Anyone for a hot lava drink? Great image.
Savage_dragon
Hey, that's my line... Lol! Yes, it is. My last try at red looked like a meat planet. But I'm always up for a challenge. Gonna' be tough. This is pretty good. I love how the neb runs from the sky across the water. It looks gas charged. Very, very nice work, Mark! Ok. Off to see red... ")
dalma
Fantastique, en se croirait en enfer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
prutzworks
cool burning world, quite different from your usual style
ledwolorz
Amazing colors and work.
X-PaX
Looks very cool. This could be a place in hell ;)
Rich2
I may have to take ya up on that one, Mark - man, this gives me the red-eye... ouch! Cool title, but now I got that same Bob Seger song running in my head..
Tiwiwine
This is something like inferno. Impressive & well done !
inkydigit
impressive indeed! ...mmm red .... !!!
fractalinda
WOW!!
me109
Love those faint blue flames... how did you do them? Cool image!
KatesFriend
That's just awesome! There's a city on the Caspian Sea where the water would catch fire from time to time just because of all the combustible gases that leaked up from the sea floor.
Bambam131
It looks like a D Hardy painting..................nice red! David
Kosmicman
Suuuuper Colours!!! Great work!