Much as my life tries to distract me from it, I keep coming back to art. It's a fundamental part of my OS. Imaginative art has been a passion from my wee years (4 or 5). Growing up during the Space Race, my creative juices usually yearned skyward. I loved creating sci-fi images that had their roots in factual science. Or just cute ladies. Or lunar exploring penguins. Or a twisted mix of all three.
Okay, I haven't actually tried that... yet... It was drilled into my head, very early, that art was not a viable career. It was 20 years before I realized how much hooey that was. With a college degree in the sciences I made a course correction and eeked out something almost representing "a living" as a professional SF illustrator in the late 80's. My work was mostly done for paper and pen RPG companies - all the big players at the time.
In the 90's I turned to computer games, but I foolishly drifted into the administrative side. Once I left that field, I began the task of backtracking to rekindle my illustrative/design/graphics roots.
In Jan. of 2006, my pal Tom (TomPeters) introduced me to DAZ Studio. I became immediately addicted - and I don't use that term lightly! Much money spent and little sleep has been had since. 3D figure modeling has sunk its hooks deep into my brain. Ouch!
Comments (33)
Niha
Very summerlike! Nice work!!
JOEANOMALY
Ooh, i like this...light, color, and of course the character are fantastic!!!
Tloluvin
Great idea and realization.
louly
Excellent! This is so cute and realistic! Her expression is top :)
Virtual_World
Excellent!
1402dandoy Online Now!
Nice composition, beautiful render and cool expression of the model...excellent work!
atsoram
Nicely posed. Great lighting - Absolutely gorgeous!!!!!
brycek
A real cutie..nice work!!
ElorOnceDark
Cool render man! Her expression is priceless!
WarpedHalo
This is great, Arcas! She got the 'tude and I love the overall image of her - including the bubblegum ... what a wonderful image!
ThomasMacCallum
great fun, superbly done.
Shiroyama
a perfect expression of summer -- brilliant!
meselfr
2 cute.... :)
RodolfoCiminelli
Absolutely fantastic......!!!!
toddmiskimen
Great work! This is a nice piece
Cimaira
wonderful work, I love her expression :>
thecytron
Woooooooooooooooooow! Awesome composition! Superb rendering work! Stunning colors! Bravo!!!
felinx
Superbe!! Bravo:)
callad
Sweet gal!!! Wonderful expression and the bubble is awesome!!!
45Cool
Gorgeous character, with the cool pose! An instant fave!
MKruczek
Great work!
swjkie100
Very nice!
lunchlady
Awsome!
proteus2
Outstanding!! P
Miska7
Nice render. Great character. I like the bubble and the lighting is very well done! Good work!
PoserHobbit
Fantastic render!
DennisReed
HOT! :)
Lassie24
excellent :)
LBAMagic
Brilliant work.
eportscreations
Sweet! A great summer capture indeed.