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 I use an outdated Dell Pentium 4, 1.4GHZ, running Windows XP.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)
mikeerson
Great looking picture. It must be an underground stream feeding the falls... cool ... I wanted to zoom in on it, but the size is small - bigger, go bigger.
Kattey
Wonderful scene :)
DeathTwister
Oh wow awesome work my friend, really nice composition and color.
Savage_dragon
Fab job on the falls. Gorgeous colors & lighting! ")
Petra-S
wunderschön..fantastic textur, light and mood!
RetroDevil
beautiful work!!
faroutsider
Wow! Superb.
Darkwish
Nice, very nice!
geirla
Great image! The falls are added very well; they look like they belong in the original image.
knigth
A magnificent idyllic landscape.Deserving of the biggest illustrator it heroïque fantasy.
Porthos
Outstanding work!
Rich2
No wonder you made AOM - great concet and imagination: the falls are a nice touch!
Domi48
Splendide!
inkydigit
pure magic!
ialora
I like the contrast of light and darkness. Real nice waterfall and terrain.
fractalinda
Love the POV and waterfall- establishes scale nicely. Cool terrain and surface and such lovely coloring. Excellent work, as always, Mark.
scifibabe
Wow - pretty, pretty, pretty. Love the colors and mood to this picture. Just beautiful work. Fav for me. And I LOVE the POV and the waterfall.
tetsu-pino
Splendid work!!!
kasalin
Bombastic light and postwork you made here !! One of your best works I think !!
zhaanman
Outstanding setting what a perfect view of perfection!!
mamabobbijo
The sunlit waterfalls and the aurora look to the horizon will put this on the must be seen destination lists!
artgum
Gorgeous blue creation- love the falls!
shayhurs
Excellent work!
Alex_NIKO
Very beautiful work!
RGUS Online Now!
INCREDIBLE... those waterfalls just make this so REAL!
louly
Wow! Beautiful!
gerberc
Excellent composition, light, surface and postwork - what can you ask more! Well done!!
shantay
Fantastic!!! I'm speechless!
emailandthings
you win!!!
KatesFriend
Beautiful as always.