"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 (21)
ragouc
Very good picture. Good texture and light. Well done. 5+++
Mousson
Absolutely fantastic and splendid!
AnnieD
Excellent texture and lighting! Very nicely done!
hydroCat
Well done! I read the first and second, still have to read the third, but from what i read, it's really good! Keep reading, and great job re-creating this, really well done!! :))
jrcejaspulido
Great lighting. Excellent.
Cimaira
Awesome!
Conniekat8
It does look wonderful indeed :)
Vile
The posing took a long time but as did doing the color matching to the actual cover but I think this came out rather well.
johnyf
Nice job, Well done!
crocodilian
this is a fantastic image. The contrast between the saturation and desaturation matches so well with the geometry. A few ideas: -the shadowing on the interior of the hands is maybe too dark. This is a high ambient scene, and I kind of expect reflected light off the apple - hands are super tough, as every artist knows. These could use a little detailing to make them real-- a slight imperfection in the fingernail would do it. -same thing with the arms, a hint of a vein, a little glow from the fine velus hairs, something subtle might add to the image.
gomcse
This is STELLAR.
ledwolorz
Fantastic work.
RodsArt
As stated above!! WTG!!
witchdidi
Fantastic image and posing!
Incarnadine
Very nicely done.
Iceshark39
Sometimes simplicity is best. While not having read the books, I am familiar with the work and this is a stunning representation thereof. Very well done!
louly
Keep reading :) I read the four books in a bit more than a week, I wasn't working :) I've been considering doing an image inspired by the series... Beautifully done! (I just noticed you have 3 zeroes in 2008)
Vile
LOL whoops I just live in the future...
Blush
This looks just like the cover of her book:) I read all the vampire series....didn't think at first I would like it But after I got into Chapter 3 I was hooked...I tried to read the Host Just couldn't get into it.........may try again......... I won a trophy for my poem about this over at my poetry site..... Love this..it's a fav and one of my first views of yours Do hope you come visit me........ I can't wait until the movie comes out on DVD so I can buy it or have son download it one........... Nice to meet ya once again Susan~
RIGO40
you are a great artist.
Victoria-Purplehair
OMG...i thought this was a photo. by far the best recreation of this book cover i've seen! beautiful! could be the real thing!