Greetings: Thanks for visiting my page here at Renderosity. My real name is Clayton. I am Canadian, living in Southern Ontario. I suppose you could describe me as a middle aged man, not at all wealthy and working as a "sort of" public servant in computer support. Putting those three factors together you could also conclude that I'm too stupid to get a real job.
I will also say that I am old enough to remember the line, "Danger is my business", when I was half my current size (vertically) and sat down on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons. Hands up all those who can remember that. And while were on the subject of old, obscure cartoons, hands up those who watched Rocket Robin Hood. But those shortcomings have been balanced by the fact that I still have all my hair. AND, except for the occasional errant strand, it's still its original colour - BONUS! Take that, all you "Mr. Perfect"s out there who got all the girls in university.
My work is largely done with Poser. With Poser, I've noticed that I have a habit of diving into projects without fully realizing the overall complexities of the tasks which I create for myself. Hence the avatar I use which also symbolizes my 'chosen' profession rather well. Still, I hope you enjoy some of my images here.
In addition to Poser, I have also posted a number of digital photographs. For the most part these images are of the streetcars (electric trolleys, trams or light rail) that operate in the City of Toronto - near to where I live. Toronto has a long history of streetcar operation and is one of the few North American cities that has retained and developed its streetcar network into the present day. Unlike many other cities that are now having to rebuild their networks.
I have adopted the handle 'KatesFriend' for my work here at Renderosity. The reason is mostly due to the fact that 'Katie' was the first Poser character with which I worked. Well that, and the name Clayton appeared to be already in use here.
I discovered Poser quite by accident. A friend gave me a copy of Poser 6 for my birthday. At the time I had no experience with 3D image rendering and no interest. I also had no computer suitable to implement the package. A 100MHz Pentium 1 with 16MB of RAM and a 36kbaud internal modem running Windows 95, USED to be cutting edge Buster. So, the box sat on the shelf for a while (months) until I could install it on a computer capable of running it. Well. I had to BUY the computer first, then install the software. Then, I was hooked.
I have also provided a couple of small contributions to the Free Stuff section. My favourite is the Glowy Orb: 101 uses. It can be the thruster glow for an Eagle transport from Moonbase Alpha. A sparkly light bulb on a Christmas tree. Or just a shiney mystical ball for your cat to play with. Remember, the Glowy Orb is your friend.
Glowy Orb My thanks to the various tutorial authors that showed me how to create this useful material. PS. I should point out that Eagles were never actually depicted with glowing thrusters on Space: 1999. Nor did they ever fly in front of stars or planets when depicted in full flight. Saves a lot on production costs that way. But they were still pretty cool space ships.
Comments (31)
eekdog
wonderdul scene my friend, always loved the planet saturn, used to do a few images with saturn in them when i worked in bryce. lol steve
2Loose2Trek
You've certainly gotten some good effects out of Poser ... due to the difficulty I've shied away from this kind of rendering in Poser. You've done extraordinary work in this. Well done!
npauling
A super result from the Poser atmosphere effects. You have some great lighting there.
magnus073
Clayton this is a real stunner and sorry about all the trouble but it looks like the final results were well worth it.
Minda
This is great scene...also great lighting.
myquad
A cruel mistess, but well worth the pain. This turned out wonderfully!
evielouise
amazing awesome and incredible effect !!!!!!!!!
sema_fox
Beautifully!
1010
Love the stark contrasts, stunning!
BenBischop
This is Awesome....!! Thanks for you cool comment...;)
Darkwish
Nice, very nice pic!
clam73
this is really great ....it's no easy to play with the atmosphere effects in poser so congrats for the result!
lethalliam
Wow awesome.:)
chimera46
I gotta say I'm definitely impressed with what you can get out of poser, and yeah I hear you on the atmosphere, it's quite tempermental indeed. I don't think I've ever gotten it to work properly in a scene with reflections in it (either that or I didn't try because it took too long!
e-brink
Love this! Great image! The lighting is lovely!
watifeye
Well you done an excellent job on the atmosphere, regardless of the Poser problems. Beautiful piece Clayton. Well done!
flaviok
Fantástico, realização soberba, aplausos (5)
lior
So wonderful!
GOLDILOCKSUK
Wowwwwwww stunning love this one :) Cathy xoxoxo
stevey3d
Superb image! Wonderful colour and light! 5+
ACue
I really like it. I like the tiny figure in the foreground.
JeffersonAF
Wonderful scene.
Markal
Sorry I'm a bit late on this one...I love the colors and overall concept...those rings are exceptional....wonderfully done!!
MagikUnicorn
REALLY COOL
alltheoriginalnames
Excellent work on this, very well done
Chipka
This is incredibly beautiful...I love the stylized nature of this piece! The sense of color is beautifully conveyed here and the whole image rocks!
Lunastar
Wow this is stunning. I didn't know poser could do this type of image.
katy555
What a beautiful creation and, excellent well done…
Deane
Those ringed planets never fail to impress. Great scene from another solar system!
Kaartijer
Wonderful work! Congrats!*****