My name is Skip and I'm 61 years old. I live with my wife and granddaughter in Maryland, USA very near the Maryland/Delaware border surrounded by farmland. Beautiful and peaceful .. can't ask for more. We have 3 Maine Coon cats (Jessie, Gordon & Tia), 1 rescued cat (Artemis) and a beautiful little Sheltie named Sassy. I've been interested in art and images for as long as I can remember. The images, colors, the stories behind them have always fascinated me. Of course I'm one of those people who can't draw a straight line with a ruler. That has always frustrated me. Then about 10 years ago I came across an online group that made name tags using a program called Paint Shop Pro. Using images by others I began to create tags and letters but that just made me want to do my own images even more. Then I came across Bryce and through Bryce I found Poser and then Vue. I was hooked. For the first time I can actually make my own images. The more I learn the more I realize I've only just scratched the surface of this wonderful world of art. Finding Renderosity was amazing. All these people creating art, providing ideas and help and such amazing images! Awesome images! Hopefully I'm learning and my art is getting better. A whole new world is opening up and I love it.  ÂÂ
I'm a voracious reader. I read every day any time I have a few minutes available. I read for fun and because I love strong character driven stories. I read Science Fiction, Paranormal, Westerns, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery and pretty much everything in between. About the only things I don't read are biographies, history, reality. Reality is highly over rated and I much prefer fiction. (*S*)
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Comments (24)
DarkStormCrow
Excellent!
moonbunnie
Wonderful work!
capelito
Wonderful work.
LemyD
Great use of eco-systems. Nice picture! Greetings Lemy
dbrv6
Very nice landscape - Learning to use the tools is what its all about.
magnus073
I think it looks cool too and very realistic
Severine
Magnifique ce feuillage !
barryjeffer
Great landscape...and you did excellent!
jp3319
Nice texturing and lighting on this. Great scene!
Zazou
Splendid atmosphere/lighting ! Love the landscape !
ledwolorz
Beautiful landscape.
SSoffia
BEAUTIFUL IMAGE :)
Schnuck
Very beautiful!!!
Stardust_Crossing
Magnificent view! Splendid job!
skynyrd57
Very nice work!!
Miska7
Nice terrain. Excellent atmosphere and lighting! Very well done.
aliwonder
Fantastic
ras_silverfox
Realistic landscape. Nice render.
densa
wonderful landscape
clam73
very effective in full size....lovely done!
linwhite
You must have a very powerful computer. This must be about a billion polygons. When I try to populate to that extent, my computer balks. This is just amazing. Isn't Vue the greatest? You have certainly made a very lovely scene. The low-hanging clouds go perfectly with the general look of the piece.
PapaSkip
Not a very powerful one. Actually it's quite old. A Vaio Pentium 4 2.80GHz with 2GB of ram. This particular image has 4 objects & 1 light source. It says its 8,482,960,436 polygons. I believe it took about 2 days to render. Thank you for your kind words. They are very much appreciated. Thanks to everyone who has commented on my works. Your comments are greatly appreciated.
foxtrot76
Beautiful landscape!
jgkane
A great composition, Skip. I like playing about with ecosystems, when I have the time. I did use a similar, craggy terrain once and populated it with sheep. Seen at a distance, it wasn't too bad. Most of the terrains which I use are quite eroded, and dip below the sea, or into a loch. I just love where the mountains and hills meet the water. I like your sky, although it is not something we would see in Scotland. Ours is usually grey, wet and changeable. To cap it all, this year we had less sunshine than parts of Norway above the Arctic Circle according to the meteorologists. Keep rendering my friend. Warm regards, John.