A Tiger for Mea (Photoshop) www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php
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I have been drawing since I was 11, some 33 years ago.
My 6th grade teacher, Mr. Knoss, was a great artist and I greatly admired his illustrations. He encouraged me to pursue my artistic interests at a crucial time in my development.
My High School art teacher "Vern", was also a great influence. He always challenged me to try different things.
I was lucky that my parents were very supportive of my interest in art. I studied at The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (1986-1990). Where I was humbled by many great artists that were far more talented than I. There it was that I rounded out my fine art skills, and then chose to major in Media Arts. Studied film, video and sound. Learned all the skills needed to shoot, direct, edit those mediums.
While pursuing a Media Arts major, I discovered computer graphics, still in it's infancy. This is where I came to an Epiphany. Here was a new medium, that incorporated everything I had previously learned into one new medium. Not only that, but it had new dimensions, interactivity, feedback, randomness, AI. I was hooked.
The next 17 years I learned and grew with the industry. Learning everything from how to create and manipulate digital imagery and create animations, to interface design and interactive authoring. My day job is an Information Architect, a fancy term for software interface design.
A few years back, my wife and I hit on some difficult times (As many people do) and it was during a very dark time in our lives that I discovered what became Renderosity, Initially I posted work, merely as a way to get myself back into the discipline of making new art.
I was delighted to find a world-wide community of talented artists, exchanging ideas and art!! I was thrilled! I have learned so much from you, and your art has brightened up my world. I am lucky to have made some great friends here, and I aim to do tributes to all of you!
Somanyartistssolittletime! ; )
I use this gallery as an online journal, and put all of my "Brain-droppings" here, over 400 images.
To see "The best" of my work, you can use the portals on my gallery page or go to my website:
www.abrainteractive.com
Comments (42)
ragouc
scary....
evinrude
You all look yummy.
toddmiskimen
I want to go!!!!
artaddict2
Great stuff, lots of fun!
ThomasMacCallum
fantastic- looks alike a great evening - great cossies
mickeyrony
Hoooo Superb evening my friend. I adore this imaginative side well That ace good blood lol… Cheer and mile taste blood (95++)) Hoooo Superbe soirée mon ami . J'adore ce côté imaginatif Cela as bien du bon sang lol... Bravo et mile goutes de sang ((5++))
watteville
oh ,that's nice to see, more good times!
Margana
Hahahaha! These are great! You're a zombie after my own heart, lol. I've never heard of a zombie pub crawl... I hope you didn't have to actually physically 'crawl', lol. ( Although, that would be a suitable method of locomotion for a zombie. ) Love the first two pics, especially. Is that you? Great job with the makeup! And LOL it looks a lot like this figure I worked on this weekend, for our front yard. We're having a life-size zombie, cocooned in a spiderweb, with a giant spider hanging over him, lol. Shhh, I know. We're nuts. But we looooooooooove Halloween. Ooops, I'm blabbing. Anyhoo, thanks for sharing these with us, E. Love it! Have a boo-tiful day.Always, M :^)
Digimon
Hello to U 2 dear! Yes, the first 2 images are of moi. I did my own makeup, under an hour! I learned a lot, my flesh kept falling off all night!! :D Next time I will do a better job, but it worked.
jif3d
Looking very spiffy and dapper Eric and your (wrecking) crew, another round of Bloody Mary's for all ! Did you go 'Trick or Treating' afterwards ?...hehe, I bet you guys got lots of candy to wash down all those drinks ! Great Halloween collage Mr Not-so-quite-dead-yet ! ~Cheers~
robotalk
Hilarious and well dressed Zombies galore ! what a clebration --but what are you doing for Halloween--It looks like it's already been done !
romanceworks
Hey, for the undead, this looks like a very live-ly group. You did a bloody GOREgeous job on your costume. I'm going to a costume party on the 31st, first at the gallery where I exhibit, and then all the pubs in town have bands and parties. Should be a wild night.:o) CC
Mea
"things got very controversial @ one point!" What happened? Did George Romero show up and get after you for stealing the idea for his next movie "Drunk of the Dead"? ;) Anyway, looks like you guys had a great time. Cool job on the makeup too.
Digimon
Hi Mea! Well my old friend from high school (The one on the pink top) Went as a zombie whore... I'll let your imagination fill in the rest.
rayburg
Looks like everyone had a GHOULD time. I think you need to be a little more careful when you shave. The sad part about your pics is that I kind of look like that naturally =( Thanks for sharing your fun Eric.
MagikUnicorn
DRAMATIC ;-) Cooooooool
blankfrancine
Too freaking wild,Eric!! I would have loved to be there.
Forevernyt
Damn, I would have been so into that! Awesome make-up jobs! Looks like you all had a very ghoulish time!
Rodma_Hu
It's all my mind and body needs.
NekhbetSun
Well HI E !!! :o) ....you sure have changed a bit, eh LOLOL....this must've been soooo much fun Eric !!!! And btw, you make a great zombie ! I think I'm in luv ;o) Big Zobie Hugssss mwahahahaaaa
skiwillgee
So, what's the big deal? I look like that in the mirror every morning. This looked like a lot of fun.
jocko500
lol lot of fun here. they did a super job on the get ups they have on. cool shots of them
dashboard_jehovah
HAAAAAAAAAAA!...cool set of images....for a very cool artist!
chimera46
Controversial? Zombie Whore? Now THAT would make for a great movie...
Lunastar
OH ERic it looks like it was a blast! LOL
e-brink
Talk about last orders!!!! Great make up. Some of those people really do care about their appearance.
DennisReed
ROFL! You do look like you've just been dug up! Bravo!
Svarg
Superb make up work, Eric. Sounds like a blast!
SSoffia
EXCELLENT & NICE COLLAGE !!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
moonrancher
A great party, that just gets better and better as you go, because the crawl is no longer an act. Good thinkin'! The photos are great, like being there. Hehe.