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 I use an outdated Dell Pentium 4, 1.4GHZ, running Windows XP.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.ÂÂ
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 (42)
ralph49
Really impressive land form, I think the post work has helped heaps
ledwolorz
Wonderful work.
DarkStormCrow
Excellent work, well done...
faroutsider
Definite post-apocalyptic feel to this. Extremely well done!
fieldmaster
Great scene, nice composition.
efron_241
I can make skies and planets (with only one texture) in that program but you can do it aLLL ... landscape, textures.. super super it looks soo realistic
prutzworks
a majestic view, well done Mark
Keymilan
Great textures and scene !
saretta
Fabulous Artwork,wonderful view!!!:-)
bloodnok
You, sir, are one incredibly gifted artist with TG and those other progs. This is just so right ......... scary, but right (as an illustration!!)
ialora
Wow! The details in the terrain and scale is awesome!
Porthos
Surreal land formation, excellent work! :)
Askare
fantastic work!
X-PaX
Another very nice work. The higher vertical dimension is perfect for this.
DeathTwister
OMG so very very cool, love those textures /winks... and the terrain is so very awesome and lighting superb bro.
Savage_dragon
Great post Apocalyptic render! ***** ")
azrabella
Now this is phenomenal. Up another gear! *****
Maori
I agree with everybody here Mark!!!
Kattey
Wonderful picture :)
Iraya
Very beautiful image, excellent render. Have a nice day.
CorTezz
Good pov. Looks a little low-poly. Greetings
artgum
Great POV Mark...I can hear the traffic now. Cool sky rays and planet.
RGUS
Ok.. I'm humble.. this is a goodie... I want a wall sized image please!
GPensanti
One of your best..........
choronr
Squared and filled with depth; very, very nice!
lumi
fantastic POV and great materials!!
BenBischop
Excellent Render....!!
scifibabe
Very nice work. Love the POV like you're looking through canyon walls. Really great terrain and colors. A fabulous picture!
mikeerson
I saw a video today of an asteroid hitting earth... Imagine if life was lost on this planet for a thousand years... what would time square look like? If global warming doesn't happen like they predict, and it wasn't under water, This might be close.
KatesFriend
It does have a spooky feel to it. A form so familiar but changed and distorted. Cool!