As an artist, I do four things; Oils on Canvas (Social Commentary), Drawings of National Parks, Photography of Birds and California Native Plants and 2D/3D Digital.
Since most here will be interest in digital work, I'll talk about that. I started in the digital world with a TI-99/4a computer in the early 1980's and immediately started creating art and animation with a very limited graphic range in hexadecimal code (16 colors, 256 shapes). I eventually became a published artist for Asgard Software and a year later when out on my own to form “Notung Software” which became on of the most popular TI Software companies. In 2010, I was inducted in the TI-99/4a Hall of Fame.
After making my switch to the PC, I started with Sketcher (the precursor to Painter) and even owned Fractal Design's "Poser 1". I didn't start seriously playing with Poser until Version 3 came around. With the advent of Poser 4, I began by creating textures and started a career as a digital artist, selling my work through Zygote, Vista, DAZ3D, Hivewire3D and Renderosity.
I really didn’t find my nitch in the 3D world until I partnered with BL Render to do the Songbird ReMix Series in 2003. The following year, I came into my own blending my love and knowledge of birds with a strong environmental theme "Threatened, Endangered, Extinct". That set, designed specifically to raise awareness about threatened species and why they're going extinct, became a template for all my work.
Since then I’ve steadily worked on improving my skills with Painter and Modo, and of course, producing more 3D birds and other flora and fauna with a strong environmental message. Today, the Songbird Remix birds have appeared in films such as ”I am Legend”, in Audubon literature and advertising, Duncraft (bird product & seed) advertising, in the museum presentations (such as the National Wildlife Research Center of Saudi Arabia) and even billboards and bus benches for the Omaha Reads promotions.
Besides being a Renderosity Vendor, I work at home as a freelance artist/photographer and also volunteer/lecture at the Theodore Payne Foundation (a Foundation that focuses a native plant awareness) and at Audubon California.
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Comments (7)
hmatienzo
This is great! Like a Wyatt Earp movie.
dirk5027
I love this pic, the guy in the back(he looks like the bartender saloon owner type), gives me a chuckle, he fits so perfect, the leading man is awesome, you did a killer job my friend
spook
this is a wonderful render. hmatienzo is right about the clerk/barrkeep in the background. he's perfect! i'd position the eyes on the chap to the left of the hero to be looking more to the left (to match up with the gun firing). and perhaps you could have the hero's left arm move to his back (to look like he's holding back the long coat - as brian dennehy did in "silverado" - a very "cool" look...) thanks for posting this!
davidm
Great image! Very original! :-)
Sprryte
THIS IS JUST ABSOLUTELY SUPER!! i must know - where did the clothing come from? its GREAT! and the textures are totally PERFECT!! I can't wait for this to come out!
jwdell
God, this must have taken about a month to set up, every detail is perfect!!
Ken _Gilliland
Thank-you for all comments-- for those curious, the clothing is now carried through DAZ