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 I use an outdated Dell Pentium 4, 1.4GHZ, running Windows XP.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 (35)
azrabella
Yet another extraordinary image, and such amazing detail too. Are you going to make this file public domain? Go on, you know you want to...
Savage_dragon
Awesome terrain & surface! ")
Naoo
Cool Terrain!
rocserum
stunning work! RS
Kattey
Thank you very much, this is unearthy picture :)
ladyperiwinkle
Nice work!
artgum
Beautiful work Mark!
WeeLaddie
Another extraordinary terrain with superior surfacing. I too wouldn't mind getting a hold of one of your WM files so I can do some backward engineering on it.
ppetersen
LOVE IT!!! The land forms are superb here Mark, I can picture a dragon atop the mount looking at his territory. Outstanding POV, surfacing (as always you kick butt when it comes to surfaces imho) and gorgeous skywork.
blonderella
wow, awesome image Mark...I absolutely love the color scheme you used in this one...I just got my puter back from a reformat, and just finished putting your "Magician's Birthday" back up as my desktop bg just before I got the ebot on this image...did I say I really love these colors? superb work!!
choronr
Absolutely dreamy! Extra fine details and contrasts. And, the colors here are choice!
kasalin
Very beautiful scene, great colours and creation !!! 5* Excellent, dear Mark :):):)
tetsu-pino
Very beautiful scene!!!
Alex_NIKO
Beautiful work! It looks great!
grafikeer
Excellent scene..great lighting and terrain work...really like the blue/green glow at the horizon!
lyron
Fantastic terrain and work!!!
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent!
X-PaX
Very nice work Mark. The terrain is great and the surfaces are perfect (as always). Well done.
faroutsider
You do incredible things with Terragen. Another stunner!
stier
Awsome render,great reflection and color!
bloodnok
Superb!
amapitodd
Fantastic.
BenBischop
Amazing Scene....!!
NefariousDrO
This is magnificent! I'm always amazed at how you produce these mysterious, magical and mesmerizing scenes.
prutzworks
cool lighting and postwork
lumi
excellent!!!!5++
marcopolinski
awesome ... your scifi scenes are masterfully done!
stbc
Very cool surface work and everything is just jaw-dropping good. Bravo, Mark.
Chaosphoto
cool work, love the colours
scifibabe
Awesome space scene. Wonderful terrain and amazing colors. Really love this one!