Greetings: Thanks for visiting my page here at Renderosity. My real name is Clayton. I am Canadian, living in Southern Ontario. I suppose you could describe me as a middle aged man, not at all wealthy and working as a "sort of" public servant in computer support. Putting those three factors together you could also conclude that I'm too stupid to get a real job.
I will also say that I am old enough to remember the line, "Danger is my business", when I was half my current size (vertically) and sat down on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons. Hands up all those who can remember that. And while were on the subject of old, obscure cartoons, hands up those who watched Rocket Robin Hood. But those shortcomings have been balanced by the fact that I still have all my hair. AND, except for the occasional errant strand, it's still its original colour - BONUS! Take that, all you "Mr. Perfect"s out there who got all the girls in university.
My work is largely done with Poser. With Poser, I've noticed that I have a habit of diving into projects without fully realizing the overall complexities of the tasks which I create for myself. Hence the avatar I use which also symbolizes my 'chosen' profession rather well. Still, I hope you enjoy some of my images here.
In addition to Poser, I have also posted a number of digital photographs. For the most part these images are of the streetcars (electric trolleys, trams or light rail) that operate in the City of Toronto - near to where I live. Toronto has a long history of streetcar operation and is one of the few North American cities that has retained and developed its streetcar network into the present day. Unlike many other cities that are now having to rebuild their networks.
I have adopted the handle 'KatesFriend' for my work here at Renderosity. The reason is mostly due to the fact that 'Katie' was the first Poser character with which I worked. Well that, and the name Clayton appeared to be already in use here.
I discovered Poser quite by accident. A friend gave me a copy of Poser 6 for my birthday. At the time I had no experience with 3D image rendering and no interest. I also had no computer suitable to implement the package. A 100MHz Pentium 1 with 16MB of RAM and a 36kbaud internal modem running Windows 95, USED to be cutting edge Buster. So, the box sat on the shelf for a while (months) until I could install it on a computer capable of running it. Well. I had to BUY the computer first, then install the software. Then, I was hooked.
I have also provided a couple of small contributions to the Free Stuff section. My favourite is the Glowy Orb: 101 uses. It can be the thruster glow for an Eagle transport from Moonbase Alpha. A sparkly light bulb on a Christmas tree. Or just a shiney mystical ball for your cat to play with. Remember, the Glowy Orb is your friend.
Glowy Orb My thanks to the various tutorial authors that showed me how to create this useful material. PS. I should point out that Eagles were never actually depicted with glowing thrusters on Space: 1999. Nor did they ever fly in front of stars or planets when depicted in full flight. Saves a lot on production costs that way. But they were still pretty cool space ships.
Comments (30)
Faemike55
Great photo! Happy New year
MagikUnicorn
Beautiful & Unique...Thanks for the info :) Happy New year :)
eekdog
happy new year, like your shot and story..
shadownet
Really excellent capture!
flavia49
nice shot!! Happy New Year!!
anitalee
Nice shot
MOSKETON
PRECIOSA IMAGEN FELICIDADES.
sandra46
W O N D E R F U L !!!
drifterlee
Cool shot of the tram!!
myquad
A beautiful shot, Clayton!
glix70
Wow!!! Incredible historical found!!! Great shot!!! Happy new year to you too full of amazing photoart!!! :)
npauling
I love how this is amongst the trees. A lovely capture and I hope you have a happy new year too.
Lunastar
Great shot
mgtcs
Excellent capture, gorgeous place, love it!
magnus073
Really cool capture of this amazing prototype Clayton. Well done and have a wonderful and Happy New Year my friend.
renecyberdoc
very romantic my feeling here and somewhat peaceful. all the best for 2010 to you.
Minda
wonderful capture clayton and great info..Happy new year
2Loose2Trek
That's a wonderful shot ... thanks for the history. And a belated and very Happy New Year!!!
flaviok
Fascinante captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
lyron
Wonderful image. Great capture!!!
artistheat
Excellent Shot...Happy New Years
goldie
Happy New Year, Clayton...hope it's a good one for you...that's one cool capture :)
Biffowitz
Wonderful capture, I love how only part of the streetcar is visible through the foilage. Nice work on this!
stevey3d
Superb shot! Happy New Year to you! :)
ACue
Interesting. What were the circumstances of the shot? It looks like it's not in service, but it looks very clean and well maintained. Perhaps it was simply placed there, out of service? Perhaps it's an optical illusion and is actually making a turn? This is probably your own shot of the very same car "in a special paint scheme to celebrate Ontario's bicentennial in this 1984 shot. The car was one of six prototypes built by SIG in Switzerland before production on the remaining 190 moved to UTDC in Ontario. " http://transit.toronto.on.ca/streetcar/4503.shtml
Chipka
What a wonderful shot. I remember the trams in Prague (tramvai, as they were called) and whenever I see such modes of transportation, I think of those antique bells dinging...even the modern "rocket trams" as I call them have those antique bells and super post-Star Trek sense of sleekness. I like this a lot because of the color and the details. Fantastic work.
tennesseecowgirl
Interesting facts. It appears to be hiding out to me lol
chimera46
4000, a rare find indeed!
fu-minn
Wonderful capture and great shot!!
OrphanedSoul
What cool Info and a superb capture!