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 (20)
tstray1
Super POV in this piece!! Excellent render!!!
Aurelia18
Beautiful work Mr. KenG.
atlas7
Excellent !!
kelvinhughes
most excellent
Kerya
It's wonderful! Elsa seems to have an artistic vein ...
SIGMAWORLD
Very nice image!
Mannie
Great image, glad Elsa walked over the keyboard so it got even better :)
Half-Baked
Fantastic scene and great work on both the birds in the foreground and the background scenery!
black222
Very nice trip n beautiful image Excellent work
jgmart
This is wonderful! The birds are amazing, as usual.
Stardust_Crossing
Splendid wildlife scene! Fantastic artwork!
Krid
wonderful scene and composition
kftate
Gorgeous image! Superb work!!
npauling
A beautiful scene and the birds and the reeds look very real. Excellent work.
adorety
Great composition and work. Kudos to the cockatoo LOL!
Flint_Hawk
Elsa is quite an artist too! This is magnificent!
ragouc
Very good POV and scene.
psyoshida
Funny story. I guess Elsa had her own vision for your render. It looks very wonderful to me. My compliments to you both.
Digital_Mischief
Oh, I love this with the steamship in the background!
spiderfingers
very realistic, extremely nice work!