I'm a painter, turned illustrator, turned designer from Seattle that now makes a living as a senior creative director in middle of the desert in Phoenix, Arizona. Life is strange to say the least. A few years ago I returned to painting, through traded my Winsor brushes and Golden Acrylics for Poser, Vue, and Photoshop, and have since resumed doing commercial illustration for a select clientele. I mainly work in 3D, but almost everything I do is overpainted until my wrist hurts as I just can't roll with squeaky clean stuff - it's not in my nature.
Recently my work has appeared in Ballistic Publishing's EXPOSÉ, was added to Steve Wozniak's personal art collection, been featured at MacWorld San Francisco and can soon be seen on limited edition tee's at Barney's New York and Fred Segal Los Angeles.
I'm married with three cats and can't seem to have less than ten Mac's in the house at any given time... you never know, I may need that bondi blue iMac for something one day ;)
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Comments (40)
Cimaira
Wow, lots of details, excellent work.
Ruis
Outstanding image!
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent work. Well done!
TomDart
Very nicely done...I am not a city person and this reflects (to me) part of why. To others, I suppose it is exciting. This is a basic thought well rendered.
Heywoody
Very impressive!!
alessimarco
Fantastic city scene! Wonderful detail!
Pagrin
Very nice job. I was looking at it, at work, and one of the guys here asked me where is that?
1971s
WOW!
MRX3010
Looks great.
anitalee
Excellent
Krid
perfect sci-fi scene with excellent details
rbowen
Excellent!!
722
Amazing
ThomasMacCallum
Incredible detail and atmosphere
crender Online Now!
Fabulous scene!
necrophage
awesome sci-fi cityscape - great composition and details!
Balaenanun
Wow that's a lot of characters! Very lively scene. I love the lighting as well!
Irish
Amazing!!!
AnIronButterfly
That's a great cityscape with any number of stories waiting to be told about what's going on within it. Beautiful lighting and 'feel' of a rushhour commute in progress...
TheBear005
Fantastic! This has a Syd Mead feel to it - Well done!
thecytron
Xcellent urban settings! Stunning colors!
Moebius87
Incredible details... and the different lights really do make a tremendous difference. One bit that really catches my eye are the two animals on the tracks... lots of stuff going on, but they seem to be having their own quiet time. Must click to see the bigger picture.
flavia49
fantastic image!!
OrphanedSoul
WoW this so rocks!
shonsu
Urban Imagery!
Shiroyama
just awesome!
2121
oustanding and pretty amazing render
DarkStormCrow
Excellent, very well done...
RJS
Another brilliant scene from the master of gritty urbanscapes! Love all the detail that you pack into your scenes. It takes a trained and practiced eye to include that much detail and have it look realistic. Love the "easter eggs" that you include in your image, but they do raise some questions: - What sort of animal is talking to the dog on the tracks? I can't quite make out if it is another dog, a goat, or even a penguin. Need more resolution to decide. - Why is the girl sitting all alone on the pad above the lights? - Who is that guy driving the yellow cab? Hm..... Bravo, my friend!
deci6el
Yeah, everything ^they^ just said and I like the star watching, today's sightings: the Minority Report Lexus and Kaneda's bike from Akira. Plus its got that nice Syd Mead feeling, maybe its the elevated blacks or the future setting, regardless, its very nice.