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)
Chipka
This is really amazing work. Epic is just one word that comes to mind when viewing it. Another word that popped immediately into my mind was a bit less poetic and descriptive. It was just a plain and simple, WOW. I really love the feel of this piece, the sense that it's somewhere familiar (historically so) and otherworldly...maybe more mythic than literal. I love that feeling, especially when it comes out of something created digitally. As I often approach art from the point of view of a writer, I must say that I found myself looking at various people in the assembled crowd and wondering who they are and what their stories might be. This is something that happens only when I'm seeing a piece of artwork that is truly rich and compelling, and well...some of those other words that popped into my mind in terms of describing this photo were words like rich, compelling, intricate, and elegant. This is really fantastic work!
ascoli00
Excellent
Kerya
Impressing! My computer would crash. I like your model.
LBAMagic
Spectacular scene.
kelvinhughes
most excellent Ken well done my friend fantastic model
fallen21
Fantastic scene.
vitachick
Impressive!!!!!!!!Not that familiar with Vue but this would be many, many layers How about rendering time? So much detail.. Fabulous image!
Krid
perfect scene with fantastic details
thecytron
Xcellent detailed artwork!
Flint_Hawk
WOW! Is that every impressive! Amazing details & work!
Digital_Mischief
OH, wow, and look at all those people!
jac204
You have created an awesome model, but I can see how it would have strained your resources. The important thing is that you were able to save it without crashing. Good luck with this model.
.Nachtwind.
Great detailed work! Excellent.
rogue29730
Great scene !!!
tiff666
Fantastic scene!
Rhanagaz
Wonderful scene and work! Excellent! :o)
bigbraader
Looks great, Ken. Very nice presentation & render. 5*
AureliusdeMercoeur
Spectacular and very realistic !! A great work !!
Ometeotl
W-O-W! That's an Absolutely Fabulous image!
flavia49
marvelous image!!