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 (12)
grafikeer
This is an excellent model,the size and scale are really shown more effectively in this render...nicely done!
jdehaven
Love it- I am very into ancient civilizations, particularly Egyptian and Mayan/Aztec - they had such amazing architecture. Great imagination and modeling here!
kelvinhughes
excellent Ken well done my friend that model is stunning
vitachick
Excellant view of the model and surroundings..Great job Ken.
Flint_Hawk
What an impressive model! WOW!
adorety
Grand work and fantastic model.
jcrjuan
excelente trabajo un colorido y iluminacion fantasticos
Digital_Mischief
Very nice. I should use VUE more.
jac204
That is one big model. Good work.
katibabi
Looks great Ken. :)
Rhanagaz
Wonderful work with this scene and architecture! :o)
Ometeotl
That's an awesome, excellent, stunning and outstanding model! (As you might conclude from the string of superlatives I'm really impressed!) Just put it on my wishlist - and hope that it will be included in this year's March Madness