Who is 'Markal'?
Markal is Mark Edwards who lives in Mississippi – originally from Indianapolis, Indiana. I retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2003 after 23 years and decided to stay here in the warm gulf coast south along with my wife, two daughters and three grandchildren.
How long have you been rendering/doing computer graphics?
My last five years in the Air Force I designed and developed computer-based training. We used PhotoShop, Flash and even wrote code in HTML, so I guess I started in the late 90’s. My terragen work began in 2003.
Do you have traditional art experience?
No real art experience just the standard art classes in high school and college.
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What are you currently working on?
I’m working on a collaboration with a Bryce artist…he is making a ship for one of my space landscape images. Learning Terragen 2 and possibly Vue may be in the works soon.
What software/equipment do you use and why?
Software used is Terragen .9.43, PaintShopPro 7 and LunarCell. I use an outdated Dell Pentium 4, 1.4GHZ, running Windows XP. I was going to upgrade but, this very large screen HDTV deal fell into my lap so I had to upgrade my other love…. watching Blue-Ray movies…first. Hopefully I’ll upgrade to a quad 4 before the end of the year.
What do you think your best piece of work is and why?
One of my latest favorites is Rigel III. The foreground is a stone BMP overlay I applied in Terragen…. the shading and shadows were in-line with the sun angle and it worked very well. The only post work was the LunarCell moons and I think they also add a realistic touch. It still amazes me how computer graphics can make an imaginary place look so real and believable.
Why do you like to work with 3D software?
It’s a fun hobby for me and when I focus on the work it carries me away from the hustle and worries of this world.ÂÂ
Who/what inspires you?
All the wonderful artists here at ReRo are great inspirations. National Geographic Magazine, NASA and all the space missions has also influenced and inspired me. Of course our creator….Almighty God….the greatest artist of all.
How has this online community (Renderosity) enhanced your work, relationships, and learning?
Not only comments but also other artists sharing their files have helped me grow artistically by leaps and bounds.
Parting Comments / Advice to other Artists?
I try to focus on what I love. I have a passion for Space Art so 99% of my work is Space art. Some may think I need to branch out and explore other areas but I say branch out to what….something I don’t love? Go with what you love and your rewards will be many.
Comments (22)
shayhurs
Cool; Nice work as always!
MagikUnicorn
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RJS
Brilliant work, mate. This is one of your best ever. Also one of the best Dune pieces I've ever seen. Bravo!
rachris480907
Wonderful work!
artgum
Love the foreground terrain and texture- I agree, it's a movie that should be seen several times to fully understand.
Danny_G
Foreground is killer, great use of overlays w/ proceduals, again proper Markal
coyoteviper
loves the first movie, this is very good
choronr
The foreground is great. I think the nebula is not distinct enough ...looks like clouds.
peedy
Fantastic image and lighting! Corrie
odile
Beautiful! One of my favorite novels too! You did great here!
ia-du-lin
fantastic sci-fi scene, great landscape and background, wonderful artwork
TerraCr8tor
Great SCI-FI image, Dune is indeed one of the nicest movies nice textures
retepk
Superb.
grafikeer
As much as the David Lynch movie was good..the 2002 re-workings "Dune" and "Children Of Dune"(Artisan Home Entertainment) were much closer to the novels,and in my opinion much better movies.This is a cool image...love the ship model by Neferious DrO!I would have imagined more of a hazy atmo,although that would obscure your great space vista...nicely done!
Blitzz-Licht
very fine space-art and Terragen...only the white Lightning (right-side) or whatever it is doesnt fit
starfire777
Great world and surfacing!!!
Thelby
Nice crispness in the foreground and the detail is awesome!!!
Rich2
Full-size view definitely a must to catch all those great details!
Badsue
A very nice render again, Mark! Love the terrain in the foreground and the overall colouring. I agree to choronr and grafikeer regarding the space dust and atmo, makes the horizon look a bit too hard imo. Looks super nevertheless!
phfrancke
absolute classic!! And the book was too
NefariousDrO
Awesome work, sorry I didn't notice when it first went up! Your terrain and the surface textures are breath-taking, wow!
KatesFriend
Excellent recreation.