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 I use an outdated Dell Pentium 4, 1.4GHZ, running Windows XP.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.Â
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 (26)
shayhurs
Well done!
SIGMAWORLD
Wunderschöne Terragen-Szene. Gefällt mir sehr gut!
Hubert
Wonderful! Great composition and details!
BIPOLARTWO
Terrific detail. Did you mean to give the moon a face ?
artgum
Superb work Mark!
masonspappy
Everything about this work is excellent!
CATMANDO
Excellent work.....
choronr
A very good array of vegetation and flowers. This terrain is a great choice for the scene as is the addition of the river.
meatpuppet76
amazing work, well done
rachris480907
Utterly amazing! Give me the coordinates and I'll settle there in a heartbeat! AWESOME render!
peedy
Stunning image! Love everything in it! Corrie
odile
Excellent landscape.
Rich2
Superbly realistic - and quite a departure from your sci-fi based scenes!
Danny_G
Nice change of pace, mimic Rich2
RJS
Wow! This is outstanding!
ia-du-lin
wonderful landscape and plants, nice place, great work
Badsue
What a beautiful landscape, Mark! Love the vegetation. Great to see you back on earth for a change! :)
odeone
Very nice work...
Terrade
very nice indeed, love that foreground
X-PaX
Very nice render. Well done.
starfire777
Excellent world!!!
Naoo
phfrancke
and you made great use of them. I like the slow moving river/pond.
shingleboot
Very beautiful scene
celticfire
This is beautiful!
Drakeneye
Excellent, a treasure more.