Hi, my name is Karl Stöcker, and I was born a long time ago, way too long, in Berchtesgaden, Germany, grew up in Düsseldorf, and since 1966 have been in the US (mostly). I've traveled a lot, 46 countries by this time, and I am planning on many more. I've spent a couple of decades in the US military, active and reserve, and since retirement from civil service, worked off and on as a high school science teacher in a suburb of Sacramento. Ever since my original ID's Doom days, back when it was just released on a floppy disk as a free level advertisement, I was interested in learning about 3D CGI, but I didn't get started until I retired from civil service in 1996. Since then I have been working with Truespace, Bryce, then Lightwave 3D, and Vue. Also dabbled a little in Poser 4, but just bought Poser 6 and am starting sink my teeth into that a bit. My website, http://www.cosmic-pearl.com/, has more details on me, should anyone not be bored to tears by now, also there are LW Viking ship and Star Wars X-Wing tutorials, as well as downloadable meshes (which can be imported into Vue, BTW) - my free stuff to the CG community.
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Comments (14)
RodS Online Now!
Just watch out when he pulls out that little lightsaber... Very cool photo!
jif3d
The force must be strong in you Karl to keep away the rest of the swarm ! Sinister indeed, right down to the deadly claw on the end of each leg, just like some evil flying Raptor, although the wings do look a bit more cheery ! ~Cheers~
pixeltek
Yes, Jeff, cheery like Darth Vader's cape.
thecytron
A very good one!
Feliciti
excellent details !!!
alanwilliams
beautifully focussed
theprojectionist
Interesting,a wasp maybe there are many variations.
ia-du-lin
beautiful flower/insect photo, great lighting and colors
Seahorse
Incredibly beautiful shot!!!
pixeltek
Thanks, and no photoshopping here, other than a slight crop and sizing.
jocko500
this is lovely image
0rest4wicked
Looks like a cousin of the carpenter bee!
johndoop
Awesome picture Very well done!!!!!!!!!!!
Mondwin
Superbly capture my friend!!!Bravissimo!!!:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma