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 I use an outdated Dell Pentium 4, 1.4GHZ, running Windows XP.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 (27)
KnightWolverine
Phenomenal Terragen Landscaping!!!....Man this is Awesome!!!
RodS
Incredible work on this! I've never played with Terragen - just now starting with Vue 10... Nothing wrong with postwork IMHO - it's part of the whole experience of creating art...
NefariousDrO
Wow, that is breath-taking! Absolutely stunning vista, especially with the wide panoramic scale. Awesome work!
choronr
If you didn't mention it, we wouldn't know anyway. A true artist has many tools. I really like this one, especially the light. BTW, tried to e-mail you some stuff but apparently you made a change ...send me a note when you can.
masonspappy
Great image (borders on the surreal, or dreamscape, which I kind of like). And there's not a thing wrong with post work as long as it is carefully merged into the main image as you've done here. While many programs can do some things outstandingly well, no single program does everything in an outstanding manner. So for a great image you sometimes have to mix and match.
Savage_dragon
Oooooooo... love it! ")
stnaper
Awesome render!
grafikeer
Nothing wrong with postwork,whatever is needed to get the image to what was in your mind's eye...love the clouds in this one,must have pushed up the render time!
odile
Those clouds are stunning! Very good landscape.
peedy
Fantastic image! Great terrain and lighting. Corrie
Heitaikai
It looks incredible, an excellent image!
katyee
I would love to give you 100 stars for this. Wow, I could look at this for hours.
teecee2107
Spectacular fantastic image ! No matter if you use postwork or not, only the result that we see counts, and it is wonderful.
Naoo
just COOL
Danny_G
Nice textures on your terrain mark, well done
Birgushilda
Wow ! Superb ! Inviting to dream.
amapitodd
Excellent. And as grafikeer said, there's nothing wrong with post work. It's about imagination. There are no rules to creation.
Dotthy
looks wonderful, postwork is o.k. ;-)!!!!!!!
miztere
superb scene!
shayhurs
Excellent work!
claudia02
Schöne Arbeit ! Sieht Klasse aus !
ia-du-lin
fantastic image, great terrain, like the clouds
starfire777
FANTASTIC!!! 5+++
Rich2
Gosh, Mark being a "purist" ain't so bad... but in TG2 that is not all too easy. Lots of variables make it dern near impossible. Mostly I think I don't get the lighting I'd like on planets in the sky, so postwork works well here. The cloud work is nice indeed! So have fun and create - and no rules - yet...
fallen21
Wonderful work.
Rose
It's very stunning! Nice and vivid! I also have T2 but it taxes my computer so I haven't had much of a chance to play around with it yet
mps
Splendid image