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 (15)
doarte
Wonderful Image Ken, and those noi'o are grand. Love your text also! +5 from doarte's MADHOUSE
byteline
Fantastic.
jmbwalsh
Beautiful -- one of those completely unexpected moments while "surfing" an ocean of images -- keep up the good work!
Darq01
very nice, the water is one of the best I have seen
adorety
Beautiful and shapely group of dancers. They rendered wonderfully and the foamy seawater looks pretty good. I had to zoom to see your birds. It wouldn't be the same without some of your feathered friends in there. Excellent work.
Flint_Hawk
A very natural & realistic looking scene! Wonderful details and information!
crunch01
this is great! ALOHA
drifterlee
Beautiful work!
Erestorfan
Oh, this is beautiful!! The hula is such a beautiful dance, so graceful and flowing...my husband and I took our honeymoon on Oahu and visited the Polynesian Cultural center and I have to say I really enjoyed watching the MEN dance their war dances!!
flavia49
wonderful work
PointLady
Beautiful ladies, wonderful dance scene and the costumes look great. Jan
Kerya
Unexpected - but oh so beautiful!
fallen21
Sweet image, very nice work.
kelvinhughes
most excellent ken well done
Rhanagaz
Excellent work and fine info about the subject!! :o)