Howdy! I'm Kixum, Coordinator for the Carrara Raydream forum here at Renderosity. Member Since 4/22/01 Roles I have played at Renderosity.
Carrara/Raydream Coordinator January 23, 2011, (used to be Moderator 3/17/2002 to 11/17/2006 but work required I take a break)
Carrara/Raydream Resource CD Manager (a long time ago in a dream world long gone).
Amapi Moderator here and there.BIOIn real life I'm an engineer who hasn't decided yet to quit his day job to become a computer 3D artist. My work here at Renderosity started when I began the Carrara Raydream Resource CD project. That was around October 2001. I've been a member since April 2001. My life in computer 3D artwork started a long time ago when I purchased the Corel Draw 6 package which contained Corel Dream 3D. This was a poor mans version of Raydream. As time progressed, Raydream picked up more features which I followed. Eventually Carrara entered the scene and finally, after a long dry stint, Eovia got it's hands on it and now we're swimming through the package while in the care and feeding of DAZ.Â
DAZ has been pushing the software but mostly in the direction of DAZ figures (people) etc. (what a shock). Not to say that DAZ hasn't added some other pretty cool stuff (like bullet physics etc.) but in general, Carrara's advancement has been focused on Poser type features since Daz took it.
I think it's a natural evolution for the software as it was needed to bolster it's value and viability. What will be next? I don't know but I can certainly think up a list of things that could take into the next category of proffessional high end packages. We'll see if that happens!
Renderosity has pushed me quite a bit as a Carrara user plus, the users here are very cool, helpful and insightful. Maybe someday I'll graduate to having models of people in my work but I haven't broken down to that part of 3D art just yet. Star Wars and Star Trek stuff are clearly two favorite things I like to work on. I'm also moving more into organics but very slowly. The Carrara texture engine is very powerful but also challenging to learn and master. My images are taking on more life and depth as time progresses. I've stuck my foot into the animation waters and have had reasonable success. If I ever get my first big major animation project completed, it will be very cool and a personal triumph. My love of photography also continues to grow and I enjoy it more and more as I go photograph some of the incredible places in the world.
With the death of Amapi (mostly), I've decided to delve into Rhino. As a general rule, I'm really a modeler. Carrara is actually a pretty good tool for modeling (better than people think) but there are a few limitations which require me to work with other stuff. Rhino will be a big learning curve and a departure from my comfort zone. We'll see how that goes!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you around!
-Kix
Comments (10)
ramjetter
Don't worry about the repetition. Your image looks great!
AidanaWillowRaven
Classic image. I like the flares, too.
zhaanman
My friend you Are the Master!!! This Looks SPEC-TACULAR!!!
KnightWolverine
Being this is the 1st time viewing your work and will eventually look through your gallery when time permits I wanted to say I'm a Trekkie and enjoy anything Star Trek related.When done with class like you did here makes viewing much more enjoyable.Excellent Tribute Art!
flavia49
fantastic work!!
Drakkendark
Repetition is the mother of all skill.
Nod
Looks very good indeed.
A3DLover
Looks good to me, did you use the flare effect in carrara or in another application? Also did you know that you can export hdr and matching jpg image files for use in carrara from bryce 7 pro?
AphroditesChild666
The physical form of the Enterprise from the original Start Trek is a work of absolute genius - unsurpassed to this day by anything else that has been created for visual Science Fiction; the most unlikely, almost impossible, combination of solid forms, and yet somehow, amazingly harmonious and evocative. I was 8 years old when I first saw it, and I was immediately hooked - I have spent more than 40 years trying to understand its magic, its poetry. I am no closer to understanding it now than I was then, but I my enjoyment and appreciation of it has not diminished. It is the best imagining of a space ship - ever. Even if it is entirely impractical, unlikely, and never-to-be: It embodies a poetic message, one that we cannot understand with our reason, only with our hearts and our imagination. I will never tire of your beautiful renditions of this evocative form, no matter how 'repetitive': There is something there, something ineffable, but precious, something that needs to be seen from every angle, in every light, something we will never quite 'get', but must keep trying... None of the movie Enterprises were in any way improvements on the original, only minor 'de-provements'. The Next Generation version was an abomination, along with 'voyager. But Star Trek: Enterprise was good, true to the spirit of the Original, and I would very much like to see your rendition of it, if you feel inspired someday. The Klingon Battle Cruiser from the original ST is, in my warped opinion, the second-best space ship ever envisioned, and if you ever do a rendition of it, I hope you will dedicate it to me: That's how I discovered Star Trek in the first place. Here's the story: I was 7 or 8 years old, tagging along with my mother who was shopping. I saw a plastic model kit for the 'Star Trek: Klingon Battle Cruiser" and fell instantly in love. I didn't know what 'Star Track" was, or 'Klingons', as we didn't have a TV, but I wanted to build that... whatever it was. The curves! The shape! The form! The shadows it would make! And soooo Alien: such a weird and unexpected combination of disparate elements - and yet, they somehow all worked, together. "Mom," I asked, as was assembling the model, "What's Star Track?" "A TV show" she answered. "Can I watch it?" "You know we don't watch TV" she said, "we have better things to do." "Well, I want to watch Star Track, and see what this thing I'm building is. And I happen to remember that when I was 5 grandma gave you a little TV for Christmas, and you hid it on the top shelf of the closet in the hallway." So my mother got the little 7" B&W TV down out of the closet, and said "OK, but ONLY Star Trek, only ONE hour a day, no more!" Of course, I cheated, and used the little TV to see what else was on TV, but it was all shit. Star Trek (As I soon figured out it was called) was the only thing on it worth paying attention to. 40 years have passed, and my opinion hasn't changed. Not even when I finally got my hands on a color TV. So keep on rendering my friend, and don't worry about being 'repetitive' - Has a Catholic artist ever apologized for creating, yet again, another depiction of the Virgin Mary? No, & Never! We Trekies don't need to apologize, either, and YOU will be remembered as one of the great iconographers of Trek. (Whatever that is - it may be, in some weird way, spiritual, but it is NOT religious.) So, keep on Trekking, please!
gmvgmvgmv
As much as I am a fan of Star Trek, I'm kinda burnt on the whole Enterprise thing, but this image is stunning!! Love the lens flare, use of color, and overall POV. Thanks for this one!