My corporeal form lives with my wonderful wife and six eccentric cats in beautiful Sedgefield, but my dreaming body is frequently elsewhere, exploring the fractal universe and marveling at nature's chaos. I love traveling to places that exist only as mathematical constructs on my computer and bringing back snapshots that sometimes remind me of the real world (whatever that means), sometimes of metamagical worlds we can visit only in our imaginations. I trained as a biologist and run a small company specialising in science publishing - writing, editing, illustrating and typesetting. For 3D world building I use Vue, Daz Studio and Poser, but I've also used Bryce since version 2 and done some work with Terragen, Carrara and Groboto. For technical illustration I use mainly Illustrator and Photoshop.
Thanks for visiting my little corner of Renderosity, and to everyone who has kindly commented on my images or added my works as a favourite, thank you for that too. Craig.
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Comments (13)
auntietk
This was totally worth a second post. The detail in full view is superb! You have such great ideas, and they work out so well! :)
Cyve
Wonderful picture ... very very well done !!!
Ralfromgens
Nice special effects, reminds me of Charon (of Greek Mythology)
kftate
Really fantastic image! Spectacular work!
miwi
Excelent scene,klasse!!!!!!!!!!!!
adrie
Another amazing image, superb work my friend.
teecee2107
Stunning character ! Great image !
mgtcs
another marvelous image my friend, amazing colors and lighting, excellent creation! Well done!
ArtistKimberly
Wonderful Work,
grafikeer
Very cool character...love the nebula and starfield effects!
Black-Carrie
Great lighting and effects. Wonderful done again.
Darkwish
You did very good work!
anahata.c
I'd already seen this, and yes, when we see it close up, we can see that that orb contains something quite star-like. It's almost like a cornea. And we can also see the dust flying off it, and swirling around the mage's face. The boat does show more detail, we see the slats, the rim, etc; and the flourish at top is clearly metal, with reflections---again, done with real panache and grace. And I liked that you didn't overpower the image in that dust, implying maybe that the mage must keep most of it contained (as it may be too powerful to let out into the world); and that you didn't show the mage's face, per se, either, but showed us the veil. I can't help but think of the discovery of atomic power earlier in the last century, and that it was contained in so infinitessimal a phenomenon, and yet was so powerful. I did my graduate work at U. of Chicago, where the atomic pile of the Manhattan Project was located; and, while there's a library there now, you can't help but feel that those scientists were like this mage, holding something small (metaphorically), seeing enormous potential in it, yet containing it so that it was unapproachable by anyone except those closest to the project. The orb and the veil are like the huge layers of that atomic pile. Protecting a massive energy. Anyway, I just wanted to add that to the last image...I'll move on...