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 (16)
Cyve
Marvelous landscape and beautiful image !
ronmolina
Excellent!
Black-Carrie
Great landscape, wish I could it explore for real.
Savage_dragon
Kewl. ")
Brycer3d
Nice!
grafikeer
Great terrain work,and very realistic vegetation dispersement...I for one would like to explore the canyon!
Kinchie
It is a very lovely scape. I'm thinking that if the scale of the vegetation on the far slope was smaller, the effect of a grand size for the canyon would be enhanced.
mgtcs
Fantastic landscape my friend, very, very realistic, congratulations!
adrie
Excellent landscape image my friend, superb work.
auntietk
Seems like the perfect place for a small enclave of good guys living peacefully away from the drama and busy bluster of the rest of the world ... whatever world you decide this will be! :)
adorety
Awesome landscape.
kftate
Very beautiful and so realistic. Gorgeous work!
wblack
Beautiful terrain work - I followed your link on your most recent image and I am glad I did, very nicely done.
Darkwish
Remarkable landscape!
Dotthy
Gorgeous landscape, fantastic vue work!!!!!!
anahata.c
Sorry it didn't work for the novel, it's another of your knowing landscapes (knowing because it has many things true to geological formations here on earth). I know nothing of lighting in Vue, but your lighting is beautifully nuanced and very true to lighting over all. I love the scatter of highlights generated by all those jutting surfaces across the canyon wall. It seems like you didn't miss one surface. And the complex way it illumines the cloud edges and leaves the front-most clouds in total white. (Grabbing us immediately, and emphasizing the spatial depth of the piece, because you've drawn us forward when our natural instinct is to go backward. This is particularly effective in 3D, as it's much harder to make it convincing via paint etc.) And your composition moves very flowingly to the back, with light gracing the valley in just the right amounts. A beautiful canyon-wall and valley piece, with your usual atmospherics---even though the zoomed version isn't large, we can still feel "craig" atmosphere. With light blasting from just off frame...You use modulated light as well as any artist here, and your darks speak of light not far out of reach as well. A grand and peaceful image, Craig.