Greetings: Thanks for visiting my page here at Renderosity. My real name is Clayton. I am Canadian, living in Southern Ontario. I suppose you could describe me as a middle aged man, not at all wealthy and working as a "sort of" public servant in computer support. Putting those three factors together you could also conclude that I'm too stupid to get a real job.
I will also say that I am old enough to remember the line, "Danger is my business", when I was half my current size (vertically) and sat down on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons. Hands up all those who can remember that. And while were on the subject of old, obscure cartoons, hands up those who watched Rocket Robin Hood. But those shortcomings have been balanced by the fact that I still have all my hair. AND, except for the occasional errant strand, it's still its original colour - BONUS! Take that, all you "Mr. Perfect"s out there who got all the girls in university.
My work is largely done with Poser. With Poser, I've noticed that I have a habit of diving into projects without fully realizing the overall complexities of the tasks which I create for myself. Hence the avatar I use which also symbolizes my 'chosen' profession rather well. Still, I hope you enjoy some of my images here.
In addition to Poser, I have also posted a number of digital photographs. For the most part these images are of the streetcars (electric trolleys, trams or light rail) that operate in the City of Toronto - near to where I live. Toronto has a long history of streetcar operation and is one of the few North American cities that has retained and developed its streetcar network into the present day. Unlike many other cities that are now having to rebuild their networks.
I have adopted the handle 'KatesFriend' for my work here at Renderosity. The reason is mostly due to the fact that 'Katie' was the first Poser character with which I worked. Well that, and the name Clayton appeared to be already in use here.
I discovered Poser quite by accident. A friend gave me a copy of Poser 6 for my birthday. At the time I had no experience with 3D image rendering and no interest. I also had no computer suitable to implement the package. A 100MHz Pentium 1 with 16MB of RAM and a 36kbaud internal modem running Windows 95, USED to be cutting edge Buster. So, the box sat on the shelf for a while (months) until I could install it on a computer capable of running it. Well. I had to BUY the computer first, then install the software. Then, I was hooked.
I have also provided a couple of small contributions to the Free Stuff section. My favourite is the Glowy Orb: 101 uses. It can be the thruster glow for an Eagle transport from Moonbase Alpha. A sparkly light bulb on a Christmas tree. Or just a shiney mystical ball for your cat to play with. Remember, the Glowy Orb is your friend.
Glowy Orb My thanks to the various tutorial authors that showed me how to create this useful material. PS. I should point out that Eagles were never actually depicted with glowing thrusters on Space: 1999. Nor did they ever fly in front of stars or planets when depicted in full flight. Saves a lot on production costs that way. But they were still pretty cool space ships.
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Comments (13)
KatesFriend
Definitely worth a ZOOM for greater detail. Thanks.
tetrasnake Online Now!
Most excellent work! Well done!
johndoop
Beautiful work and a interesting info!! information to consider.!!!!
Faemike55
Very cool work Larry Niven would love to converse with you
magnus073
Clayton, as always you did a splendid job on this epic presentation. The amount of time and detail that goes into your work is truly awe inspiring.
Minda
Amazing work Clayton,
drifterlee
Very cool work!
sandra46
EXCELLENT WORK
flavia49
fabulous image
myrrhluz
I have been wanting to comment on this for a while, but between internet issues and the usual (work), I haven't gotten here until now. I am home from work with Novocaine wearing off and my jaw saying, "Hey, what did you do to me!?" Three hours in a dentist chair and an afternoon off . . . not a bad trade-off. As I read I wished, as always, that I could delve into the Encyclopedia Galatica (Edition 428193 - Earth English). I do love that you have your Encyclopedia Galactica uploads in albums now. I just went on a refresher course on 'tooling'. It helped but I still need to get into the encyclopedia to learn more about event echoes and loops. Are you inside an echo, and able to effect changes or is it more like looking into the past. If you make changes in a loop, do they survive when you go back to the beginning. The Red Civilizations use them in tooling. Do they use them only to gather information or also to step in and make changes. Perhaps their greater knowledge is in knowing how to create and control artificial ones. I would think the natural ones would be difficult to manage as well as not at the right place in space and time. It would be so fascinating to look into the past. Preferably with at least enough distance to avoid any beasties whether microscopic, gigantic, or human. If a bubble drifts free of its gravity well, what does it do to anything it encounters? Wonderful writing and gorgeous image! I love the layers and the sense of turbulence beneath the surface. Beautiful details, light and colors!
Deane
Very nicely described. A nightmare for general relativity theory. One can only wonder at the implications (and potential use of), the given existence of such a phenomena. Excellent work!
Cyve
It's a very fantastic image my friend... It's absolutely FABULOUS !!! Outstandingly done !!!
android65mar
A fantastic image and a mind-bending concept. I seem to remember reading somewhere that Naked Singularities were impossible. Can't wait for the next installment of the Encyclopaedia Galactica!