Hello everyone!
I've played with computer-assisted imagery for as long as I've had a scanner and a copy of Paint Shop Pro (which, in those days, was before Corel bought out JASC). I used to regularly participate in contests on a well-known Photoshop site and my images tended to place very well. I also used to create graphics for various DOOM levels. But until 2013, the only realistic CGI-specific software I used was Terragen, and I used that mainly to create more pleasing skies to replace dull skies that ruined otherwise good photographs.
The artwork you see in my gallery is all current, and created in DAZ Studio. My usual post-processing tools nowadays are Wingnut's Lo-Fi and GIMP. I use Lo-Fi mainly for the film textures, and GIMP for all other work. I'm the only person I know who continues to use Lo-Fi, and one of the few worldwide who still use it at all, but I love that basic little program too much to upgrade to one of Alien Skin's current products. When I need custom textures I use either Genetica or Filter Forge.
Most of my images fall within fantasy or sci-fi genres, with a bit of humor wherever possible. I am a guitarist, and often include musical references in my visuals. I deliberately try to include ambiguity in my narrative images to intrigue you so that you can decide what will happen next in the scene. I think it's fun for you to think about what might happen next and resolve the suspense for yourself. I'm a hobbyist, not a trained artist, and I am grateful that I've met many people along the way who have much more talent than I do, but who were kind enough to point me in the right direction and encourage me to improve.
My favorite artists are probably on almost everyone's list here - Frazetta, the Brothers Hildebrandt, Alex Ross, Norman Rockwell, Hajime Sorayama, Rembrandt, Bouguereau, Guayasamin, James Gurney, Max Ernst, and Bosch. I love Ray Harryhausen's creature designs, particularly that Cyclops from Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, and the visual look of Ridley Scott's movies, particularly Blade Runner and Alien.
Thank you for looking at my artwork, and I hope you liked what you saw!
Comments (8)
giulband
Very original idea !!
pregiato
Wonderful work as always!!
MineFujiko
Funny work! by the way, where did he get such an expensive camera?:)
mightymysterio
Maybe there is more money in being a gargoyle than you might think. :)
rbowen
Very good scene and work!
oddment
C'mon... pose pretty now. If you do, I'll give you a fresh, tender, human to chew on. No? ... ... Well, would you do it for two human-snacks?
daggerwilldo
Very fun fantasy take. I love how you personalized these normally villainous characters. It's like their day off from being evil. As Ronnie James Dio said when he opened here just before sunset..."It's really hard to be evil when the sun is still out."
mightymysterio
Thank you, everyone, for your thoughts and comments. For a long time, I noticed how some pets really ham it up for the camera and thought it would be fun to bring that into a fantasy setting for comic effect.
rajib
So cool !