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 (5)
HADCANCER
QuietRiot
This is really cool!
daggerwilldo
My good friend I am so sorry it has been this long since I commented. Perhaps as long a the month of August. Life has gotten in the way of art. I will be retiring in another month into what are supposedly the "Golden Years". While I sincerely hope that is true, it also means life changes which, in the U.S. required me to work with Insurance plans, Corporate entities, and Government Agencies. Please know that while I may only comment on your latest, I have taken the day to look at each of your wonderful gallery entries from the time I last commented. I will not bore you over and over again with this message on each peek, but I honestly did enjoy the day and evening looking through each of your fine galleries. And it was a joy !!!
Be well and be happy. Peace....Dag
Freethinker56
Most beautiful scene
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mightymysterio
Thank you, everyone, for your thoughts and comments. Due to my particular age group, whenever I see an airship my first thoughts go to Led Zeppelin and then my second thoughts go to the Flash Gordon serials that were still rerun on PBS as late as the 1980s. Maybe some of that creeps into the render. I'm glad you enjoyed it!