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 (9)
pregiato
Great looking image!
miwi
BlueDragon38
I really like how this artist adds the production credits for the products they used to make their art. So many people don't. I have seen countless of articles I would love to buy, but have no idea what it is or where to purchase it because the artist doesn't post any information about what was used to make such a wonderful piece of art.
So a huge THANK YOU for doing this! Absolutely beautiful works btw.
MineFujiko
Cool Toon render!
mightymysterio
Thank you, everyone, for your thoughts and comments. Surrealism doesn't pop up here very often, and it isn't the most popular of genres, so I thank you for taking the time to enjoy my render and comment on it.
X-TC
When seeing the thumbnail and reading the title my first thought, that hit me like a roaring thundertruck at fullspeed, was "story of my life". You climb stairs throughout all of your life, sometimes you stumble, maybe even fall a few steps... but then, when you finally reach this freaking door (of which everyone hopes opens up to the promised lands, I guess)... you stare into an empty void, an abyss that seems to just has been waiting there only to mock you.
Your image is not that dark though, and I think one could easily look at it from a more humorous point. And you know what? That's exactly the reason why I absolutely love this image! It offers so many ways of interpretation.
I admit I'm not much into surrealism (or so I thought), but I would not mind if you came up with more images like this one. Wouldn't mind at all!
Corinna
Gorgeous work!
bucyjoe
cool
ARD1
Very cool. Almost Escher.