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!
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Comments (13)
rajib
Splendid poster work. Definitely looks like those old movie posters. Really nice !
MineFujiko
Wonderful classic horror movie scene!
X-TC
Holy smokes! You totally excel yourself with this! Awesome! A.W.E.S.O.M.E! This looks like one original movieposter of the 20s to 40s. Also very authentic work on the advertising, phrases that nowadays would sound awkward. You absolutely caught that spirit, these vibes that -still- make me want to watch whatever it is... hmmm... I'll do that tonight, I got some pearls of those days on my shelf :)
mightymysterio
I always dug the hyperbole that was used to hype B-movies of all stripes. Sometimes, studios would actually concoct the title of a film before the screenplay was even written, just to maximize the potential advertising copy. Val Newton's films ("I walked with a zombie," "Curse of the cat people") fell into that category. It was practically its own art form. Nowadays all we have are misleading trailers that include scenes that have been cut from the final version of the film due to studio meddling.
makennedy
Heard that, well done!
Kratoonz
Beautiful and fun
helanker
HEHE! Now wonder she fainted :) Excellent creation :)
giulband
Wonderful illustration !!!!
Davidvantol
fantastic job!
rikomortis Online Now!
Way Cool Man , Dig IT !
pregiato
Simply Gorgeous!
buffalosoldier
that had to be a fun time what a date that would be, outstanding poster effect
mightymysterio
Thank you, everyone, for your thoughts and comments. Much appreciated!
robf4210
Very creative work!