I'm just your boring average ex-account who wasted a lot of his youth playing fantasy RPGs (Role-Playing Games), specifically Dungeons & Dragons and Stormbringer/Elric, originally for outside Philadelphia PA who turned to computer graphics as an artistic outlet. I spent 30 years from the mid 80's to late 2012 living in Palm Beach County FL (North Palm Beach to be specific), working for not-for-profits in the social service and health care arena, but suffered a health crisis due to undiagnosed diabetes which had me in the hospital for 5 months, cost me part of my left foot, and has taken several years to recover from. I now live in Milford DE to be near family. My diabetes has left me with advanced renal disease, forced me to start dialysis, which I can fortunately do at home, but has me locked up for an hour four times a day (which allows me plenty of time to keep up on my gallery comments), but I still have a fair amount of independence and my health issues aren't nearly as bad or inconvenient as many others are. Most of my work is inspired by those fantasy RPG campaigns I wasted a lot of my youth on. I tend to post series of images with rather lengthy narratives that add up to short stories, or chapters in on-going tales. Thank you for your interest and attention!
Update:
Due to a very seriously broken ankle and shin I've been stuck in a wheelchair for over a year with an external fixator on my right leg, but I'm still managing to get by on my own.
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Comments (26)
RedPhantom
Great continuation. I for one am not disappointed. And I like the image of the characters. Myst is pretty, and Mykal is drool-worthy. And I understand what you mean about not finding props. I've had to learn to model to create stuff I couldn't find or cobble together.
zaqxsw
Thanks for your kind comment! Before they went under, I had found some good stuff at "another site" but lost a great deal of it when my hard-drive died. It's unfortunate that I don't have the time and money to invest in learning to model myself. I guess I'll have to be content with trying to create the settings I see in my head with words.
OkrimSlava
very well.
zaqxsw
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rajib
Splendid continuation and the render looks really good, specially Myst. Beautiful expression on her. I do agree, sometimes we just don't have the props that would fit what we picture in our minds. Your words do paint a picture that we the readers can visualize. Getting into building models is not easy and is very time consuming that most people don't have. I am about to take a plunge in it though. I use ZBrush to create morphs etc and make modifications to Miho but I never have gotten deep into it. This year I want to master it. That is one of my goals for the year. Will see how much I can learn on my own. And if I do learn it properly I will start building things because I find myself spending too much money buying props that don't work as I want them to.
zaqxsw
Thanks again for all your kind comments! Best of luck with your modeling... at this point, being on a fixed income, I really can't invest much money into my graphics obsession, so I have to manage with the products I already have, or, more accurately, those that I could recover after my hard-drive crash... I lost a lot of good stuff from "another site".
Kordouane
Beautiful rendering and literature, otherwise it's good work
zaqxsw
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eekdog Online Now!
Your stories and art are so top notch my friend.
zaqxsw
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donnena
Great job!
zaqxsw
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hashdoc
A really great couple!
zaqxsw
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miwi
zaqxsw
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mtdana
Very good continuation - the scenes a a great addition to the excellent writing!!!
zaqxsw
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PhthaloBlue
Excellent!
zaqxsw
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Saby55
Beautiful composition!! really well done.👍🖐
zaqxsw
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QXI
Excellent work 🤩🤩🤩
zaqxsw
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starship64
Great work.
zaqxsw
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my3DDesignWorld
Very interesting and impressive presentation.
zaqxsw
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zaqxsw
Unfortunately there will be a delay in posting the next installment... Last night my "bad foot" lived up to its monikor and swelled up so I had to call 911... I'm in the hospital for 3 to 4 days!
dakotajaroo
a fascinating adventure, and a beautiful scene enough to captivate curiosity
zaqxsw
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RodS
A most lovely scene - Myst is so lovely. Excellent job on the forest environment.
If things here ever settle down, I'm hoping to start learning Blender. Can't really afford anything like Zbrush for a while...
I'm loving how your story is progressing.
zaqxsw
Thanks again for all your kind comments! Unfortunately, the next installment will be delayed because I'm currently in the hospital. Last night my "bad leg" swelled up due to an infection, so I'm stuck here for at least the weekend.
gaius
Excellent image and great atmosphere...I can tell you I'm not disappointed : the image and the story line both are great. Hope you'll be OK very soon ; a sojourn in a hospital is never a pleasure except to give birth !!!! you're not concerned !
zaqxsw
Thanks for your kind comment! I'm hoping they release me tomorrow.
UteBigSmile
I hope from the bottom of my heart that you will soon feel better, my broken foot from before 4 years ago is still on strike. In addition there is my severe Arthrosis, which makes me scream more and more often with pain, especially in the hips! That's why I only make comments on weekends because I can do them in peace - Good Luck!
zaqxsw
Thanks for your kind comments and wishes... I greatly appreciate them!
jmattatall
Excellent!
zaqxsw
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Kratoonz
Cool story. Nicely written.
zaqxsw
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anitalee
Excellent
zaqxsw
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IceDragonArt
My imagination is quite able to fill in any gaps in content props that might be missing. Your stories make it easy to picture the scenes.
zaqxsw
Thanks again for all your kind comments! I'm glad I could paint a mental picture for you. Unfortunately the next installment will be delayed a little longer as I'm still stuck in the hospital... They were supposed to let me out this morning at 11, but the admitting doctor screwed around with ordering one more test and now I'm stuck here till tomorrow... If they don't let me out then I'm staging an escaped!
Richardphotos
sorry to hear that you are still in the hospital with this posting. superb writing and render
zaqxsw
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Artienne
Great figures and nice render!
zaqxsw
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Axeye
Another excellent chapter and I love how you've described the surroundings in such an easy way to understand and picture in my mind. Things are heating up lol!
zaqxsw
Thanks again for all your kind comments! Unfortunately I didn't have much choice as I couldn't find a suitable prop or settings to duplicate a tree town.