Bios
I began my computing life on a commodore vic20 and I started playing with 3d ray tracing programs in 1984 on an Amiga 500. In these days I run on Windows7 64-bit with an i7 and 12 gigs of ram and 1.7 gig 295 GPU video card. My programs of choice for 3D is Poser7 Pro, Carrara 7 Pro, Vue6.5 infinite, Lightwave 8.5, Modo 401, Z-Brush 4, 3D Coat3.5 . For the 2D stuff CS2, Painter 10, Particle illusions, Apophysis206_3Dhack . So as you can see I have a huge arsenal of programs to get the job done. One thing I do believe in is being able to model and customise your own stuff, and creating your own textures, if you can't then you are at the mercy of other people’s thoughts. I never stand on the one spot for long I’m constantly developing different technique and styles from 2D to 3D I want to learn it all, and my best advice to people is knowledge is you best weapon, in being a better artist. If you have to pay for good tutorials do it, live on the forums this is the best free source you can get, and never give up.
Screen Name
Where did the name Midnight_stories come from? Well I grew up reading comics like eerie and creepy I love the darker things, and evil fascinates me. I wanted to produce comic like those, ones that made you think. So I named myself Midnight_stories.
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Devil Dog Studios
I was member of Devil Dog Studios, it all started with Christopher Haigood (AKA) mestophales , contacting me about doing morphs for the Manitou and one thing led to another. They needed someone who could do morphs and rigging, I may have stretched the truth a bit about the rigging, but don’t tell Brent.  They gave me the Creech to rig from scratch, and it was sink or swim stuff for me. It was a 2-3 week deadline and I had to learn quick there was no help out there, I quit a few times but the guys kept telling me you can do it. We got there in the end and the Creech ended up being one of the best  figures in Poser 8, well I guess that a matter of opinion. We’ve all moved on from those days but still stay in contact and continue to work on projects together. I have a lot to thank DevilDogStudios for and they helped me to become what I am today.
These Days
These days I have my own store and do this full time, I’ve streamlined character development from a month into a week ,sometimes days. I have a big base mesh library thanks to mestophales and Vlk. I’ve been doing more modelling than rigging lately so I hope the quality is lifting. So that’s about it. If anyone wants to throw ideas at me feel free to contact me here or at my web site.
Well thanks for looking and I'll see you on the edge, when the time comes.
All the best !!!!
From the mind on the other side
Midnight.
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Comments (21)
Tracesl
excellent
dragongirl
A dangerous adventure. Beautiful light!
daggerwilldo
This is so fine. I love what you did with the lighting to get that hot planet glow of the suit. Very fine work. Excellent and subtle FX too.
rbowen
Excellent work!!!
donnena
Love the suit!
Love the Lava!!!
hashdoc
well, bad luck for her!
Darkglass
This is stellar...!!....lovely work on the suit...and the lighting and render are top notch...!
Madbat
Oh my, That one looks good! Bothe the render and the suit. I hear asbestos is in this year!
jancas
Awesome work
starship64
That does not look like a good place to be. I hope that space suit is fireproof!
beachsidelegs
You always make the most wonderful space suits and this one looks awesome my friend love it :)
ArtDeCroh
Delightful image, very beautiful scene. Awesome cool!
tyllo
Beautiful and imaginative artwork! Top notch image!
adrie
Awesome sci-fi scene, excellent work my friend.
UteBigSmile
Your new image looks fantastic! I wish you a nice evening and a good start into the new week, stay alert and healthy!
bugsnouveau
That will get you hotfoots, beautiful work
renecyberdoc
wow again your creativity at an all time high.
shadownet
And luckily I remembered to bring the marshmallows! Well done!
tanaka13200
Great job there, love the lava glow reflections on the suit!
Disciple3d
How did you pull off the lava field? This looks awesome!
Sentinelle
This image reminds me of a Star Trek scene in which Mr. Spock landed right in the middle of a volcanic eruption to save the habitants of planet Nibiru. Awesome artwork. Looking forward to seeing the spacesuit at the DAZ shop.