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 (3)
LyleAryn
Go for it. I miss seeing smiles.
mightymysterio
I miss everything about the human face!
daggerwilldo
To Whom It Might Concern: Now that I am used to the damn thing ??? NO NO NO ... It is my constitutional right to wear one and no damned LIB is gonna tell me I can take it off. I have a medical condition and I need my MASK !!! Karen
mightymysterio
I can understand a vaccinated person continuing to voluntarily mask if their immunity defenses are not up to par. But it is beyond me when fully healthy and fully vaccinated people continue to mask up "just in case." I suspect it has a lot to do with toxic exposure to extreme amounts of social media and cable TV news.
Kordouane
In 3d do what you like. In real life, I think we will have to wear the mask for a while and then take it back during the winter periods, it's mostly that we don't know, thanks for sharing...
mightymysterio
I think masking will still be essential for people with weaker immune systems for sure until herd immunity is reached. For the rest of us, once we are vaccinated it is very hard to continue justifying masking in the name of Covid. What I do hope is that mask wearing during allergy and flu season will become normalized, because masks do help prevent very severe allergic reactions.