Gallery Notes:
(1) To view my entire gallery, click on the link to "SmithGiant's Gallery" immediately below the Featured Gallery Images below.
(2) Policies regarding access to artists galleries may require you to create a log-on ID. As a long time member of the Renderosity community, I have found no evidence that Renderosity releases or sells members email to outside entities.BIOWhile it seems that I've been an "artsy-fartsy" kind of person all my life, it wasn't until 1995 that I decided to purchase a computer and teach myself how to use it as a "creative tool".
I opened a website called "Thinkpieces" in June 1997, and was forced to closed it June 2000 due to it's popularity and resultant, prohibitive data transfer cost.
While most of my work can be classified as "abstract/fractal illustrations", and it may seem that all I know how to, or do use is XenoDream, I promise that you won't be wasting (too much of) your time should you choose to browse my gallery here at Renderosity. I have tried to select work that I've not only done in XenoDream, but other software such as Bryce, Photoshop, UF, and KPT.
I appreciate you taking the time to visit, and encourage all forms of feedback.
Links & Resources:
Fractal World: A Yahoo Group I started in 2000 to give folks a place to hang/share their fractals.
KPT FraxFlame Presets: This link will take you to the FILES Section at Fractal World where you'll find individually zipped files each containing three KPT FraxFlame Preset libraries. Each library contains 24 individual presets. These presets can be used in KPT 5 or KPT Effects/X.
XenoDreamers: A (no attachment) Yahoo Group for folks interested in Xenodream.
XenoDream Pix: An (attachment allowed) Yahoo Group where folks share their XD work.
XenoDream Website: Where you can learn more about XenoDream, purchase and download it online.
Note: While the two following resource links will take you different locations, the resources are the same at both locations.
XenoDream Resource Location 1: This will take you to the FILES section at the XenoDreamers Group. Look for and click on the FOLDER entitled "Bryan's Stuff" (aka smithgiant). Inside the folder you will find a variety of tutorials and resource (xep) files that you can download, study and use.
XenoDream Resource Location 2: This will take you to the FILES section at the XenoDream Pix Group. Look for and click on the FOLDER entitled "Bryan's Stuff" (aka smithgiant). Inside the folder you will find a variety of tutorials and resource (xep) files that you can download, study and use.
Comments (12)
kansas
Amazing and delightful.
jockc
Extraordinary!
Romantha
WOW!
ringbearer
WOW! Very impressive. Excellent image.
fractalchemist
I really like this one, Brian! Did you do the knife and fork in XD?
shood
Most impressive work
smithgiant
Note: Everything was done in XenoDream using a single render. Aside from rendering the original image at 2400x1800 and resampling it in PS to remove any "jaggies", and adding a touch of contrast, and a tiny bit of sharpening to recover some of the detail lost--no other "post-processing" was used. Generally speaking I will post a disclaimer when I use another program and/or "post-process" that significantly alters the original fractal, adds a background, etc. Appreciate ALL the feedback that I received on this and my other images.
KMC
San biraz daha renk girmeliydin. onun dda gel...
Pannyhb
A single render??? Good heavens. It's magnificent.
tresamie
Oh my! How long did it take to render? It's quite astonishing!
Astronotus
Another stand out image from you! Very imaginatively created.
cleoworks
Imaginative Image. Super Nice.